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…now seems defunct. For instance, in United States v. Armstrong, the Ninth Circuit recognized no authority exists in the federal rules for requiring the government to disclose the names of its witnesses. 74 Still, the court held that district courts have authority to require such...

…ollecting cases extending 23. The FSIA is silent on the subject. Neither the Supreme Court nor the Second Circuit 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES FSIA immunity to individuals sued in their official capacities); Byrd v. Corporacion Forestal y Industrial de Olancho S.A., 182 F...

…it in its 2017 decision in Canna Care, Inc. v. Commissioner. Patent Act Title 35 of the U.S. Code (Patent Act) is the federal statute that governs patents in the United States. A patent issued under the Patent Act is the right to exclude others in the United States from mak- in...

…e system, [and] protection against a government that would take from a crime victim the dignity of due process." 748 In federal sentencing today, meaningful participation means participation regarding Guidelines issues. It is interesting that the federal law allowing appointment...

Cannabis Investment Report | December 2017 U.S. Legalized Cannabis Market: Consumer Penetration Rate 25% — Path to Federal Legalization FDA Approves Cannabis-Derived Pharmaceuticals 20% : More States Adopt Medical Cannabis Laws More States Adopt Recreational Laws 15% FDA Ro...

A. Marie Villafafia was the lead federal prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein sex case. The U.S. attorney’s office’s handling of the prosecution, which led to a plea to minor charges in state court, has been harshly criticized. Later that year, Acosta and Villafafia put together a...

20 of the US federal government. Because most PRC attempts to influence American opinion and practices occur at the local level, and because local media, universities, companies, and advocacy agencies are often involved in these efforts, knowingly and unknowingly, local leaders,...

… payments. Matthews and the project’s general contractor, Nicholas Laudano, recently pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court, while the 91 EB-5 backers lost their $500,000 investments and never received their green cards. The EB-5 regional center in charge of marketing t...

…. The yen for better data is shared not just by Obama but also by some colleges. Start with graduation rates. Now, the federal government measures how many students graduate within four years or six years of starting college. But it only measures that for students who are first-...

…. The yen for better data is shared not just by Obama but also by some colleges. Start with graduation rates. Now, the federal government measures how many students graduate within four years or six years of starting college. But it only measures that for students who are first-...

…ts to real GDP (lhs, pp) Real trade weighted USD, QoQ (rhs, % yoy) -2.0 Q2-2013 Q1-2014 Q4-2014 Q3-2015 Q2-2016 Source: Federal Reserve Board, Bureau of Economic Analysis 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% Chart 12: Expected path of fed hiking cycle (bp) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Cu...

…elligence UN ".-1 To: From: Subject: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ASSIHEir"""""s" Declassified by order of the President February 2, 2018 January 18, 2018 HPSCI Majority Members HPSCI Majority S...

…HC can be sued for its administrative acts in the Board of Grievances. (Al-Nafissa Decl. § 8.) In their complaint, the Federal Plaintiffs alleged that SHC is “an agency, instrumentality and organ of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” (Federal Compl. § 181.) They now back away from th...

…ly smaller country with almost twice the debt load as a percentage of its GDP. Absent a decision by Germany to move to Federalism or a lot more debt monetization by the ECB, the European Monetary Union (as it is currently configured) could be facing its final stretch. Today’s r...

…he quality of data reporting and aggregation for local and state-level lobbying is not always as robust as that at the federal level, this project was able to identify more than $1 million in state-level lobbying expenses over the past decade by Chinese firms. BYD Motors, which...