Administrative Law

Legal Battle Continues Over Drilling And Fracking Wastewater Well

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The long-running legal battle, which is being watched for its potentially precedent-setting outcome, pits a township, which wants to protect water wells from contamination, against a state environmental protection agency.

Peter Idziak Joins Polunsky Beitel Green

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Attorney Peter Idziak, who practices in residential mortgage lending, has joined the Dallas office of Texas-based Polunsky Beitel Green, LLP.

Giuliani Taps New Lawyer: Friend, Prosecutor, Veteran of DC Legal Dramas

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Jon A. Sale served as an assistant special Watergate prosecutor looking into the secret White House tapes of President Richard M. Nixon.

Goldman Sachs, Dell Settle Pay Bias Allegations for Millions

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Goldman Sachs and Dell Technologies will pay a combination of almost $17 million to settle separate Labor Department allegations of pay bias based on gender and race, reports Bloomberg Law.

Federal Judge Accused of Sex Harassment Gets Rare Rebuke

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The 10th Circuit Judicial Council publicly reprimanded District Court Judge Carlos Murguia for sexual harassment, the judiciary’s most severe available sanction.

Repeat Offenders: Corporate Misdeeds Often Settled With Deferred Prosecution Agreements

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The number of cases brought against corporations fell to 99 last year, compared with 181 in 2015.

House Democrats Call for Overhaul of Oil-Leasing Rules

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the Government Accountability Office placed the Interior Department’s oil and gas leasing program on its high risk list of federal programs mottled with waste, fraud and abuse.

Report: SC Law Firm Allegedly Helped to Cheat Veterans Out of Millions of Dollars

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The Upstate Law Group, owned by Candy Kern-Fuller, allegedly worked with a network of salesmen to lure in cash-strapped veterans.

Winston & Strawn Dallas Partner Named to Texas Public Safety Commission

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Dallas lawyer Steve Stodghill, a partner in Winston & Strawn LLP, has been appointed to the Texas Public Safety Commission.

Google Wins Privacy Case: ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Applies Only in EU

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Europe’s highest court ruled that the “right to be forgotten” online only applies inside the European Union.

Employers Beware: It’s Once Again Time to Review Your Arbitration Agreements

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Even if the language in your arbitration agreement does not expressly prohibit the filing of an NLRB charge (or accessing the Board or its processes), you may not be safe from a determination that your agreement is invalid.

California, Other States Take Trump to Court Over Auto Emissions Rules

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The legal fight pits a Democratic majority state that has become the U.S. environmental champion against a Republican president who wants to boost the economy by cutting regulation.

Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Plan Includes Special Protection for the Sackler Family Fortune

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Purdue asked the bankruptcy judge to take the unusual step of temporarily halting lawsuits against the Sackler family.

N.Y. Attorney Disbarred, Used Client Funds for ‘Personal Needs’

NewsA New York attorney who used a client’s money for her personal expenses was disbarred by the state’s highest court, reports Bloomberg Law.

White House Fires Homeland Security Dept.’s General Counsel

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John Mitnick, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, lost his job after the department went through months of shake-up.

LexisNexis Accused of Selling Driver Data to Law Firms

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully sold to law firms the personal information of drivers involved in car accidents.

Legal Experts Predict Tough Slog for NRA in Suit Against San Francisco

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Legal experts predict the National Rifle Association won’t get far in its lawsuit challenging San Francisco’s decision to brand it a terrorist group, reports Courthouse News Service.