Dominion Voting Systems sues Giuliani for $1.3B over election fraud claims
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Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump s campaign, wipes away sweat from his face during a news conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 19, 2020. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 25 (UPI) Election hardware and software maker Dominion Voting Systems sued Rudolph Giuliani, former President Donald Trump s lead campaign attorney, in federal court on Monday over claims of fraud he made about the company after the 2020 presidential election.
Dominion, which was the subject of numerous false claims of voter fraud by Trump and his campaign, filed the 107-page complaint in the District of Columbia District Court.
Court scraps Trump administration power plant rules
Steven Mufson, The Washington Post
Jan. 19, 2021
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WASHINGTON - A federal appellate court on Thursday scrapped a Trump administration rule that eased limits on carbon dioxide emissions from coal and natural gas-fired power plants, and it effectively revived the Obama administration s tougher Clean Power Plan.
In sweeping away the Trump administration s regulation, dubbed the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals raised hopes among environmental groups that the Biden administration may be able to replace some Trump administration rules more easily than it anticipated. Today s decision is the perfect Inauguration Day present for America, said Ben Levitan, a senior attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund. It confirms that the Trump administration s dubious attempt to get rid of common-sense limits on climate pollution from power plants was illegal.
HHS Sued Over Policy That Eases Nursing Homes Non-Compliance Penalties
January 19, 2021
Two groups who advocate on behalf of nursing and long-term care patients have filed a lawsuit on Monday in the District of Columbia District Court against the federal government claiming that a July 2017 policy change eliminating certain per-day penalties is unlawful. The rule, propounded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, allegedly contravenes the express intent of the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 (NHRA) in violation of the Social Security Act and Administrative Procedure Act.
Agriculture
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January 18, 2021
Environmental lawsuits, frequently spearheaded by advocacy organizations trying to protect the enjoyment of wildlife and endangered animals, are filed fairly consistently in federal court according to Docket Alarm analytics. The data shows that filings under the Environmental Matters PACER Nature of Suit tag occurred an average of 1.3 times each day during the last two years.
These environmental lawsuits are filed fairly consistently although there are some spikes, and the lawsuits tend to lag in November of both years. There was a dip in litigation between March and June 2020, likely connected to the COVID-19 pandemic-related shutdowns. Filings picked up by the end of summer with 52 filings in August. Overall, there have been 954 federal lawsuits filed under the Environmental Matters case tag since the beginning of 2019.
Opposition to Relation of Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits Into Plaintiff-Related Categories
January 8, 2021
Facebook has had a series of antitrust lawsuits filed against it, seven of which are in the Northern District of California. Facebook users in one of these lawsuits filed a motion for administrative relief to consider whether consumer cases should be related, separating seven suits into two categories based on the plaintiffs: consumers in one category and app developers and advertisers in another category. In response, on Wednesday, Facebook filed an opposition to the motion and a plaintiff in another antitrust lawsuit against Facebook filed an opposition in response to the motion on Thursday in the Northern District of California.