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No-Parole Terms for Young Adult Killers Challenged by Science and Changing Times

The Crime Report

More than two dozen states — including Massachusetts — and the District of Columbia have already disallowed putting juveniles behind bars for life with no chance at parole. Washington state’s high court earlier this year abolished automatic life without parole sentences given to people for murders committed as 18- to 20-year-olds.

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Transparency, resentencing and preemption questions

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United States tests whether the First Amendment requires transparency of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. FISC proceedings are not open to the public, however, and the court rarely publishes its decisions. In October 2016, the ACLU filed a motion seeking access to the court’s opinions and orders from Sept.

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Mass. High Court Committee Urges Firms To Maintain Flexible Work As the Norm

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As law firms begin to reopen offices, a committee of Massachusetts’ highest court today issued a statement recommending that they permanently adopt flexible working options as their standard, rather than as the exception.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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