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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

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Arizona (Nov. 1): Whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that a state rule of criminal procedure barred an Arizona death-row inmate from obtaining relief is an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment against him. Hendrix (Nov. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran (Nov.

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In back-to-back cases, justices will scrutinize traditional limits on challenges to agency proceedings

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In both cases, the targets of agency proceedings want to challenge the legitimacy of those proceedings right away in federal court, rather than having to await the outcomes of long-running administrative processes before getting their day in court.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 7, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

Following a “paper hearing” designed to speed FCC decisions when cases require fact finding by an FCC administrative law judge, a judge found that a convicted felon’s crimes were not serious enough to warrant his company’s losing its radio licenses. Press Release )( Section by Section summary )( Text of Legislation ).

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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Rulemaking Comments on Various TV Issues and More

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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Fourteen cases to watch from the Supreme Court’s end-of-summer “long conference”

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But the 5th Circuit wrote that this case “may … attract the [Supreme] Court’s interest” because “[i]t tees up one of the fiercest (and oldest) fights in administrative law: the Humphrey’s Executor ‘exception to the general ‘rule’ that lets a president remove subordinates at will.” 30 conference.)

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 20 to February 25, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The Bureau continues to substitute UHF channels for VHF channels in local markets to improve reception of over-the-air television channels, the most recent example being its substitution of channel 27 for channel 11 at Yuma, Arizona.

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Morning Docket: 01.10.24

Above The Law

ABC News ] * KPMG moving into the law firm world in Arizona. Law360 ] * Supreme Court gears up for another wholesale rewrite to administrative law. Bloomberg Law News ] * Smartmatic's defamation claim against Fox News is still on. appeared first on Above the Law. Reuters ] The post Morning Docket: 01.10.24