An immigration attorney using FOIA to request federal agency documents on selection criteria for conducting audits of employers’ permanent labor applications leading to green cards can try his claim that DOL did not conduct an adequate search for documents; the ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The 4th Circuit rejects Philip Morris USA’s appeal seeking review of a USDA decision implementing the phase-out of a price support system for tobacco products that uses, 2003 tax rates instead of current tax rates to calculate allocation of assessments ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge Allyson K. Duncan

A Fairfax Circuit Court grants a permit for a concealed handgun to an applicant who, as a member of the U.S. Navy, pled guilty to three offenses in a Special Court-Martial and received a four-month sentence, reduced rank, pay forfeiture ...

Tagged with: Administrative Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Virginia Circuit Courts

Appellant filed her written statement of facts in lieu of a transcript more than 55 days after entry of judgment and the entry of a child protective order is summarily affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Under Rule 5A:8(b)(4)(ii), when ...

Tagged with: Administrative Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A Department of Juvenile Justice trainer who grieved her termination after she backhanded a student who was cursing and who won a suspension in lieu of termination now wins reversal of a circuit court decision reinstating the termination; the Court ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals

The Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the Federal Trade Commission in this FOIA suit filed by a law firm seeking information about the FTC’s interactions with representatives of the alcoholic beverage industry, on behalf of a firm ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An administrative law judge did not improperly limit a coal mining company’s ability to rebut a presumption of black lung benefits for a claimant who had spent at least 15 years in an underground mine and had become totally disabled ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

In this black lung benefits case, claimant’s lawyers had sufficient market-based evidence to support their hourly rates of $175 to $300 and their quarter-hour billing did not lead to billing excessive hours, but the 4th Circuit said the record did ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge Barbara Milano Keenan

The chair of the Sussex County Board of Supervisors has resigned from the board after a judge refused to toss out allegations that he misused his office. Rufus E. Tyler Sr. was a 17-year veteran of the board, and at ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge W. Allan Sharrett Sussex County Circuit Court

A federal district court did not have jurisdiction to review the Coast Guard’s bond fixed for release of a detained ship under investigation for potential violations of certain ocean pollution prevention statutes; the 4th Circuit reverses the district court order ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge Stephanie Dawn Thacker