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Federal Court Finds Public Service Providers Do Not Qualify as Debt Collectors Under FDCPA

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A federal Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma recently granted the motions of several public entities to dismiss the amended complaint of a pro se plaintiff who brought claims...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Firings of Democratic Commissioners Leave FTC In Flux and Tee Up Revisiting of Humphrey’s Executor

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As news hit last night that President Trump fired the two remaining Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, many questions abound. Would Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter contest the dismissals?...more

IMS Legal Strategies

Conspiracy-Minded Jurors: A Defense Playbook

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene's damage to western North Carolina, a new conspiracy theory gained traction. This conspiracy held that the federal government manipulated the weather as Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina...more

Jones Day

GAO: Contractors Must Diligently Pursue Agency Debriefing, Even After Making a Timely Request

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The Situation: The U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") dismissed a protest challenging a contractor's exclusion from the competitive range based upon the contractor's failure to diligently pursue a debriefing. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Three Years After Escobar: Lessons Learned Regarding Plaintiffs’ Efforts To Neutralize Escobar and Opportunities This Practice...

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• Escobar doctrinally and conceptually transformed the FCA. • Relators and the government have developed strategies to neutralize Escobar. • Defendants must avoid certain new traps that could enhance their exposure to...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Internal & External Health Care Investigations Part 3

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In Part 3 of our series on health care investigations, Mark Rush and John Lawrence discuss the process for external investigations conducted by federal and state governmental agencies, including in the context of qui tam...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

If at First You Don't Try, You Won't Succeed: The Importance of Exhausting Your Administrative Remedies

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Seeking legal relief in court can be a lot more intimidating than asking a teacher to settle a playground argument, but in both cases the first question you may be asked is "did you try to work it out first?" The same...more

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