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UK Ministry of Justice predicts prison population to exceed 100K by 2029

JURIST

The UK Ministry of Justice predicted that more than 100,000 people may be held in custody by 2029, in a report released Thursday. In the report, the ministry provided a low, central and high estimate of the size of the prison population based on the level of custodial spaces required by court receipts, police and prosecutorial activities.

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France’s Council of State orders government to accelerate Paris Agreement climate commitments

JURIST

The Council—which provides legal advice to the executive and acts as the Supreme Court for Administrative Justice—agreed on three important matters. First, France is exceeding its emissions budgets.

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The Use of Mandated Public Disclosures of Clinical Trials as Prior Art Against Study Sponsors

Patently O

In Salix , a divided panel upheld a district court decision to invalidate pharmaceutical method of treatment claims for obviousness based on a clinical study protocol published on the ClinicalTrials.gov. The court then concluded that the challenged IBS-D claims were invalid as obvious. A recent Federal Circuit decision, Salix Pharms.,

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Requirements, and the Materiality Threshold

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

LAFs must comply with most disclosures for fiscal year beginning (FYB) 2025, FYB 2026 for GHG emissions and the remaining required disclosures, and reach limited assurance for their GHG emissions disclosures for FYB 2029. Materiality is described in the rule as “defined by the Commission and consistent with Supreme Court precedent.”

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Amid Turnaround Efforts, Victoria’s Secret Named in $30 Million-Plus Lawsuit Over New York Store

The Fashion Law

In the lawsuit that it filed in a New York federal court late last month, Westfield’s New WTC Retail Owner LLC (“Westfield”) claims that the lingerie brand is on the hook for allegedly breaching its contractual obligations and improperly terminating its lease for its store in the Westfield World Trade Center Shopping Center in New York.

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Can Donald Trump Avoid a Reckoning in Court?

The Crime Report

Engoron added to his legal problems by holding the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking records, and assessed him a fine of $10,000 per day until he satisfies the requirements of the court. Our 45 th president is no stranger to the courts. On Monday, Judge Arthur F.

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The Layaway Presidency: How Alvin Bragg Would Create a New Constitutional Creature

JonathanTurley

It would be a terrible choice for the court and for the country. For Bragg, that leaves Donald Trump tagged until 2029. In a filing before Manhattan Justice Juan Merchan, Bragg suggested that the court should stay the pending criminal case and defer any sentencing “until after the end of defendant’s upcoming presidential term.”