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

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC Administrative Law Judge, who is overseeing the hearing ordered by the Media Bureau on certain alleged factual issues that the Bureau has identified with the proposed acquisition, recently put the proceeding on hold so that the parties do not need to spend more money litigating if the deal will not happen.

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

PJM determined that a project proposed by Transource consisting of new transmission lines running from West Virginia to Maryland would reduce this congestion and provide net positive economic benefits. PJM therefore concluded that there was a public need for the project, based on FERC-approved methods for determining public need.

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High Court's New EPA Ruling And Its Long-Term Implications

Law 360

Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v.

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

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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] cit [50] See, e.g., West Virginia v. Times , Oct. 12, 2022. [49]

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

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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. This doctrine was recently and prominently applied by the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

SCOTUSBlog

In an article published in 2014, law professor Thomas Merrill suggested that the Chevron decision was not regarded as a particularly consequential one when it was issued. But in the decades since then, it became one of the most significant rulings on federal administrative law, cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

JonathanTurley

After Dobbs was accepted, advocates sought to enjoin a Texas law that banned abortion after just six weeks. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The Biden administration and other litigants then forced a reconsideration of that decision. Chevron USA Inc. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.

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