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Court Dismisses RFID Ear Tag Case Against USDA
A federal judge in Wyoming has dismissed an amended lawsuit filed by R-CALF USA and four ranchers that alleged the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act in its effort to mandate radio frequency identification eartags on adult cattle entering into interstate commerce. South Dakota ranchers Kenny and Roxy…
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No Joke: Conservative Pundits Face Investigations for Satirical Union Tweets
Conservatives are learning the hard way that joking about union organizing is no laughing matter. Commentator Ben Shapiro’s tongue-in-cheek tweet last year about striking employees spurred a federal complaint that touched off a seven-month investigation by the National Labor Relations Board, which ultimately dismissed the matter in a decision announced Monday. What was the tweet? Referring…
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Landlords To Ask Supreme Court To Lift Eviction Freeze
The U.S. Supreme Court may soon be asked to lift the nationwide eviction freeze imposed by public health officials, which has so far shielded tens of thousands of families facing financial hardships from the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. About 10.7 million adults living in rental housing were behind on rent, according a Center on…
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CFPB Eviction Disclosure Rule Survives Restraining Order Bid
A Tennessee federal judge on Friday declined to issue an emergency order blocking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s rule requiring landlords to inform tenants about federal protections put in place amid the pandemic, finding that the rule doesn’t apply to the Sixth Circuit and the landlords’ theory is “internally inconsistent.” The group of landlords was seeking…
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NLRB Won't Pursue Charge Over Ben Shapiro Strike Tweet
The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a charge accusing The Daily Wire of violating federal labor law through a tweet from its co-founder Ben Shapiro, the limited-government public interest firm… Published by Law 360 TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Judge Won't Block Eviction Ban Notice Rule
A Tennessee landlord has lost a bid to block a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule requiring notice to delinquent renters of a national eviction ban, after a court said the rule does not apply where courts have blocked the ban. U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson in Nashville on Friday denied The Property Management Connection LLC’s request for…
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