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Case of the Day: Begisholli v. KBR

LettersBlogatory

It comes out of a corner of the legal world that was utterly unknown to me a year ago. The Defense Base Act is a federal statute that gives a worker’s compensation-like benefit to employees of US government and military contractors injured at work overseas. If so, is the administrative law judge a judicial authority?

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Separation of powers and mental health evidence in capital sentencing

SCOTUSBlog

The court’s grant suggests the court may be poised to narrow the scope of standing for members of Congress to sue to enforce statutes. FDIC , involving separation of powers and administrative law claims. by not remanding the case to the agency after determining that the agency had applied the wrong legal standards.

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What Does an FCC Designation for Hearing Mean?

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC had a large staff of Administrative Law Judges who heard these cases, and they were usually quite busy. The process by which the ALJ conducts the hearing is set out in the statute and by FCC rules. Usually, the FCC will have its own attorneys playing a part in the case, conducting discovery (e.g.