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The roots of modern government law go back as far as ancient Greek and Roman times. Today’s modern laws seek to address both federal and state regulations impacting everything from the interplay between federal and state tax dollars to more local administrative agency concerns. Topics under this umbrella also include issues such as eligibility for aid under the federal Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts to ensuring environmental compliance from big business. If you are an attorney researching how the federal government awards or negotiates contracts, including an explanation on the bidding process and procurement integrity, FindLaw has a series of articles to help better inform your government law-based practice. Click on the links below to learn more.
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How to Express Your Limitations/Disabilities to Social Security
When people apply for Social Security disability benefits, they complete questionnaires regarding their condition, what medications they are currently taking, and most importantly, about their activities. I say most importantly because the activity ...
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HUD Assistance for Disaster Recovery
Copies of All Participant Memoranda are available through HUD's web site or at For website information on other federal disaster recovery programs see ...
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Human Stresses In Tribunals
n. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or disquieting influence; distress. - tr. v. . To subject to pressure or strain; to distress. (The American Heritage Dictionary). Everything in the Tribunal setting can cause stress or be stressful. The very ...
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If You Work For A Nonprofit Organization
About 95 percent of all workers are required by law to pay Social Security taxes. That wasn't true before 1984 when people who worked for nonprofit organizations did not pay into Social Security unless they specifically chose to take part in the ...
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Illinois Statutory and Common Law Immunity.
A police chief could not claim either statutory or common-law immunity from suit when labeling a former police officer mentally disturbed in an interview with the officer's prospective employer.The Appellate Court recently issued a published opinion ...
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Implications of Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson on Banking Law and the Complete Preemption Doctrine
The decision by the United States Supreme Court in Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson, 123 S. Ct. 2058 (2003), holding that the National Bank Act completely preempted state usury law claims against nationally chartered, federally insured banks ...
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Indonesia Opens Infrastructure Projects to the World
A Presidential Decree recently promulgated by Indonesian President Soeharto has established a new national framework for private sector participation in Indonesian infrastructure projects. For the first time, clear and universal guidelines have been ...
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Intellectual Property Law Briefing: Florida Prepaid and Infringement by State Actors
On June 23, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Educ. Expense Bd. v. College Sav. Bank (1) ("Florida Prepaid") that the Patent Remedy Act violated the Eleventh and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. This ...
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Interest Recovery under CDA
When can a contractor start accruing interest on costs included in a contract claim against the federal government? A recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a board of contract appeals decision which required ...
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Is the Government Abusing Multiple Award Contracts?
A U.S. General Accounting Office (“GAO”) report issued in late March confirmed what contractors have known for some time—the government is regularly placing multi-million dollar orders under multiple award contracts without any competition. The ...
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