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Senators to FERC, CFTC: Play Nicely on Energy Market Oversight
Three U.S. Senators are calling for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to work more cooperatively on ensuring comprehensive oversight of energy markets. Comment?
Head Of Environmental Division Is Leaving Justice Dept.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Ignacia Moreno, the point person at the Justice Department for prosecuting environmental crimes, says she will leave government service next month. Comment?
WSJ Cheers Appellate Court Decision That Allows Businesses To Hide Workers' Rights
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The Wall Street Journal applauded another anti-worker decision of the extremely conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and touted its escalating attacks on the National Labor Relations Board. Comment?
Republican Judges Say Telling Employees They Have Rights Violates Employers' Free Speech
Republican judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled that the National Labor Relations Board cannot require employers to put up posters explaining to workers that they have the right to unionize, because this violates the employers' "free speech." This is the same group of conservative-Republican judges that ruled that recess ... (more) Comment?
Capito and McConnell actively support coal
IN March 2012, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to retroactively veto a Clean Water Act permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued for a surface mine in Logan County. Comment?
Some force-fed captives are cleared for release from Guantanamo
As of Wednesday, the U.S. prison in southeast Cuba classified 100 of its 166 captives as hunger strikers, according to Army Lt. Comment?
Intriguing final (sentencing) chapter in landmark SCOTUS Fourth Amendment case
Via this post at The BLT , which is titled "Man in Landmark Supreme Court GPS Case Pleads Guilty," we find out today that Antoine Jones' success in convincing the Supreme Court to declare his warantless GPS tracking to be an unconstitutional search in the end allowed him to secure a plea deal with a sentence of only 15 years in prison rather than ... (more) Comment?
Carter Phillips Assumes Role as Chair of Sidleya s Executive Committee
Mr. Cole, who held the role of chair of the firm for 15 years, has stepped down from the position and continues his active legal practice as well as his role as a member of the firm's Management and Executive Committees. Comment?
Why Non-Unionized High Tech Companies Still Need to Pay Attention to...
The National Labor Relations Board is the agency that administers the National Labor Relations Act , which is the law that protects employee rights to unionize and collectively bargain with their employers. Comment?
D.C. Appeals Court Says EPA May Revoke Fill Permit After It Has Been Issued
In addressing an important legal issue of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "veto" authority under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act allowed it to revoke a fill permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, even after the permit had been ... (more) Comment?
Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointment Decision
On April 25, the DOJ and the National Labor Relations Board filed a petition seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit Court's January 25, 2013 decision invalidating the appointment of three NLRB members. Comment?
Federal Appeals Court Hands Foes of Mountaintop Mining a Partial Victory
The appeals court ruled on April 23 that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under the Clean Water Act to retroactively veto a previously approved U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging permit. Comment?
Filibuster 'Reform' Is a Gift to Big Labor | Commentary
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Brace yourself: The real winner in the renewed conversation on so-called filibuster reform is union bosses. Comment?
Top Energy Debacles & Scandals: Manipulation, Mis-Selling and Fraud
IBTimes UK decided to take a look at some of the largest energy market scandals to rock the world in recent history. Comment?
Filibuster ?Reform? Is a Gift to Big Labor | Commentary
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Brace yourself: The real winner in the renewed conversation on so-called filibuster reform is union bosses. Comment?
Speak out now on the TSA's full-body scanners
It's been almost five years since the Transportation Security Administration quietly began installing its so-called Advanced Imaging Technology - better known as full-body scanners - at airports nationwide. Comment?
UPDATE 4-Court rules for NYSE, Nasdaq in market data-pricing case
The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market will have greater latitude to increase revenue from the sale of market data, under a U.S. appeals court ruling on Tuesday that dismissed a complaint brought by a group of Internet companies and a trade group for brokers. Comment?
Court: Dodd-Frank 'ousts us from jurisdiction' over market fee rules
A federal court on Tuesday swatted down complaints from financial and tech giants who demanded a regulatory intervention by the Securities and Exchange Commission on stock market fees. Comment?
NLRB Division Of Advice Provides Guidance To Employers On Workplace Investigation Policies
In Banner Health Systems , the National Labor Relations Board ruled that an employer violates Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act when it maintains a blanket policy that prohibits employees from discussing workplace investigations. Comment?
[Video] Colombia Battles U.S. Investors for $17 Billion Treasure
Paolo Di Rosa, head of the International Arbitration practice at Arnold & Porter LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck about successfully defending the Republic of Colombia in U.S. federal court litigation with Sea Search Armada, a group of U.S. investors engaged in worldwide marine salvage operations, over claims to a sunken treasure off ... (more) Comment?