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Changes to Small Business Subcontracting On the Horizon

July 26, 2016 0

Amendments to Federal Acquisition Regulation Council obligations for prime contractors through the "Final Rule" adjusted the required obligations for small-business subcontracting. The new requirements, and…

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Update and Simplify Disclosure Requirements as Part of Overall Disclosure Effectiveness Review

July 25, 2016 0

The SEC is proposing amendments to create modifications in disclosure requirements in order to ease the burden on public companies and others while retaining sufficient…

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EPA Releases First Determinations for New Chemicals under New TSCA

July 25, 2016 0

The EPA has released the first determinations for four new chemicals under the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). All four were found to have…

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Gitmo Detainee Lawsuit Against Donald Rumsfeld Dismissed in Federal Appeals Court

June 12, 2014 0

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit dismissed a former Guantanamo detainee's lawsuit against former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, according…

Will the Supreme Court Dismiss the NRA’s Concealed Carry Case as Improvidently Granted? July 15, 2021
The National Rifle Association lawyers had one simple question to answer in its concealed carry lawsuit before the Supreme Court, NYSRPA v. Bruen (formerly NYSRPA v. Corlett). And that question is: “Whether the State’s denial of petitioners’ applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.” The NRA lawyers had this one simple question […]
Texas Court Ruling in Sex Trafficking Lawsuits Against Facebook Threatens Protections For Social Media Companies July 12, 2021
Trafficking Lawsuits Against Facebook Facebook lost another major court battle to have lawsuits dismissed filed against their company by three young Texas girls claiming they were lured into sex trafficking by men using the social media property as a recruiting tool. In its groundbreaking ruling, in the ongoing cases as of Friday, June 25, 2021, […]
Young v. Hawaii – Did the 9th Circuit say There is no Second AmendmentRight to Bear Arms? April 4, 2021
The 9th circuit en banc decision in Young v. Hawaii came close to saying that there is no right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to bear arms outside of the home but it did not go that far. Whether or not there is a right to openly carry any loaded and unloaded firearm outside of […]
How to Help Someone Out of an Abusive Relationship November 16, 2020
2020 has been a difficult year, with national lockdowns being implemented across the world as governments attempt to keep on top of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has not only taken a toll on the health of populations but it’s also had far-reaching socio-economic impacts. It has highlighted that many couples live in an abusive […]
NRA Shoots itself and Gun-Owners with an AR-15 October 11, 2020
On October 8th, another lawyer from the firm of Michel and Associates lawyers and air-conditioning repairmen argued before a three-judge panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals in support of a lawsuit challenging California’s “Assault Weapons Control Act” (AWCA). The case is called Rupp v. Becerra. A couple of years ago, I had traveled […]