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EPA’s authority over wetlands is at stake as justices wade back into regulatory morass

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Environmental Protection Agency , the justices will once again weigh in on an Idaho couple’s efforts to build on land that they own – specifically, what test courts should use to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to the land, which the EPA has deemed a wetland. Canada border in the Idaho panhandle. In Sackett v.

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Trying Out My Trial Skills In A New Virtual Reality Courtroom

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Smith , a Boise, Idaho, personal injury lawyer. Smith connected with Dennis Shewmaker , a VR developer since 1996 and founder of the Eagle, Idaho, company Funnel 33 , which creates VR experiences for large-scale events. The company was founded by William L. The next development phase will enable multi-player use.

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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

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Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico and Tennessee all do as well, according to Malamud. “If The act would specify that any edict of government — including those issued by the states and local jurisdictions — are subject to mandatory deposit with the Government Publishing Office.”

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Could the Biden Administration Cancel Oil and Gas Leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?

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Second, if a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.”. First, if a lease is not producing oil and gas, it may be cancelled if the lessee fails to comply with any legal requirement imposed on him/her/it. That has already happened in other places.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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A lawsuit filed in the federal district court for the District of Idaho asserted that the U.S. Idaho, filed Apr. Lawsuit Cited Forest Service’s Failure to Contend with Recent Climate Change Studies in Approvals of Logging Projects. Friends of the Clearwater v. Probert , No. 3:21-cv-189 (D.

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