Sentences with phrase «surprise federal court ruling»

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Reactions are rolling in to the surprise news this morning that a federal appeals court has overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, based on a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, involving a former Republican governor of Virginia, that narrowed the definition of what kind of official conduct is prosecutcourt has overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, based on a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, involving a former Republican governor of Virginia, that narrowed the definition of what kind of official conduct is prosecutCourt ruling, involving a former Republican governor of Virginia, that narrowed the definition of what kind of official conduct is prosecutable.

Thus, it comes as no surprise that the American Medical Association, along with its Dental, Veterinary and Osteopathic counterparts, sent a «me too» letter to the Federal Trade Commission, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held the Commission's «Red Flag Rules,» requiring businesses that accept deferred payment on behalf of clients to adopt procedures to prevent identity theft, inapplicable to those engaged in the business practice of law.

With new electronic discovery rules set to take effect Dec. 1 in the federal courts, one surprising finding is that 70 percent of U.S. general counsel said they never or rarely encountered an e-discovery issue within the last year.