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The False Claims Act of 1863 (FCA) [1] is an American federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies ... Changes to the Public Disclosure Bar.
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 ...
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.
“The timing of these hasty conclusions is worth noting,” State Party Chairman Jim Walsh said.
The case invalidated a Washington law that allowed for sanctions for statements made about a candidate for political office, if those statements were found by the State's Public Disclosure Commission to be false and to have been made with actual malice. The Court's decision was divided 5-4.
A U.S. Federal Trade Commission official said on Wednesday that the country's leading seafood restaurant chains have been warned that the agency will crack down on false claims of locally caught ...
The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission on Tuesday issued a $5,000 fine to the Washington State Republican Party for four campaign finance and political advertising violations.. The PDC ...
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.