ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 27, 2025

On March 18, 2025, Judge Ronnie Abrams dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice , penning an opinion that upholds Local Law 154 as a valid exercise of local authority beyond the purview of EPCAs preemption clause. District Court for the Northern District of California, which ruled that EPCA did not preempt Berkleys ordinance.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

This statement followed a February 20, 2025 letter from Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris to President Pro Tempore of the Senate Charles Grassley stating the same and noting that the Department will no longer defend the layers of removal restrictions for ALJs in court. See Inmar Rx Solutions v. Garland , No. 3:23-cv-2883-E (N.D.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 1, 2025

On 20-21 March 2025, a conference on Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws was convened at St Hildas College, Oxford. Marshall critically examined the UK Supreme Court decision in UniCredit Bank v RusChemAlliance, demonstrating how the choice of law matters affect the international jurisdiction of English courts.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

Dodge (George Washington University Law School) and first published on Transnational Litigation Blog. The original version can be found at Transnational Litigation Blog. On March 7, 2025, Judge Stephen N. litigation, it would not involve arguing the merits of Chinas actions during the pandemic or submitting to U.S.

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Above The Law

MARCH 11, 2025

Widely (and rightly) hailed as one of the judiciarys most incisive and eloquent opinion authors, Bibass February 11, 2025 opinion in Thomson Reuters v. After some years of litigation, Thomson Reuters moved for summary judgment on two grounds: copyright infringement and that Rosss fair-use defense failed as a matter of law.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Teare J at first instance held that the English court lacked jurisdictionfinding that the arbitration agreements were governed by French substantive rules and that England was not the appropriate forumwhereas the Court of Appeal reversed this decision by granting a final anti-suit injunction requiring RCA to terminate its Russian proceedings.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

9] See Iva Lea Aurer, Guest Commentary: An Assessment of the Hague District Courts Decision in Milieudefensie et al. 10] See Maria Antonia Tigre and Marlies Hesselman, Milieudefensie v Shell: 3 Takeaways and Challenges on the Appeals Court Decision, Climate Law: A Sabin Center Blog, Dec. 26, 2025, [link].

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

Additionally, cases that reversed lower court decisions or set new legal precedents were considered more significant. Case Outcome: Reversal of Lower Court Decision: 5 points. Affirmation of Lower Court Decision: 2 points. Adam Feldman runs the litigation consulting company Optimized Legal Solutions LLC.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 3, 2025

.” The Pollock decision held appellate costs are among those costs that a statute says cant be assessed against a losing FEHA plaintiff unless theres a finding that the action was frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless when brought, or the plaintiff continued to litigate after it clearly became so. Collins (2025) 17 Cal.5th

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 5, 2024

Federal agencies operate in a rapidly evolving legal landscape, one in which Supreme Court decisions in cases like last week’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. If in 2025 Democrats hold the presidency and a majority in Congress, we may see an Inflation Reduction Act 2.0; if Trump wins, the regulatory vacuum will surely grow.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

The Eiffel Tower, Paris (photo by Renee Jefferson) One professional item to share – Law360 selected me to join its 2025 Editorial Advisory Board on Legal Ethics. From the website: On March 28 2025, Jenner & Block filed a lawsuit to stop an unconstitutional executive order that has already been declared unlawful by a federal court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 30, 2025

We have seen the freezing or termination of federal grants and other financial assistance, executive orders seeking to usurp state and local authority, the initiation of extensive deregulatory efforts, threats to green banks and nonprofit organizations, and significant developments in federal courts.

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2025

The two graphs below track the Justices word counts across all argument in the 2023/2024 Term and those already completed in this 2024/2025 Term. The remainder of this piece proceeds by breaking down and comparing their argument styles across eight oral arguments, four from the 2023/2024 Term and four from the 2024/2025 Term.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

Biden appointed the most judges to the Second Circuit in 2021, to the Ninth in 2022, and even had one judge begin active service in 2025 ( Embry Kidd in the Eleventh Circuit). Decision The Ninth Circuit reversed the district courts decision to dismiss the Unruh Act claim, ruling that the federal court should have kept jurisdiction over it.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Executive orders with dubious constitutional backing are flying from the Donald’s pen, and there’s a certified avalanche of litigation trying to limit the executive’s power grab. That (increasingly likely) scenario is not super concerning to one person — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 29, 2025

climate litigation database , and looks ahead at what we may see next. With some exceptions, federal agencies formerly defending Biden administration climate actions requested that the cases be held in abeyance to allow new political leadership time to be briefed on the litigation and to determine how to proceed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 1, 2025

To begin, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14148 , Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. Beyond funding-related attacks, the administrations policy on environmental and climate justice has led to the discontinuation of litigation that the federal government brought under President Biden.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

By 2024-2025, however, Barretts opinions began showing a shift toward supporting greater agency deference. Tsarnaev (2022), Barrett criticized judicial overreach, questioning appellate courts supervisory power. In City and County of San Francisco v. By 2024, in Fischer v. Specific to Death Penalty Justice Barretts opinions in Nance v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 9, 2025

Trump, Sauer wrote, should not be forced to delegate his executive power to agency heads who are demonstrably at odds with the Administrations policy objectives for a single day much less for the months that it would likely take for the courts to resolve this litigation. Sauer asked the justices to put orders by U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 16, 2025

Judicial Appointments A significant reshaping of the judiciary, particularly to the Supreme Court and federal appellate courts, has reshaped the judiciary. These appointments are already influencing rulings on key areas, including administrative law, corporate litigation, and constitutional law. The Judges response?

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