Administrative Law Judges

HEADNOTE Legislation aims to fast-track mediation in bid to cut more red tape BURDENSOME. REDUNDANT. Frustrating. Counterproductive. "There are a lot of words for it," Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D- Cape May Court...

FREMONT, OHIO-Memorial Hospital announced that it signed a letter of intent to affiliate with ProMedica health system. Terms of the transaction are expected to be worked out over the next 90 days or...

In 1958, the federal government, with the blessing of Tar Heel politicians, awarded Alcoa Power Generating Inc. a 50-year license to create hydropower on a 38-mile stretch of the Yadkin River. The company...

In Hendrick Hudson School District v. Rowley,'1 the United States Supreme Court interpreted the Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to mean that a...

The passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 ("1997 Amendments"),1 the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 ("NCLB"),2 and the passage of the subsequent...

HEADNOTE US/GERMANY Facing a $4 billion breakup fee, AT&T is working hard to make its proposed merger with T-Mobile a reality, despite regulatory stumbling blocks. When AT&T and T-Mobile USA announced late last...

Thirty years old in 2012, Board of Education v. Rowley^ remains the Supreme Court's sole pronouncement on the meaning of the duty to provide appropriate education for children with disabilities. This duty is...

Michael and Chantelle Sackett bought two-thirds of an acre of Idaho property in 2005, intending to build a new family home. What they got instead was a lesson in the arbitrary power of...

In the Fall 2011 article "What Should We Do about Social Security Disability Appeals?" by Richard J. Pierce, Jr., the $2.1 billion in benefits granted by administrative law judge Charles Bridges was incorrectly...

In the midst of substantial national judicial budget cuts, West Virginia was one of the few states spared by the reduction and actually had an increase of $1.7 million. But that doesn't mean...

DENVER -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB:CBIS) a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is very pleased to announce a second patient suffering skin cancer is self-administering cannabis extracts in collaboration...

The National Labor Relations Board has upheld an administrative law judge who ordered OzburnHessey Logistics LLC to reinstate three warehouse workers who were fired during a 2010 union organizing campaign. In its Nov....

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of AGL Resources, Inc. (AGL), AGL Capital Corp. (AGL Capital), Atlanta Gas Light Company (AGLC), Nicor, Inc. (Nicor) and Northern Illinois Gas Company (d/b/a...

HEADNOTE The companies withdraw key application requests with the FCC just as the antitrust suit filed by the DOJ is scheduled to begin its journey through the courts. AT&T's controversial $39 billion bid...

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* It's early morning in Pune, India, and 2 dozen children of migrant farm workers, slum dwellers, and other underprivileged families are clambering into a new school bus. But that bus isn't going...

In October, the United States Supreme Court denied KFC Corporation's request for review of a December 2010 tax nexus decision issued by the Iowa Supreme Court. The decision by the highest court not...

In 1989 and 1990, federal courts ordered two hospitals in Rockford, Ill., to stop merger talks after concluding that the combined organization would threaten competition and gain too much clout at the bargaining...

No company wins all of the time on administrative appeals of tax assessments. In fact, victory in a majority of cases would be a stretch. But, a company tax specialist would at least...