Decision of the Day: Qui Tam Relators Do Not Plausibly Claim Firm Avoided Tax Obligations Through Visa Applications, Circuit Finds
Plaintiff relators' qui tam action under the False Claims Act alleged that the HCL defendants (collectively HCL)—their former ...
Federal Ruling Says State Courts Should Decide North Carolina Election Case
Three counts found an incumbent Democrat won a State Supreme Court race. But the Republican candidate is trying to nullify ...
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Hudson Valley landlords raise constitutional challenge at 2nd Circuit against demands for records under New York’s emergency rent control law
A group of upstate landlords compared new disclosure requirements of New York's rent control law to unconstitutional, warrantless demands for business records.
Family of American killed on Malaysian Airlines flight can sue Russian bank, US court rules
The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 can sue Russia's largest ...
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for retrial of 'Buffalo Billion' defendants
Computer chip scientist and Albany NanoTech founder Alain Kaloyeros and other defendants in the “Buffalo Billion” bid-rigging case are facing the prospect of retrial two years after their convictions ...
Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Teenagers
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the Supreme Court’s “historical tradition” test.
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Federal appeals court decision could make it easier for teens to get guns
South have been well documented. Statistics provided by the Shelby County District Attorney's Office say the age group most ...
South Carolina executes Marion Bowman Jr., first death penalty carried out in US this year
Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted of shooting and killing a young mother, 21 year-old Kandee Martin, in Dorchester County, South Carolina ...
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Appeals court strikes down age restrictions for handgun sales
An appeals court ruled that a law banning the sale of handguns by federally licensed firearms dealers to adults under the age ...
Federal appeals court says ban on 18-year-olds buying handguns is unconstitutional
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that the federal law infringes on the Second Amendment rights of 18- to 20-year-olds.
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Fourth Circuit Ruling Guts the Practice of Medicine Defense in FDA Cases
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Jackson upheld a doctor’s conviction under Section 301(k) of the ...
Appeals court strikes down handgun ban for teens
The conservative U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a ban on the sales of handguns to people age 18 to 20 that ...