Administrative Law

FDA warns bakery CEO and lawyer that ‘love’ isn’t an actual ingredient

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned a Massachusetts bakery that the word “love” should not be on its ingredient list. The FDA’s Sept. 22 letter told the Nashoba Brook Bakery it had misbranded its granola by listing the word as an ingredient, report Bloomberg News, the Washington Post…

Oct 5, 2017 11:56 AM CDT

Chicago attorney launches parking-ticket resistance campaign online

Lawyer Todd Kooperman started a GoFundMe campaign called the Chicago Parking Ticket Resistance.

Oct 1, 2017 4:10 AM CDT

4 more states sue Trump administration for canceling DACA

Led by California, four more states sued the Trump administration on Monday over its cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and Politico reported. In their complaint (PDF), the attorneys general of California, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota argue that rescinding the program…

Sep 12, 2017 2:45 PM CDT

Former Social Security judge, 81, gets prison time, must repay more than $94M

A former administrative law judge who took payments in more than 3,100 disability cases involving a now-fugitive lawyer was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to repay more than $94 million on Friday. David Black Daugherty, 81, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had admitted taking more than $609,000…

Aug 28, 2017 3:26 PM CDT

Federal judge refuses to bar collection of data by Trump’s voter fraud commission

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has refused to block the collection of voter information by President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled (PDF) on Monday that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity was not a federal agency subject to requirements for a privacy…

Jul 25, 2017 10:30 AM CDT

Antonin Scalia Law School prof Rao expected to lead White House regulation agency

Neomi Rao, a law professor and strong supporter of renaming the law school at George Mason University after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, is expected to receive Senate approval Monday to lead the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. A former clerk for U.S. Supreme…

Jul 10, 2017 11:20 AM CDT

18 states and DC sue Betsy DeVos over delayed rules designed to protect student borrowers

Attorneys general for 18 states and Washington, D.C., have filed a federal lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for delaying new rules designed to help protect student borrowers who are defrauded by colleges.

Jul 6, 2017 3:45 PM CDT

Person claiming to be aggrieved fugitive lawyer Eric Conn emails terms of his surrender

A person claiming to be the lawyer who fled on June 2 before his sentencing in a $550 million disability fraud scheme is dictating the terms of his surrender in an email that rails about inequitable sentencing. The email purporting to be from Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn was likely written…

Jun 12, 2017 12:02 PM CDT

Chipotle workers sue for overtime based on expansive rule enjoined by federal judge

A proposed class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Chipotle workers in New Jersey seeks overtime pay under a Labor Department rule that expands worker eligibility, even though a federal judge enjoined implementation of the rule in November 2016. The name plaintiff in the suit is Carmen Alvarez, who was…

Jun 9, 2017 7:00 AM CDT

Former administrative law judge pleads guilty to taking bribes in $550M disability fraud scheme

A former administrative law judge pleaded guilty on Friday to taking more than $609,000 in bribes from a disability lawyer who called himself “Mr. Social Security.” The former judge, David Black Daugherty, 81, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving illegal gratuities, according to a…

May 15, 2017 1:13 PM CDT

Can United order passenger ouster? Check out its contract of carriage and federal compensation caps

United Airlines is taking a lot of heat after a video showed a recalcitrant passenger who was bumped from a flight on Sunday being dragged down the aisle of a plane in Chicago.

Apr 11, 2017 10:49 AM CDT

Could Health Secretary Tom Price kill Obamacare from the inside?

When House Speaker Paul Ryan took to the podium on the afternoon of March 24, 2017, it was supposed to be his moment of triumph. Ryan and his fellow Republicans had spent the last seven years railing against Obamacare, winning elections and raising millions while promising to repeal and replace it as soon as they took back the White House.

Apr 4, 2017 3:45 PM CDT

Bill overturning internet privacy protections is sent to President Trump

Congress has approved and sent to President Donald Trump a bill that removes privacy protections that required internet service providers to get customers’ permission before marketing their browsing history to third parties. The bill overturns a rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission during the Obama administration, the Wall Street…

Mar 29, 2017 9:19 AM CDT

Lawyer pleads guilty in $550M disability fraud scheme, admits bribing administrative law judge

A Kentucky lawyer who once called himself “Mr. Social Security” has pleaded guilty to allegations that he submitted false medical documents and bribed an administrative law judge to approve claims, obligating the government to pay more than $550 million in lifetime disability payments. The lawyer, 56-year-old Eric C. Conn of…

Mar 27, 2017 2:58 PM CDT

DOJ files brief in opposition to CFPB’s leadership structure

In a near-unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has filed a brief in opposition to another federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that the CFPB’s structure is unconstitutional. According to a Friday story on the New York Times’ Dealbook blog, the Justice Department filed its brief with the…

Mar 20, 2017 12:45 PM CDT