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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

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1983 — which allows private suits for state and local deprivations of rights secured by federal law—to enforce federal statutes enacted under Congress’ spending clause power. Laws” means federal statutes, including spending clause enactments that “unambiguously” create individual rights. Background.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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It directs the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to contract with a nonprofit climate reporting organization that has “experience with climate-related financial risk disclosure by entities operating in California.” cit [50] See, e.g., West Virginia v. See Natasha Singer, “Charting the ‘California Effect’ on Tech Regulation,” N.Y.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

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In its legislative findings, which remain in air quality statutes today , Congress justified air pollution regulation because “the growth of the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare.”