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US v. Jeong

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Defendant's conviction for bribing American public officials is affirmed where: 1) Article 4.3 of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign...

La Asociacion de Trabajadores de Lake Forest v. Lake Forest

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
In an action alleging that the City of Lake Forest police ran all the day laborers looking for work off the public sidewalks, the dismissal of the...

Keys v. Bowen

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a petition for writ of mandate filed by what have come to be known as "Birthers," against the Secretary of State, President Obama, Vice President...

Farina v. Nokia Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against various cell phone manufacturers and retailers of wireless handheld telephones, claiming that cell phones, as...

Speaker v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
In an action against the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for violating the Privacy Act, 5...

Ramos-Olivieri v. Attorney General

Immigration Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
A Uruguayan citizen's petition for review of a BIA's dismissal of an appeal of an IJ's denial of a motion to reopen is denied where: 1) an evidentiary...

Herzog Transit Serv. Inc. v. United States R.R. Ret. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petition for review of an order of the Railroad Retirement Board (Board), determining that a contract operator of commuter railroads is a covered...

Pawlowska v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Polish citizen's petition for review a BIA's affirmance of an IJ's denial of her requests for a continuance and voluntary departure, on the ground...

Jones v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's affirmance of an ALJ's denial of petitioner's application for disability benefits is affirmed as, given the consistent objective...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Direct Mktg. Concepts, Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) suit against a number of parties seeking both injunctive relief and monetary equitable relief in order to...