Steve Lash is the Regulatory Editor at ALM. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Steve_Lash.
December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal
Supreme Court Weighs Applicability of Mail Fraud Statute to Lie on Bidding Contract"The government's theory knows no bounds," attorney Jeffrey Fisher said on behalf of the convicted company. "This case is not about dollars and cents."
By Steve Lash
5 minute read
December 07, 2024 | National Law Journal
Justices Will Weigh Constitutionality of Law Allowing Terror Victims to Sue PLOThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed the victims' lawsuit, saying U.S. courts lack personal jurisdiction to hear the claims against the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority because the foreign actors' alleged conduct giving rise to liability occurred outside the United States.
By Steve Lash
3 minute read
December 06, 2024 | National Law Journal
Federal Judge Upholds US Naval Academy's Affirmative-Action Admissions Policy"The program survives strict scrutiny because the Naval Academy has established a compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps in the Navy and Marine Corps," U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett wrote.
By Steve Lash
3 minute read
December 04, 2024 | National Law Journal
Justices Weigh Constitutional Standard Applicable to Law Banning Trans CareIn saying the statute discriminates based on sex, the high court's liberal justices said the law allows nontransgender children from being prescribed hormones that correspond to their gender assigned at birth.
By Steve Lash
5 minute read
December 03, 2024 | National Law Journal
Justices Appear Leery to Letting Holocaust-Related Claims Against Hungary in U.S. CourtsAttorney Shay Dvoretzky, representing the survivors, said the commingling of illicit property and expenditure in the United States falls within an exception to the federal Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's general rule that foreign governments cannot be sued in U.S. courts.
By Steve Lash
5 minute read
December 02, 2024 | National Law Journal
FDA Defends Rejection of Vape-Flavor Applications Before Sympathetic Supreme Court"Common sense tells you that a flavor like 'Mother's Milk and Cookies' is going to be disproportionately attractive to children," Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Curtis Gannon told the justices.
By Steve Lash
4 minute read
November 14, 2024 | Law.com
The Coming of Trump's Judicial Picks Spurs Liberals to Press for Biden'sFederal-court watchers say they would not be surprised to see the GOP-appointed judges opting to step down shortly after Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20.
By Steve Lash
7 minute read
November 07, 2024 | National Law Journal
The Coming Era of Anti-Kickback Statute EnforcementAs the Department of Justice slowly turns away from enforcement of pandemic-era fraud, as a round of legal changes are occurring or are imminent, and as new modalities and forms of finance continue to develop within the industry, the coming years promise to shift the terrain on the compliant marketing and delivery of health services.
By Joel Cohen and Zach Williams
8 minute read
November 04, 2024 | National Law Journal
Arguing Class Actions: Meet and Confer Abuses as Defendants' Litigation StrategyArguing Class Actions is a monthly column by Adam J. Levitt for the National Law Journal.
By Adam J. Levitt
7 minute read
October 31, 2024 | National Law Journal
David Bowker Wins National Law Journal's 2024 Attorney of the Year Award"Do what you love and give the work everything you have," Bowker said.
By Steve Lash
3 minute read
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