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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. Ninth Circuit Rejected Claim That CEQA Applied to Taxi Rules for Airport Pickups. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment rejecting challenges to San Francisco regulations that dictated which taxi medallion holders could pick up passengers at San Francisco International Airport.

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Nunes Defamation Case Against CNN Dismissed On Procedural Challenge

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United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued a ruling in New York to apply Virginia’s choice of law standard that in turn applied California’s defamation laws. Nunes did not ask for such a correction under California law because he filed in Virginia. It was a cascading deconstruction of the lawsuit.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. West Virginia v. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780 (U.S.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” particularly those with ravenous monkeys. . _

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