ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. The question put to the ICJ must be a legal question within the meaning of the Statute of the Court and the UN Charter as opposed to a political question. This analysis has precedents in domestic climate litigation.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

In addition to MoCRA, several panels touched on state statutes that regulate chemicals in cosmetics, such as the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. Those claims are often triggers for plaintiff’s litigation if used with products that contain PFAS. Truly, these are complex considerations.

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LexForti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

All the above laws and statutes were not according to the prevailing Indian System. The application of the international convention was justified because no Indian law or statute was governing maritime claims. As a result, post-Independence, the government enacted new rules and ordinances to improve existing coastal trading practices.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 14, 2023

The presentation suggested a more defensible course of action in such a situation: Courts should approve both the clauses and give a choice to the parties to pursue the matter either through litigation or arbitration. Instead, the CAS may accept a sports related dispute if the statutes or regulations designate that it has jurisdiction.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In yet another decision based on statutory interpretation, an appellate court has decided that FDA’s interpretation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) is contrary to the plain text of the statute. It may lead to new litigation or call into question previous FDA awards of orphan drug exclusivity.

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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. She exemplified her views by reference to statutes of limitation. The author of this report is Meltem Ece Oba (Ko University, Istanbul).

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 17, 2025

Richards : The case centers on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which provides: No action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The order granting the reconsideration petition was made more than 60 days after the petition’s filing, and the then-governing statute provided a petition “is deemed to have been denied. unless it is acted upon within 60 days from the date of filing. The Supreme Court directed the appellate court to issue an alternative writ.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 26, 2024

As to the later written agreement, Morris admitted that the loan would not be due until 2025, after the next election, and could be excused by Morris. The third provision refers to advancing the costs of the litigation to the extent that they are contingent on “the outcome of the matter.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2025

Justice Shivkumar Dighe issued the interim stay until March 4, 2025, further listing it for an urgent hearing on petitions challenging the legality of the Special Court’s directives. Special Judge S.E.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

It’s why the speedrun community is rife with people trying to use cheat codes and why Musk keeps trying to warp through the walls of multiple statutes. Cybersecurity should be the hottest tech topic for lawyers in 2025. Enjoy decades of litigation, gang! Figuring out a speedrun involves a lot of reckless trial and error.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented. Defendants actions in this case potentially run roughshod over a bulwark of the Constitution by interfering with Congresss appropriation of federal funds.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The first installment of The General Counsel Report 2025 reads like something Indiana Jones dusted off from an ancient tomb. Seems as though they might have different concerns in February 2025. A relic of a long, lost civilization known as the In-House Lawyers, circa the summer of 2024.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 4, 2025

By Livia Solaro, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, working on the transnational restitution of Nazi-looted art On 21 February 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling in Republic ofHungaryv.Simon , [1] a Holocaust restitution case with a lengthy procedural history. 277, 9 December 1948, [link] [accessed 29 April 2025]. [15]

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 7, 2025

5] The modern era of college sports antitrust litigation began with NCAA v. 29] The Court added that the NLRA requires good-faith bargaining over wages, hours and working conditions, and that the statute delegates rulemaking and interpretative authority to the NLRB. [30] 19 (forthcoming 2025). forthcoming 2025).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

4] Canadas statute is an updated version of what have been called constituency statutes in the United States, which explicitly expand the fiduciary duties of corporate managers and directors beyond shareholders but do not usually include the environment among allowable factors, except in Arizona and Texas. [5]

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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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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

These cases reflect the judiciarys ongoing role in interpreting federal statutes, balancing individual rights against governmental power, and resolving contentious social and political questions. The key issues centered on whether Arizonas voter registration laws conflicted with federal statutes and constitutional protections.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 13, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has openly stated that the purpose of this litigation is to protect the fossil fuel industry , and the only representatives of the automotive industry in the case have entered to defend EPA’s new standards.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

It’s a pillar of Project 2025, which hopes to leverage tax dollars paid by individual citizens of the states! Note that this prohibition was not tied to the OMB memo, which had by then been rescinded in a ham-handed effort to moot the litigation. … The directives in OMB M-25-11 are included in the TRO.”

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Above The Law

MAY 5, 2025

2025 NYC Rule of Law Rally 2025 by David Lat is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 2025 NYC Rule of Law Rally 2025 by David Lat is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. DeWald is the proprietor of [link] which purports to offer AI-based tools intended to assist other pro se litigants. And now for the headlines.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JANUARY 10, 2025

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) Reminder: changes to the three tiers of DDTC registration fees went into effect on January 9, 2025. International Trade Commission (USITC) The USITC released the 2025 Basic Edition of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 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. The magistrate judge concluded that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations. Wikimedia Commons. and non-U.S.

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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). strict comparator requirements in discrimination claims), and uphold conservative interpretations of statutes (e.g.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 2, 2025

They scored an early victory last month, with the court issuing a temporary restraining order to prevent EPA from giving effect to its grant terminations, but there is still a long way to go in the litigation. This blog post provides a summary of EPAs actions to date and the ensuing litigation.

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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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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

United States (DDC March 18, 2025) Judge Ana Reyes (D. McMahon (DMD 3/17/2025) Judge Julie R. United States Department of Agriculture (DMD 3/13/2025) Judge James K. Obama) What its about: This case arose from the federal governments termination of thousands of probationary employees across multiple agencies in February 2025.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In addition, the EO, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation , requires that the total incremental cost all new regulations, including repealed regulations, be significantly less than zero for fiscal year 2025. climate litigation database documents two facial challenges to the first Trump administrations EO 13771.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 24, 2025

If this occurs, litigation will likely ensue. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Solar for All and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator programs to direct GGRF funding as required by statute. All of this has been and will continue to be the source of significant litigation.

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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. Her statement that pleas of administrative inconvenience never justify departing from the statutes clear text signals a shift away from deferring to agencies when they claim procedural efficiency or practical necessity.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a scathing letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, also a former personal lawyer of the president, she described an explicit quid pro quo in which the DOJ agreed to dismiss the charges in exchange for Adams’s abrogating New York’s sanctuary city policies, which were enacted by statute in 2014. See, e.g., D.C.

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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. s consumer protection statute. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

Erez Reuveni had worked at the Justice Department for nearly 15 years, most recently as the acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation. Ethics Reform Watch A new ABA Formal Opinion issued on April 2, 2025, addresses the termination of client representation under Model Rule 1.16. 2025 April 25.

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