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- EPO Board of Appeal Decision T 1553/22 (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
EPO Boards of Appeal
A 2024 European Patent Office appeal decision holding that human-animal chimeras are excluded from patents if the invention as a whole offends human dignity.
- EPO Rule 28: Exceptions to Patentability
Government Record · 2020
European Patent Office
The European Patent Office rule on exceptions to patentability, including plants and animals produced only by essentially biological processes.
- Ernst v. Child and Youth Services of Chester County, 108 F.3d 486
Court Filing · 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The Third Circuit held that caseworkers and attorneys who prosecute dependency cases have absolute immunity from lawsuits for preparing and prosecuting those cases. Investigative and administrative…
- EWTN: Plaintiff Discusses Social Media Censorship Settlement (2026)
News Report · 2026
EWTN News; republished by Ethics & Public Policy Center
EWTN News, republished by the Ethics & Public Policy Center, March 2026: reports Judge Doughty approved the settlement on March 26, 2026, barring the Surgeon General,…
- Executive Grant of Clemency for Hunter Biden (2024)
Government Record · 2024
President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President Joe Biden, December 1, 2024: a full and unconditional pardon for Hunter Biden covering federal offenses from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including…
- Executive Order 13891: Agency Guidance Documents (2019)
Government Record · 2019
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump, October 2019: ordered agencies to treat guidance documents as non-binding 'both in law and in practice,' post them publicly, and take public comment on…
- Executive Order 13992: Revoking the Guidance Order (2021)
Government Record · 2021
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
President Biden, January 2021: revoked Executive Order 13891 on guidance documents, along with several other Trump regulatory orders, and told agencies to undo the policies built…
- Executive Order 14149: Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship (2025)
Government Record · 2025
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump, January 2025: states that the prior administration censored Americans by pressuring platforms, and orders the Attorney General to investigate four years of federal activity…
- Executive Order 14192: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation (2025)
Government Record · 2025
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump, January 2025: for every new regulation, agencies must identify at least ten old ones to eliminate, with zero net new regulatory cost for 2025.
- Executive Order 14219: DOGE Deregulatory Initiative (2025)
Government Record · 2025
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump, February 2025: ordered agencies to find, within 60 days, regulations that are unconstitutional, exceed the agency's authority or conflict with recent Supreme Court rulings,…
- Executive Order 14270: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting (2025)
Government Record · 2025
President Donald J. Trump
President Trump, April 2025: ordered energy and environmental agencies to add expiration dates to their regulations, so rules end automatically unless the agency renews them.
- Executive Summary: Investigation into the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida’s Resolution of Its 2006-2008 Federal Criminal Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and Its Interactions with Victims during the Investigation
Government Record · 2020
DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility
OPR recounts the September 24, 2007 NPA, June 30, 2008 plea, 18-month sentence, less than 13 months served, and 12-hour work release. It found poor judgment…
- Facebook: Inauthentic Behavior Report on Natural News (2020)
Corporate Filing · 2020
Facebook
Facebook, October 2020: says it removed 15 Natural News Pages and blocked links to at least 850 associated domains in May and June 2020 for spam…
- Facebook: Removal of Four Infowars Pages (2018)
Corporate Filing · 2018
Meta / Facebook
Facebook, August 2018: removed four Infowars-related Pages for repeated Community Standards violations, including glorifying violence and dehumanizing language about transgender people, Muslims and immigrants. It said…
- Facts on the Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Government Record · 2013
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Director of National Intelligence fact sheet, June 8, 2013: describes PRISM as an internal government system for court-supervised collection from internet companies. The agency's own description.
- Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund v. Sebelius (2010, 2012)
Document · 2010
Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, Iowa State University
Iowa State University legal annotation: farmers and consumers challenged the federal raw milk ban. The case was dismissed in 2012 for lack of standing after FDA…
- FCC v. AT&T (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Supreme Court of the United States (Roberts, C.J., 8-1)
U.S. Supreme Court, June 2026, 8 to 1: FCC fine orders do not violate the jury-trial right, because the government cannot collect until it proves its…
- FDA: Food Safety and Raw Milk
Government Record
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA's consumer page: says FDA banned interstate raw milk sales in 1987, counts 143 reported outbreaks since then, and says it does not regulate sales within…
- FDA: The Dangers of Raw Milk
Government Record
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA's warning page: cites CDC counts of 202 outbreaks, 2,645 illnesses and 228 hospitalizations linked to raw milk from 1998 to 2018. The agencies' own figures…
- FDIC Annual Report 2025
Government Record · 2025
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The annual report was opened for updated SVB/Signature DIF estimates and assessment accounting. A concise excerpt was not retained, so it is not used for a…
- FDIC’s Supervision of First Republic Bank
Government Record · 2023
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The report was opened for First Republic’s assumption and DIF consequences. A concise passage was not retained; unlike WaMu, First Republic involved a multibillion-dollar estimated DIF…
- Federal Government Contractor Sentenced for Removing and Transmitting Classified Materials to News Outlet
Government Record · 2018
U.S. Department of Justice
Reality Winner was sentenced in August 2018 to five years and three months (63 months) in prison plus three years of supervised release for removing classified…
- Federal Jury Convicts Mayor of Portage, Ind., of Corruption Charge
Government Record · 2019
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Indiana
Snyder’s tax-obstruction conviction was separate from the §666 bribery count addressed by the Supreme Court.
- Felony Diversion Programs
Government Record · 2026
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
The Drug Deferred Prosecution Program can include qualifying Class 4 cases involving five grams or less and dismiss charges after successful completion. This contradicts an implication…