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National Law Journal

Biometric Hand Scanner Violated Coal Miner's 'Mark of the Beast' Belief: Court

An appeals court ruled Monday that a West Virginia coal mining company interfered with a worker's religious beliefs after the evangelical Christian likened the company's biometric hand scanners to clock in and out to the "Mark of the Beast," as described in the Book of Revelation.
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New York Law Journal

Couple Sues FEMA Over Refusal to Review Sandy Damage Claims

A couple whose property was damaged by Hurricane Sandy has sued FEMA for denying them access to the agency's Hurricane Sandy Claims Review process, which allowed all claimants to reopen their flood insurance claims so FEMA could investigate whether any additional money was owed to victims.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Travel Ban Suffers New Loss in Ninth Circuit

A federal appellate court on Monday handed President Donald Trump his second major defeat in a month after finding his executive order suspending immigration from six Muslim nations and the U.S. refugee program violated federal law.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

State AGs Look to Add Teeth to Trump Emoluments Claims

Attorneys general in Maryland and D.C. are looking to establish standing to bring an emoluments suit against the president over his business practices.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Turns Guns on Patent Office's Post-Grant Proceedings

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether inter partes review proceedings are constitutional.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Law Firms React to Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits

Plaintiffs firms and corporate defense firms have been adding whistleblower law experts as the number of suits proliferates along with the number of state and federal laws that have been enacted allowing qui tam claims.
20 minute read

Legaltech News

Cutting Through the Confusion of China's Cybersecurity Law

The opening workshop and Legalweek West attempted to answer some of the pressing questions about the China law—and explore why there are so many questions in the first place.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Treasury Report, Mirroring Industry Complaints, Proposes Curbing the CFPB

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday slammed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as "unaccountable to the American people" and laid out sweeping reforms that hew closely to legal challenges brought by financial companies and to a U.S. House Republican plan to curb the power of the Obama-era agency.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

The Layered Federal and State Cybersecurity Regulation of Financial Services Firms

Cybercrime poses an ever-increasing threat to consumers of financial products and services, and now individual states are increasingly joining federal agencies in the regulatory game.
10 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Carper and Coons Move on Federal Court Vacancies

As Delaware's Democratic senators move ahead with a bipartisan committee to vet potential candidates for two openings on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, the White House has not initiated a formal process for reviewing applicants, sources said this week.
7 minute read

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