We handle a broad range of labor and employment litigation matters, including contract disputes, wage and hour claims, workplace sexual abuse claims, discrimination matters, noncompete litigation, defamation, wrongful discharge, and whistleblower / qui tam litigation under the False Claims Act and Virginia's Fraud
Against Taxpayers Act.
14) March 2, 2012 The Virginia Supreme Court rules in the University of Virginia's favor in the Mann case, with the majority finding that the university is not a «person» as defined in the Fraud
Against Taxpayers Act (FATA), and therefore the Attorney General has no authority under the Act to make civil investigative demands (CIDs) of the university.
The inquiry sought to determine whether Mann violated Virginia's Fraud
Against Taxpayers Act when conducting state - financed research, before he left the University of Virginia faculty in 2005.
And because, pursuant to Chambre des notaires, the Act's entire «requirement» scheme was unconstitutional
against taxpayers acting in their capacity as lawyers, as in this case, there was no need to refer this case back to the Federal Court to determine the actual nature of the client - related documentation the taxpayer had withheld.
Not exact matches
The campaign fights such «license to discriminate» bills on the state and federal level and builds support for the Every Child Deserves a Family
Act, a federal bill prohibiting child welfare agencies that receive
taxpayer funds from discriminating
against LGBTQ youth or prospective foster and adoptive parents.
The case
against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of
taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings
Act.
This is a victory for common sense, since it halts the prospect of some new body, or group being set at vast amounts of
taxpayer's money to take evidence for a long period before reaching the conclusion that some bankers broke the law and others
acted against the interests of their customers.
As The Guardian reports this morning, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs are set to join forces to vote
against Harriet Harman's attempts to exempt MPs from provisions of the Freedom of Information
Act - all in a bid to keep some details of their
taxpayer - funded expenses secret.
Schulz, who has waged court battles
against the SAFE
Act gun control law, pork barrel spending and tax policies, believes Silver should reimburse
taxpayers for the money he authorized in 2012 when the payment was made to two staffers who said Lopez harassed them.
The Legislature feels pressure to
act, given that the NBA has said it may relocate the team if a new arena isn't built, but some Republicans have spoken out
against having
taxpayers pay for any part of it.
Some see the refusal to participate in SBAC testing as an
act of courage and conviction; they see it as willful push - back
against flawed education reform policies that since the passage of NCLB have failed to improve education in America's public schools and yet continue to be promoted by special interests who seek to profit at student, parent, and
taxpayer expense.
X Ltd, Y Ltd and ABC Ltd v. HMRC (Court of Appeal) David Bedenham
acts for the
taxpayers in these appeal relating to whether established wholesalers should be permitted to trade pending an appeal to the FTT
against an AWRS refusal.
Under Section 80C of the Income Tax
Act of 1961, a
taxpayer is allowed certain deductions that allow him to lower his tax liability
against his taxable income.
It allows
taxpayers to receive a credit
against federal income taxes for making qualified investments in community development entities (CDEs) which are domestic corporations or partnerships that
act as vehicles for providing loans, investments or financial counselling in low - income communities.
NAR sent two letters to the House of Representatives this week urging
against cosponsoring Rep. Joe Hensarling's (R - TX) housing finance reform bill, H.R. 2767, the Protecting American
Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH)
Act.