Law 360

MARCH 18, 2022

Federal prosecutors told a Texas jury late Friday afternoon that The Boeing Co.'s s former chief technical pilot, charged with misleading safety regulators and airlines about the 737 Max, used his experience working for the Federal Aviation Administration to manipulate the agency into lowering training requirements for pilots.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 14, 2021

Arguing that the federal courts of appeals are split on the question, which could apply to thousands of defendants eligible for First Step Act relief, Houston asks for the justices’ review. Two petitions ask the justices to decide whether a federal law preempts certain state laws. American Civil Liberties Union v. California.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2021

The justices won’t weigh in on the merits of the city’s claims or the companies’ defenses; instead, the court will consider a jurisdictional issue arising from the companies’ efforts to transfer the case from a state court to federal court. Baltimore asked the district court to send the case back to state court, and the district court agreed.

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Customs & International Trade Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

The agency published answers to a few frequently asked questions regarding CE credit reporting, how CE credits will be treated during the 2024-2027 triennial, and accreditors. GAO analyzed agency data, and reviewed agency documents related to the exclusion approval and import processes. Read CBP’s fact sheet here.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With the Federal Aviation Administration convening a task force to require the registration of most drones, I thought that it was worth taking another look at the current rules regulating the use of by media companies of what are more officially called unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”) and unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly called “drones”).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 22, 2022

The bill also has healthcare and prescription drug provisions, makes tax code changes unrelated to climate and energy, and guarantees federal land on- and offshore for oil and gas drilling.) In some instances, the IRA specifies a timeframe in which the relevant agency must issue parameters for tapping into funding amounts.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Issue : Whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts the application to motor carriers of a state worker-classification law that effectively precludes motor carriers from using independent owner-operators to provide trucking services. CVSG: 5/24/2022. relisted after the June 23 conference).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 27, 2024

Tools with which to regulate emissions from freight vehicles have eluded local governments, in large part because federal law preempts many state and local vehicle standards. While there are exceptions and limited workarounds, these three federal laws are a significant challenge for local governments to navigate.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 20, 2021

The court thereby stripped Oklahoma state courts of jurisdiction over crimes committed by “any Indian” in “Indian country,” and bestowed the federal government with exclusive jurisdiction to try these crimes. Federal Aviation Administration. Now, Oklahoma alleges in Oklahoma v. Behrman Capital IV, L.P. Wisconsin v.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 21, 2021

From the French Ministry of Health to the Japanese Fair Trade Commission and the European Commission, I uncover how foreign agencies can have a profound impact on U.S. These plaintiffs base their legal cases around findings by, say, the French Ministry of Health rather than the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA). litigation.

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Customs & International Trade Law

MARCH 21, 2025

CBP added a target deployment of September 2025 for when the agency expects to implement Stage 3 of an enhancement aimed at withholding in ACE the release of de minimis shipments that exceed the $800 per person/per day threshold. Administration The Steel Manufacturers Association President Philip K. The Administration wants the U.S.

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Law 360

MARCH 18, 2025

President Donald Trump's selection of Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to serve as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration would send a longtime airline executive and licensed pilot to oversee an agency upended by safety mishaps that have intensified scrutiny of the nation's air traffic control system.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 6, 2023

His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. Federal judges sit in a unique position of public trust. These trips appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals. FEATURED CASE.

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Customs & International Trade Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

CBP was the only federal agency selected as one of Military.com’s Top 25 Employers for Veterans 2025. CBP made several updates to Appendix J response codes for Electronic Export Manifest. CBP, in collaboration with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), will adjust hours of operation for 38 ports of entry along the U.S.

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InHouseOps

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The most famous is NASA, which historically has overseen civil government space activities and is the most well-known of all the agencies. Then there are the agencies that are involved in the types of activities that are inherent to regulating any manufacturing, design and other big industrial endeavors in the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Circuit held that the federalism canon—requiring that Congress use “exceedingly clear language” to alter the balance of power between the federal government and the states—did not support an interpretation limiting the best system of emission reduction to measures applied at and to the source. Third, the D.C. Wheeler , No. 17-cv-80 (D.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2025

The new order will send a shockwave through higher education and the resulting agency actions are likely to trigger a tsunami of lawsuits. The EO joins earlier orders in dismantling the DEI initiatives of the prior Administration. The agencies are to develop an action plan against illegal discrimination or preferences.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2025

This week, we highlight a number of those petitions the justices are set to consider, seeking review of lower court decisions on student-loan forgiveness, the constitutionality of federal agencies, and more. Constitutionality of federal agencies Two sets of petitions involve rulings by the conservative U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 5, 2025

In the first 100 days, the second Trump Administration has taken drastic measures to curb the momentum of that transition. So far, the second Trump Administration has opted for the most extreme approach. President Trump retook the White House in the midst of a booming transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” Parties Voluntarily Dismissed Appeals of Federal Court Decision Requiring More Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases.

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