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Federal Circuit declares unconstitutional federal law setting goal that five percent of federal defense contracting dollars be awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals"
Federal Circuit declares unconstitutional federal law setting goal that five percent of federal defense contracting dollars be awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals": You can access today's ruling of the U...

Federal Sentencing Guidelines no Longer Dictate What a Federal Judge Can do at Sentencing in a Federal Criminal Case
The United States Supreme Court in Gall vs. United States held that the federal sentencing "guidelines" are no longer binding on what sentence a federal judge decides to hand down in any particular case...

Federal question jurisdiction does not exist to enable removal from state court to federal court of a lawsuit alleging attorney malpractice during an earlier a federal trademark lawsuit
Federal question jurisdiction does not exist to enable removal from state court to federal court of a lawsuit alleging attorney malpractice during an earlier a federal trademark lawsuit: A unanimous three-judge panel of the U...

Federal Privacy Law and Accessing Personal Records Held by Federal Agencies
Two State Department contractors were fired and a third was suspended for improperly accessing Senator Barack Obama's passport file, the Washington Post reported...

New GAO Reports: Federal Contracting, SEC Internal Controls, Federal Compensation Programs
Federal Contracting: Congressional Action Needed to Address Long-standing Problems with Reporting of Advisory and Assistance Services, GAO-08-319, March 31, 2008...

FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS RULES ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN REGULATE IMMIGRATION
A federal district court judge has ruled against the Dallas suburb of Farmer's Branch in a case challenging the municipalities ordinance barring the rental of apartments and homes to illegally present immigrants...

I was fired on June 3, 2002 in Massachusetts because I reported discriminatory behavior by the employer towards a particular nationality. In July I filed a discrimination/retaliation complaint against the employer with t
It seem sin your case that the fact you filed the complaint prior to being dissa...

My children's school is falsely charging me with truancy. The local district justice works for the school in the most blatently open way. And his wife works for the district, too! They have violated private health record
I am no lawer by any means, so I would love for someone to verify what I have to...

As of right now i am currently residing in a federal halfway house and wish to pursue a 28 U.S.C.1331 civil action lawsuit which initially began in 2003 to the present date.if the litigation is still continuing,can i sti
Give me the specifics and maybe I can tell you if your case is worth trying. Whe...

Do federal or state child support laws supercede?
I'm not a lawyer but I was a paralegal... the way I understand it, federal ...

What is Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Compliance (FRCP)?
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Compliance. There are softwares solutions from ...