Congress
Congress Slips In A Stealth Medicare/Medicaid Lawsuit Tax
January 17, 2014
Otto von Bismarck is credited with the saying, “Law and sausage are two things you do not want to see being made.” This might be unfair to current artisanal dry-cured meat producers, but it is still quite the case with Congress. Last month, without a word of debate, Congress tucked into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 a change in Medicaid subrogation law that will deny millions of injured victims their fair compensation and will make it harder for defendants and insurers to settle cases....
January 17, 2014
Otto von Bismarck is credited with the saying, “Law and sausage are two things you do not want to see being made.” This might be unfair to current artisanal dry-cured meat producers, but it is still quite the case with Congress. Last month, without a word of debate, Congress tucked into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 a change in Medicaid subrogation law that will deny millions of injured victims their fair compensation and will make it harder for defendants and insurers to settle cases....
Caseload Increases Stress Need for New Federal Judgeships
September 18, 2013
"To enable the Judiciary to continue serving litigants efficiently and effectively, the judicial workforce must be expanded," a Judicial Conference representative today told Congress --noting that it has been more than two decades since Congress last passed a comprehensive judgeship bill. Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts, to testify on the Article III judgeship...
September 18, 2013
"To enable the Judiciary to continue serving litigants efficiently and effectively, the judicial workforce must be expanded," a Judicial Conference representative today told Congress --noting that it has been more than two decades since Congress last passed a comprehensive judgeship bill. Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Resources, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts, to testify on the Article III judgeship...
Retaliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar
July 1, 2013
This is a case about the standard for proving retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The statute’s focus is on prohibiting employment discrimination. But to ensure the effective enforcement of the statute, it also prohibits an employer from retaliating against a worker for complaining about employment discrimination (for example, by filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that enforces Title VII). Title VII has been characterized...
July 1, 2013
This is a case about the standard for proving retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The statute’s focus is on prohibiting employment discrimination. But to ensure the effective enforcement of the statute, it also prohibits an employer from retaliating against a worker for complaining about employment discrimination (for example, by filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that enforces Title VII). Title VII has been characterized...
ReInvent LawMAKING
May 4, 2013
POPVOX is an innovative advocacy platform that meshes legislative data with individuals’ personal stories and sentiment. Winner of the social media category in the 2011 SxSW BizSpark Accelerator startup competition, POPVOX delivers public input to Congress in a format tailored to actionable policy decisions and empowers users to leverage their expertise and numbers. POPVOX provides a legislative dashboard for Congress and government affairs professionals with bill status information, customized...
May 4, 2013
POPVOX is an innovative advocacy platform that meshes legislative data with individuals’ personal stories and sentiment. Winner of the social media category in the 2011 SxSW BizSpark Accelerator startup competition, POPVOX delivers public input to Congress in a format tailored to actionable policy decisions and empowers users to leverage their expertise and numbers. POPVOX provides a legislative dashboard for Congress and government affairs professionals with bill status information, customized...
Althouse: Chief Justice Roberts informs Congress that the federal judiciary is scraping by on a mere $7 billion a year
January 1, 2013
Althouse: Chief Justice Roberts informs Congress that the federal judiciary is scraping by on a mere $7 billion a year http://goo.gl/XK9ld
January 1, 2013
Althouse: Chief Justice Roberts informs Congress that the federal judiciary is scraping by on a mere $7 billion a year http://goo.gl/XK9ld
