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France court finds government liable for climate change inaction

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While the government’s new Climate change Bill is, by its own admission, insufficient to achieve the government’s own targets, we hope that the Court will not limit itself to recognizing the fault of the State, but will also force it to finally take concrete measures to meet its climate commitments.

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US Supreme Court grants certiorari for two cases regarding federal district courts’ jurisdiction

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Cochran is a Fifth Circuit case about district courts’ power to hear challenges regarding the constitutionality of SEC’s administrative law proceedings. The SEC brought an action against Michelle Cochran in 2016 alleging she “failed to comply with auditing standards in violation of the Securities Exchange Act.”

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Justices let FDA denial of vape flavorings stand

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Alito explained that under the federal law governing administrative agencies, courts reviewing an agencys actions can only set them aside if they are arbitrary and capricious that is, if they lack a rational basis or are unreasonable. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the 5th Circuits ruling.

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Justice Mahmud Jamal becomes first person of color to sit on Canada Supreme Court

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Preceding Jamal’s appointment, the Liberal government formed a non-partisan advisory board led by former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell. Jamal previously taught constitutional law at McGill University in Montreal, Quebéc, and administrative law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto.

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China initiates nationwide campaign against forums providing misinformation

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On Saturday, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee joined ten other government departments to issue a notice titled ‘Notice of Special Cleaning and Correction of Forum Activities’ to action an overhaul the internet and eliminate misinformation and tamps down counterfeit forums.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. Oakland Raiders.

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Divided court sides with government, cutting Medicare payments to safety-net hospitals

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Empire Health Foundation, the Supreme Court had yet another chance to topple the Chevron doctrine , a stalwart of administrative law under which courts generally defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Share On Friday, in Becerra v. Apparently, though, a single earth-shattering decision was enough for one day.