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“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”

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“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report. ” You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

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Justice Thissen’s opinion also held that the statute did not create the racially disparate impact of felony disenfranchisement. However, Justice Natalie Hudson said in her dissent that the statute creates racial disparities and is, therefore, unconstitutional.

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Supreme Court maintains focus on defendant’s subjective beliefs in False Claims Act cases

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Share In a unanimous opinion on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected an attempt to shift the knowledge standard in False Claims Act cases that had the potential to gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. At issue in two consolidated cases – United States ex rel. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel.

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Justices will consider false claims in two pharmacy cases

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Share The False Claims Act has for decades been the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. Under the FCA, a defendant is liable for submitting a false claim to the government for payment if it acted “knowingly,” which the statute defines as acting with actual knowledge, deliberate ignorance, or reckless disregard.

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The court appears likely to preserve theory of liability in False Claims Act cases

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Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and reject a ruling observers said would gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. The whistleblower was backed not only by the government but by a “friend of the court” brief from Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) , the FCA’s long-time champion. SuperValu Inc.

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Four petitions on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act

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Iowa — and otherwise commandeering state courts and state agencies to carry out a federal child-placement program. Branch Banking & Trust Company v. Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. National Westminster Bank, PLC. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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Brnovich, election-law tradeoffs, and the limited role of the courts

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Muller is the Bouma fellow in law and professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law. The other was a statute enacted in 2016, which limited third parties — postal workers, election officials, caregivers, family members, or household members — who could collect completed absentee ballots from voters.

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