The IRS scrutiny began after the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case that greatly expanded the ability of corporations, unions and other organizations to participate in election spending, though not through direct contributions to candidates or parties.

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The controversial actions began after the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case that greatly expanded the ability of corporations, unions and other organizations to participate in election spending, though not through direct contributions to candidates or parties.

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His familiarity with the National Front affords him the ability to capitalize on tensions that have emerged within the ruling coalition, by building bridges to disgruntled Front members and former allies who have found themselves unceremoniously omitted from the recent party lists.

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But he recently won a Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling expanding his ability to present evidence that the company knew of problems with Redux before 1997, which jurors could interpret as a green light for higher damages.

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The court's ruling has put aside, for the short run, a more potent challenge of the FCC's ability to mandate so-called software-defined devices, which use open-source software to define how a signal can be sent or received.

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