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DC Circuit rules Dish Network must defend itself against whistleblower lawsuit

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billion by manipulating Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and falsely certifying their eligibility for discounts on spectrum licenses through the use of fictional small businesses. Vermont National alleges that Dish defrauded the US government of $3.3

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Dish Network Must Keep Fighting $3.3B Spectrum Fraud Suit

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A District of Columbia federal judge on Thursday refused to toss a $3.3

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$4.3M in Grants to 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role of Tech in Driving Access to Justice

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Recently, the LSC announced its TIG grants for 2021, awarding $4,268,938 to 36 programs at 29 legal services organizations in 23 states and the District of Columbia. District of Columbia . The project’s goal is to enhance economic opportunities and community services.

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$4.3M in Grants to 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role of Tech in Driving Access to Justice

LawSites

Recently, the LSC announced its TIG grants for 2021, awarding $4,268,938 to 36 programs at 29 legal services organizations in 23 states and the District of Columbia. District of Columbia . The project’s goal is to enhance economic opportunities and community services.

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Supreme Court likely to discard Chevron

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Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Emphasizing that his clients’ case “well illustrates the real world costs of the Chevron ” doctrine for small businesses, he decried the doctrine as “hopeless ambiguous” and “reliance destroying.” Applying Chevron , both the U.S.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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The petitioners also alleged violations of Washington’s Regulatory Fairness Act, which requires preparation of a small business economic impact statement, and of the Washington constitution’s limits on taxation. Association of Washington Business v. Washington State Department of Ecology , No. __ (Wash.

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Real estate agents ask court to block eviction moratorium

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The real estate agents argue in their 35-page filing that the moratorium “shifted the pandemic’s financial burdens from the nation’s 30 to 40 million renters to its 10 to 11 million landlords – most of whom,” like the challengers in this case, “are individuals and small businesses.” The case is Alabama Association of Realtors v.