Civil Law

ACNC Secrecy Reforms Project

Authors: Belinda Marsh, Partner and Merisa Raic, Special Counsel.

The ACNC has published its first decision summary which is part of the new ACNC Secrecy Reforms Project (the Project).

The ACNC received funding in the 2023-24 Budget for the project with the aim of improving transparency and providing more information to the charity sector relating to the ACNC’s regulatory and compliance activities.

The first published de-identified decision from the Project relates to an application for registration as a charity of an organisation … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Relist-palooza: Religious exercise, the False Claims Act, takings clause, RICO, bank secrecy, and more

Relist-palooza: Religious exercise, the False Claims Act, takings clause, RICO, bank secrecy, and more

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The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

 This Friday’s conference represents a significant date in the Supreme Court’s schedule: Based on the schedule prescribed by the court’s rules, it is the last conference at which a cert petition can be granted and the case heard during the court’s April sitting. Because it appears that sitting is mostly empty at … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Justices grant review in cases on Bank Secrecy Act and False Claims Act

Justices grant review in cases on Bank Secrecy Act and False Claims Act

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning added two cases — one involving the Bank Secrecy Act, the other involving the government’s power to dismiss fraud claims — to its 2022-23 docket. In a list of orders from the justices’ private conference last week, the justices also turned down – over a dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas that was joined by Justice Samuel Alito – a request from Ohio to reinstate the conviction and death sentence of an inmate who … Read the rest