Human trafficking allegations test diplomatic immunity

By Traver Riggins

Allegations of human trafficking against Qatar diplomat highlight immunity issue

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"… oman -- sexual assault.The human trafficking lawsuit was filed March 25 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Essa Mohamed Al Mannai, Qatar’s second-high …"

White House visitor logs riddled with holes

By Fred Schulte and Viveca Novak

Obama touts release of Secret Service logs but data has huge gaps

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"… A request was denied. The group went to court. Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has twice ruled in favor of CREW, writing that “vis …"

Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West hailed Maryland’s Legal Aid Bureau with a rousing speech a few weeks ago that equated the nonprofi

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"… speech, Legal Aid Bureau’s former chief financial officer was charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with stealing, along with an accomplice, more than $1 million …"

"… n Baltimore, federal prosecutors filed a criminal information on May 26 in U.S. District Court charging Benjamin Louis King, 58, of Gwynn Oak, Md., with theft of more th …"

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ACLU challenges constitutionality of no-fly list

By John Solomon

The American Civil Liberties Union today sued the U.S. government, alleging it violated the constitutional rights of 10 U.S. citizens or leg

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"… fly,” Washburn told the Center.The ACLU alleged in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon that the government has failed to provide citizens like Washburn …"

Senators Grassley, Wyden push to make Medicare billing data public

By Joe Eaton and David Donald

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa introduced a bill today that would make available to the public data on Medicare billing by doctors

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"… re providers, a portion of which is currently kept hidden by a decades-old U.S. District Court order in Florida.Grassley spokeswoman Jill Gerber said the bill is a "dire …"

"… of The Wall Street Journal, filed suit to overturn the court order in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, arguing that the order hinders the new …"

Diesel dangers: Mining companies get first look at government cancer study

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published t

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"… arter to the wrong congressional committee. Nevertheless, in a 2001 order, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Haik directed government researchers to share drafts of the …"

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Whistleblower: Fannie Mae bungled HAMP anti-foreclosure program

By Michael Hudson

Fannie Mae executives bungled their stewardship of the federal government’s massive foreclosure-prevention campaign, creating a bureaucratic

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"… e, but her claims are laid out in detail in her 39-page legal complaint in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.Herron worked at Fannie Mae from 2000 to 2007. In her l …"

Jury: Quicken Loans doesn't owe overtime pay to former employees

By Michael Hudson

A federal jury said today that online mortgage giant Quicken Loans doesn’t owe overtime pay to hundreds of former loan officers. ...

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"… for Public Integrity investigation published last month about the trial in U.S. District Court in Detroit and other lawsuits examined how Quicken’s day-to-day tactics …"

Trading in favors

By Alex Knott and Aubrey Bruggeman

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 — Legislative favors, increased access to federal lawmakers and instructions on how to use loopholes to evade feder

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"… found.Such situations appear in many of the more than 40,000 documents the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia subpoenaed during the discovery process, whic …"

Retailers accuse AmEx of antitrust breach as battle over debit card cap heats up

Retailers in a long-running lawsuit against American Express Co. over charge card swipe fees are now accusing the card giant of violating an

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"… ing business with the company, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York. The waivers were designed by AmEx “with the specific intent …"

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