Government Law

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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Jackson Lewis Employer Alert-OFCCP Issues New Regulations

New Regulations Effective Date: December 13, 2000 In what appears to be the final overhaul of the affirmative action regulations, on November 13, 2000, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (the "OFCCP") issued new regulations ...
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Less Than Six Months until Y2k: Is Your Business Compliant?

With January 1, 2000 less than 200 days away, businesses around the world are scrambling to re-align their systems and services to be Y2K compliant. Small Businesses are particularly vulnerable to Y2K failures, says Fred Hochberg, deputy ...
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Litigation Deadlines: If You Snooze, You Can Lose!

If you are involved in a matter which may lead to litigation, it is extremely important to keep track of the time. You lose rights if you wait too long. Hawaii, like other states, has laws which limit how long you can wait before you bring a ...
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Local Taxing Options For Financing Open Space Initiatives In Pennsylvania

Act 153 of 1996 (the "Act"), which amended the Pennsylvania Conservation and Land Development Act, provides certain types of local government units with a valuable financing tool as many municipalities seek the means to preserve open space in their ...
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Loyalty To The Issuer In Bond Issues

Most problems coming out of a bond issue arise from a lack of loyalty to you, the local government issuer. Our friend Webster defines loyalty as "faithfulness to a person to whom fidelity is due." As the issuer, you have three goals in a bond issue ...
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Maritime Defendants Now Have Right to Jury Trial in Louisiana State Court

Several years ago, the Louisiana Legislature passed Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 1732(6), which effectively provided that only the plaintiff in a maritime matter filed in a Louisiana state court had the right to determine if the case ...
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Massachusetts and Virginia Courts Strike down Nexus Regulations as Unconstitutional

Reprinted with permission from Interstate Tax Insights, Vol. 2 no. 1 1998 Within the last year, the high courts of two states have found unconstitutional department regulations that required delivery of goods by common carrier as a prerequisite to ...
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Meaning of Public Disclosure Under the False Claims Act

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently decided its first case involving the meaning of public disclosure under the federal False Claim Act. Based on the facts of the Court held that no public disclosure had been made ...
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Mechanic’s Liens-Some Helpful Information

If you supply materials to a project or if you enter into a contract with the General Contractor or property owner on a project, you have Mechanic's Lien Rights. ...
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Military Service And Social Security

The earnings of people who serve in the military services on active duty or on active duty for training have been covered under Social Security since 1957. Inactive duty service in the armed forces reserves (such as weekend drills) has been covered ...
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