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Rockwell International Corp. v. United States, 549 U.S. 457 (2007), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court examined the "original source" exception to the "public-disclosure" bar of the False Claims Act. The Court held that (1) the original source requirement of the FCA provision setting for the original-source exception to ...
[25] The False Claims Act requires a separate penalty for each violation of the statute. [26] Under the Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, [24] False Claims Act penalties are periodically adjusted for inflation. [26] In 2020, the penalties range from $11,665 to $23,331 per violation. [27] Certain claims are not actionable, including:
The Texas Ethics Commission was established in 1991 to oversee and provide guidance on various public ethics laws within the state of Texas. The agency's main office is located on the 10th Floor of the Sam Houston State Office Building at 201 East 14th Street in Downtown Austin. [1] [2] Instituted through a state constitutional amendment, the ...
The Texas bar association is investigating whether Ken Paxton's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct.
In the U.S., public disclosure of an invention results in the loss of patentability of the invention after a period of one year. [3]35 U.S.C. § 102 establishes various statutory bars to invention patentability with regard to invention novelty; these explicit bars preclude patentability as exceptions to a general underlying entitlement.
A non-public person's right to privacy from publicity is balanced against the First Amendment right of free speech. False light laws are "intended primarily to protect the plaintiff's mental or emotional well-being". [18] If a publication of information is false, then a tort of defamation might have occurred.
A post shared on Facebook claims the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals purportedly ruled that 84 of former President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons are “unconstitutional.” Verdict: False The ...
Former President Donald Trump repeated a series of false claims, many of which have long been debunked, about immigration and other subjects in his speech at a Sunday evening rally at Madison ...