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New DC Suit Aims To Make Hunter Biden Register Under FARA
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

New DC Suit Aims To Make Hunter Biden Register Under FARA By Katie Buehler A right-wing legal organization has slapped the U.S. Department of Justice with claims that it failed to require President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, despite allegedly knowing for years that he worked on behalf of Ukrainian and Chinese companies. Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1701364?nl_pk=55937051-a4cc-4230-8…

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Ex-CFO Says Marblegate Won't Pay Up After Abrupt Firing
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Ex-CFO Says Marblegate Won't Pay Up After Abrupt Firing By Jeff Montgomery Marblegate Asset Management's former chief financial officer has sued the alternative investment firm and a top partner in Delaware federal court for alleged breaches of employment, health insurance and other agreements after his abrupt firing in March. Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1701439?nl_pk=55937051-a4cc-4230-8…

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Board Ignored New Risks To Coptic Christians, 3rd Circ. Says
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Board Ignored New Risks To Coptic Christians, 3rd Circ. Says By Micah Danney The Third Circuit on Wednesday granted an Egyptian man's petition to review his asylum bid, saying he presented arguments about changed country conditions threatening his Coptic Christian religious minority that the Board of Immigration Appeals ignored. Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1701592?nl_pk=55937051-a4cc-4230-8…

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Hunter Biden Prosecutor Hamstrung By DOJ, IRS Tipster Says
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Hunter Biden Prosecutor Hamstrung By DOJ, IRS Tipster Says By Theresa Schliep The Trump-appointed U.S. attorney leading an investigation into Hunter Biden was "constantly hamstrung" in his probe of the president's son by U.S. Department of Justice officials, according to the lead IRS case agent who went public as a whistleblower at a House committee hearing Wednesday. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1701396?nl_pk=55937051-a4cc-4230-8…

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Tide May Be Turning On Texas Two-Step Bankruptcy Strategy
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Tide May Be Turning On Texas Two-Step Bankruptcy Strategy Recent developments in several high-profile bankruptcy cases suggest that the use of the Texas Two-Step to shield solvent companies from tort claims may be falling out of favor, but until the U.S. Supreme Court hears one of these cases the strategy will remain divisive and the subject of increased scrutiny, say attorneys at Rivkin Radler. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1701203?nl_pk=fa7fa7d8-…

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Colo. Students Get Final Approval For $5M COVID Refund Deal
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Colo. Students Get Final Approval For $5M COVID Refund Deal By Thy Vo A Colorado state judge approved a $5 million settlement Wednesday to resolve a class action brought by University of Colorado students seeking refunds for tuition and fees for the Spring 2020 semester after the campus transitioned to remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1701640?nl_pk=fa7fa7d8-…

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Ex-Construction Exec Gets 5 Years For Bribery, Tax Evasion
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Ex-Construction Exec Gets 5 Years For Bribery, Tax Evasion By Anna Scott Farrell A former executive of an Atlanta construction and design firm was sentenced to five years in prison for bribing city officials and evading more than $1.5 million in taxes, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1701629?nl_pk=fa7fa7d8-…

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Feds Can't Kill FCA Suit Without Intervening, 11th Circ. Rules
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Feds Can't Kill FCA Suit Without Intervening, 11th Circ. Rules By Micah Danney The Eleventh Circuit revived whistleblowers' allegations that federal officials diverted $2.7 million of hurricane aid for Honduras to a public agency deemed separate from the Honduran government, citing a high court ruling requiring federal government intervention before the suit's dismissal. 2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1701221?nl_pk=fa7fa7d8-…

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Idaho's Pregnant Pot User List Unconstitutional, Woman Says
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Idaho's Pregnant Pot User List Unconstitutional, Woman Says By Collin Krabbe An Idaho Department of Health and Welfare policy that places women on a registry for ingesting cannabis while pregnant discriminates against them for not living up to a certain "image of pregnancy and motherhood," according to a woman fighting to remove herself from the database. Response attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1700960?nl_pk=b5b47d70-3fa3-428e-b95…

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Hospital Pushed To Defend Clawback Bid For Overpaid Wages
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Hospital Pushed To Defend Clawback Bid For Overpaid Wages By Greg Lamm A Washington state appellate panel on Wednesday challenged a hospital system to explain why it shouldn't be forced to live with overpaying wages in the wake of a ransomware attack that crippled its payroll system, emphasizing that the hospital made a deliberate choice to estimate what it owed workers. 2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1701521?nl_pk=b5b47d70-3fa3-428e-b95…

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