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Timestamp: 2020-07-14 17:40:16
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1054', '§1356', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§1356']

[USC02] 10 USC 1054: Defense of certain suits arising out of legal malpractice
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10 USC 1054: Defense of certain suits arising out of legal malpractice Text contains those laws in effect on July 13, 2020
(b) The Attorney General shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any person referred to in subsection (a) (or the estate of such person) for any such injury. Any person against whom such a civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver, within such time after date of service or knowledge of service as determined by the Attorney General, all process served upon such person (or an attested true copy thereof) to such person's immediate superior or to whomever was designated by the head of the agency concerned to receive such papers. Such person shall promptly furnish copies of the pleading and process therein-
(c) Upon a certification by the Attorney General that a person described in subsection (a) was acting in the scope of such person's duties or employment at the time of the incident out of which the suit arose, any such civil action or proceeding commenced in a State court-
(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, §1356(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3996 ; amended Pub. L. 100–448, §15(a), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1845 .)
1988-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–448, §15(a)(1), inserted "or within the Coast Guard" after "of title 32)".
Pub. L. 100–448, §15(b), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1845 , provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply only to claims accruing on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 28, 1988], regardless of when the alleged negligent act or omission occurred."
Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, §1356(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3998 , provided that: "Section 1054 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply only to claims accruing on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1986], regardless of when the alleged negligent or wrongful act or omission occurred."