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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that a consumer may sue a federal agency under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681n and 1681o for failing to comply with the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Respondent Reginald Kirtz secured a loan from a division of the United States Department of Agriculture and later sued the agency for money damages under the FCRA.

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SCOTUS Rejects Claims of Dual-status Military Technician

Constitutional Law Reporter

For his full-time job as a technician, which included work as a test pilot and pilot instructor, Babcock received civil-service pay and Civil Service Retirement System pension payments from the Office of Personnel Management. The District Court upheld the agency’s decision. Code, which governs the pay and benefits of civil servants.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 3. and PART 3½)

FDA Law Blog

Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Patent Term Extension (“PTE”) decisions under 35 U.S.C. § The answer he was looking for was simply “Grant” (and not a numerical figure), although the full correct answer would be Ulysses S. The point here for our purposes, however, is that “Grant” includes both Ulysses S.

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Justices craft their own remedy for violation of Constitution’s appointments clause

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Patent and Trademark Office now has the discretion to review those APJ decisions. But, unlike the heads of executive branch agencies and other top officials who are appointed by the president with Senate confirmation, the APJs are appointed by the secretary of commerce. He concluded: 35 U. Arthrex, Inc. On appeal, the U.S.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New Legislation Would Reform the ANDA Suitability Petition Process and Require Timely Assignment of 505(b)(2) NDA Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation Codes (“the Good”)

FDA Law Blog

Government Accountability Office report here ). Both bills – S. 1462 , the “ Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act ,” and S.1463 While we’re pretty excited about the changes both bills would make to the law, we’re particularly stoked about S.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New Legislation Would Reform the ANDA Suitability Petition Process and Require Timely Assignment of 505(b)(2) NDA Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation Codes (“the Good”)

FDA Law Blog

Government Accountability Office report here ). Both bills – S. 1462 , the “ Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act ,” and S.1463 While we’re pretty excited about the changes both bills would make to the law, we’re particularly stoked about S.

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Police Used 911 Call Analysis to Arrest Mother on Murder Charge

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Today there are hundreds of police officers, prosecutors, coroners and dispatchers nationwide who have taken the course and could now present themselves as experts, able to divine truth and deception — and guilt and innocence — from the word choice, cadence and even grammar of people reporting emergencies. Logan felt independent.

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