{"id":7197,"date":"2007-06-11T21:11:06","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T21:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/propertyinsurancecoveragelaw\/2007\/06\/11\/can-a-federal-judge-tell-the-us-attorneys-office-to-intervene-in-a-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2007-06-11T21:11:06","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T21:11:06","slug":"can-a-federal-judge-tell-the-us-attorneys-office-to-intervene-in-a-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com\/blog\/can-a-federal-judge-tell-the-us-attorneys-office-to-intervene-in-a-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a federal judge tell the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office to intervene in a lawsuit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the well-established principle of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Separation_of_powers\" rel=\"noopener\">separation of power<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insurancecoverageblog.com\/Judge%20Beer%20motion.pdf\" title=\"Beer's Motion courtesy of David Rossmiller, Insurance Coverage Law Blog\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge Peter Beer&#8217;s motion <\/a>in the Branch Consultants v. Allstate et al. <em>requests<\/em> that\u00a0the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office intervene in the whistleblower case or show cause why they are not.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.nola.com\/tpmoney\/2007\/06\/judge_in_whistleblower_case_de.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the well-established principle of separation of power, Judge Peter Beer&#8217;s motion in the Branch Consultants v. 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