SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

Share The False Claims Act has for decades been the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. The Department of Justice has used the law to recover more than $70 billion since 1986, largely in cases related to health care and defense contracting.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and reject a ruling observers said would gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. The Department of Justice has used the FCA to recover more than $70 billion since 1986, largely in cases related to health care and defense contracting. At issue on Tuesday in two consolidated cases – U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In addition to disputing the rulings under the Fifth and 10th Amendments, the government argues that the individual plaintiffs do not have legal standing to challenge ICWA’s placement preferences for “other Indian families” and “Indian foster home[s].” In Cherokee Nation v. Branch Banking & Trust Company v. National Westminster Bank, PLC.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 18, 2023

While at the same time officially turning the nation “into a legal oligarchy with a strongman presidency, a nearly bullet-proof immunity for the morbidly rich, and full personhood for corporations.” Similarly, other state constitutions may allow for the enactment of some, or even all, statutes based on the outcome of a popular vote.

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