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- United States v. Miller’s Organic Farm, No. 5:19-cv-01435 (E.D. Pa.), Docket
Court Filing · 2023
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
The docket identifies the 2019 injunction (entry 44), April 2020 consent decree (67), June 16, 2021 contempt finding, July 22 sanctions order (105), and August 4,…
- United States v. Pramaggiore and McClain, Nos. 25-2349 and 25-2350
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In June 2026 the Seventh Circuit vacated the conspiracy and books-and-records convictions of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain after the Snyder ruling,…
- United States v. Robertson, 875 F.3d 1281 (9th Cir. 2017)
Court Filing · 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The court affirmed convictions after a second trial and identified National Forest and privately owned mining-claim land, wetlands, and a tributary to Cataract Creek. This contradicts…
- United States v. Robertson, 980 F.3d 1326 (9th Cir. 2020)
Court Filing · 2020
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
After Robertson died with certiorari pending, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded and the indictment was dismissed through abatement. The CJA reimbursement survived; this was not…
- United States v. Snyder, No. 21-2986
Court Filing · 2023
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
The Seventh Circuit affirmed in 2023, but the Supreme Court reversed the bribery holding in 2024. This opinion is historical, not the final procedural outcome.
- United States v. Trump and Nauta, Superseding Indictment
Court Filing · 2023
Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith
The original indictment was filed June 8, 2023 and unsealed June 9; the superseding indictment followed in July. Indictment allegations are not proof of guilt.
- United States v. Trump et al., Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Superseding Indictment
Court Filing · 2024
Judge Aileen M. Cannon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
The dismissal rested on the special counsel’s appointment, not a merits exoneration. The government dismissed its Trump appeal in November 2024 and the remaining appeal in…
- Universal Music Group and TikTok: New Global Licensing Agreement (2026)
Corporate Filing · 2026
Universal Music Group and TikTok
Universal and TikTok, May 2026: a new multi-year global agreement continuing the partnership.
- Universal Music Group and TikTok: New Licensing Agreement (2024)
Corporate Filing · 2024
Universal Music Group and TikTok
Universal and TikTok, May 2024: a new licensing deal returned Universal's music to TikTok.
- Universal Music Group: Major Shareholders (2026)
Corporate Filing · 2026
Universal Music Group N.V.
Universal Music Group's shareholder list (September 2026): Bolloré 18.4 percent, Vivendi 12.4 percent, Tencent 11.5 percent, BlackRock about 3 percent. UMG has been a separate public…
- Universal Music Group: Why We Must Call Time Out on TikTok (2024)
Corporate Filing · 2024
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group's January 2024 open letter pulling its music from TikTok, accusing it of paying a fraction of what other platforms pay. UMG's side of…
- Update on Review of Asset Management Products and Activities
Government Record · 2016
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Documents FSOC’s review of asset-management products and activities, including liquidity transformation in pooled vehicles. It is further evidence of regulatory examination, not a designation of BlackRock,…
- Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994)
Government Record · 1994
U.S. Congress
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994): Congress approved the trade agreements that created the World Trade Organization.
- USA Today, Arizona Republic and Center for Public Integrity: Copy, Paste, Legislate (2019)
News Report · 2019
USA Today, Arizona Republic, Center for Public Integrity (two-year investigation)
USA Today, the Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity, April 2019: found at least 10,000 state bills from 2010 to 2018 copied almost entirely…
- USDA Final Rule: Removal of Country of Origin Labeling for Beef and Pork (2016)
Government Record · 2016
Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA, March 2016: after the WTO rulings, Congress repealed mandatory country-of-origin labels for beef and pork, and USDA removed the requirement.
- USDA: SNAP Participation and Costs, 1969 to 2025
Government Record · 2026
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
USDA: average monthly food stamp (SNAP) participation went from 4.3 million in 1970 to 42.4 million in 2025.
- USITC: Economic Impact of Trade Agreements, 2016 Report
Government Record · 2016
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S. International Trade Commission, 2016: research finds NAFTA greatly increased trade, slightly raised overall welfare, and had little to no effect on total U.S. employment, with…
- USITC: Economy-wide Modeling of NAFTA (1992)
Government Record · 1992
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S. International Trade Commission, May 1992: before NAFTA, its model predicted total U.S. employment would rise by 29,300 to 44,500 jobs after five years.
- USTR Section 301 Tariffs on Chinese Goods (September 2018)
Government Record · 2018
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
The U.S. Trade Representative's September 2018 notice placing 10 percent tariffs on a list of Chinese goods, set to rise to 25 percent in 2019.
- VA Releases Annual Veteran Suicide Prevention Report Updated With 2024 Data
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
The latest official report gives 17.7 Veteran suicides per day for 2024. The older “22 a day” estimate concerned 2012 data and different methods; it should…
- Vacaville Barber Offering Free Haircuts Has License Suspended (Primo’s Barbershop)
News Report · 2020
CBS Sacramento
Report identifies Juan Desmarais of Primo’s Barbershop and says the Board temporarily suspended his license on October 29, 2020. DCA said compensated barbering requires a valid…
- Vanguard facts and figures
Document · 2026
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Vanguard’s official ownership structure is fund/shareholder ownership, not ownership by an outside corporate parent. Together with Fink’s client-money statement, this undermines treating managed shares as the…
- Vanguard Index Funds Form N-PX, ExxonMobil 2021 annual meeting
Corporate Filing · 2021
Vanguard Index Funds
Vanguard Index Funds N-PX filing covering the 2021 ExxonMobil meeting, where Vanguard backed two Engine No. 1 nominees (Goff and Hietala).
- Vanguard Index Funds Form N-PX, ExxonMobil 2022 political-contributions proposal
Corporate Filing · 2022
Vanguard Index Funds
Vanguard Index Funds N-PX filing covering ExxonMobil's 2022 meeting, which included the shareholder proposal for a report on political contributions. The vote cast is recorded in…