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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…

Guns and Mass Murders in America: Should States Allow 18-year-old Teenagers to Buy High-powered Semi-Automatic Rifles? June 30, 2022
The recent massacre of 10 innocent Black People at the ruthless hands of white supremacist Payton Gendron on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, New York, and the slayings of 19 innocent children by Salvador Ramos, on May 24, 2022 – at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the teenagers had two remarkable facts in common: […]
Justice Barrett’s Second Amendment Slip? April 5, 2022
Earlier today, the Associated Press published an article in which it quoted Justice Barrett as follows (purportedly regarding the upcoming opinions on the Second Amendment and abortion): Did Justice Barrett Say This? “Does (the decision) read like something that was purely results-driven and designed to impose the policy preferences of the majority, or does this […]
The Supreme Court Second Amendment Countdown Continues April 5, 2022
Last week there were six opinions left to be published by SCOTUS from October/November. I correctly predicted that Justice Kagan would author the lone opinion published last week. That opinion was a case argued in November. Today, we again had a lone opinion issued, this time from October. There were two likely candidates, Gorsuch and […]
Two California Gun Bills and an Anniversary March 12, 2022
One year ago (March 10, 2021), I reposted the above embedded video from my YouTube channel on Attorney Alan Beck’s Facebook page. An hour or so later, I checked my email and discovered that YouTube had deleted my channel. I appealed, but YouTube wouldn’t tell me why I was banned. Coincidentally, YouTube had deleted a […]
Decision On Motion To Dismiss Granted To Judge Napolitano February 24, 2022
The lawsuit against Judge Andrew P. Napolitano and others alleging workplace harassment has officially been dismissed. New York State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe dismissed the complaint against the Judge as a matter of law. The ruling can be found here. Media outlets previously reported that this case triggered his departure from Fox News last […]