Contractor psychologists Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, now the subject of a federal lawsuit, used it as a test case to implement a program they designed that yielded international human-rights condemnations and an extensive Senate committee inquiry.
Last year, however, the company, as part of an effort to resolve one of the lawsuits, agreed to implement standardized screening, interviewing and selection procedures, as well as spell out qualifications for management jobs at the railroad.
The city settled the lawsuit, agreeing to implement clearer crowd dispersal and mass arrest policies, which are likely to be put to the test at the convention.
Engaging in collusive lawsuits with advocacy groups to implement regulations without going through the normal legislative or even administrative course.
Moreover he said that his ruling should have immediate effect, thereby relieving the 26 states that had joined the lawsuit of their obligation to implement the law.Some of those states, including Wisconsin, have already indicated that they will stop work on the law.
Lawyers for the Sanders campaign alleged in their lawsuit that the DNC "failed to implement reasonable data security measures," which led to "the inadvertent disclosure" this week of the Clinton campaign's confidential voter information.
Prodded by lawsuits and strong Justice Department regulations issued last year to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, civilian jails and prisons around the country are developing ways to address the particular needs of transgender inmates.
On Thursday, a federal judge in the District of Columbia is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Kentucky and the administration for seeking to implement work requirements.
Nakamura expressed concerns that the bill would be too hard to implement and be a magnet for lawsuits.
The next phase in all this, if health care passes, might well be "nullification" lawsuits or resolutions in states that don't want to have to implement Obama's reform.
