Now that student loan relief has been extended until January 31, 2022, attention now turns to whether student loans will be cancelled. Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) say student loan relief is necessary to help millions of student loan borrowers avoid student loan default. Simply put, Warren said student … More Student Loan Cancellation Sends These 3 Messages
An aide for the incoming Biden administration said last week the president-elect will extend the payment pause and interest waiver for student loan borrowers beyond this month, when it was set to expire. That means the 42 million Americans with federal student loans will have more time before they need to start making their monthly … More Biden will extend payment pause for student loan borrowers. Yet timeline remains unclear
Last year, the Navy added 36 Growler aircraft to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The additions increased airfield activity by up to a third. Cantwell and Larsen’s provision requires the Secretary of the Navy to conduct real-time monitoring of noise from flights at two West Coast Navy installations, including the field carrier landing practice at … More Provision in Defense Bill extends noise monitoring of Growler flights for 12 months, requires data be made available to the public
From Jan. 6 to 27, 2017, the Navy scraped up to 700 cubic yards (the equivalent of 70 dump truckloads) of debris from the hull of the Independence into the water. An unknown fraction of that material consisted of copper-laced paint chips — enough to raise the concentration of copper above permissible levels. The debris and chips still … More ‘An egregious violation’: WA sues Navy for dumping toxic paint into Puget Sound | Crosscut
The court was hearing arguments in the case by phone because of the coronavirus pandemic. If the court were to accept Nestle and Cargill’s arguments, that could further limit the ability of victims of human rights abuses abroad to use U.S. courts to sue. But both liberal and conservative justices asked questions that were skeptical … More Nestle and Cargill argue to further limit the ability of victims of human rights abuses abroad to use U.S. courts to sue
“The coronavirus pandemic has presented challenges for many students and borrowers, and this temporary pause in payments will help those who have been impacted,” DeVos said in a statement Friday. “The added time also allows Congress to do its job and determine what measures it believes are necessary and appropriate. The Congress, not the executive … More Student loan payments: Moratorium on federal loan payments extended until Jan. 31 – The Washington Post
Justice Werdegar’s concurring opinion in Arias v. Superior Court, 46 Cal. 4th 969, 988 (2009) explains that C.C.P § 382 pre-dates modern class actions and “codifies not class action procedure but the common law doctrine of virtual representation.” https://www.impactfund.org/class-action-law-california-litigation-on-a-fault-line
“Purdue Pharma actively thwarted the United States’ efforts to ensure compliance and prevent diversion,” said Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Administrator Tim McDermott. “The devastating ripple effect of Purdue’s actions left lives lost and others addicted.” The company doesn’t have $8 billion in cash available to pay the fines. So Purdue will be dissolved as part … More OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, pay $8 billion, and will close the company
The Education Department started warning borrowers through text messages and emails this week that their monthly payments will resume in January. Even though Trump said this summer that he planned to later “extend” the freeze beyond Dec. 31, a White House spokesperson declined to comment on whether the president is still considering another executive action … More Trump’s student loan cliff threatens chaos for Biden
A brief supporting the company’s appeal argues that its discussion of pain treatment was constitutionally protected. When an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson last year to pay half a billion dollars as compensation for the harm caused by abuse of prescription opioids, he relied on a definition of “public nuisance” so broad that it could cover … More $465 Million Judgment Against Johnson & Johnson Threatens Freedom of Speech –Reason.com
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