The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

The illegal destruction of disciplinary records can make it harder to hold deputies accountable in a court of law, or track problem officers moving from department to department, said Sam Walker, emeritus professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Who governs them? There’s no governing body for (the sheriff).

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

The actuarial board did not adopt a binding definition until 2015 — 13 years after CMS promulgated the regulation. The company faced a series of demands from the FTC it viewed as unreasonable. relisted after the Jan. 14 conferences). Haaland , 21-378.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

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] Jody Freeman, “The Private Role in Public Governance,” 75 N.Y.U.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Not only is there a pending case on the docket of the Court that has long been viewed as a serious threat to Roe , but the White House and the House of Representatives are threatening immediate actions that could also create new challenges for pro-choice litigants. Carhart struck down a partial-birth abortion law in Nebraska.

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The Crime Report

JULY 19, 2022

The most powerful new weapon in police reform litigation involves state attorneys general. If every state AG took on police misconduct it would multiply the number of litigating agencies by a factor of 50. The Los Angeles IG is a unit under the LA Police Commission, which governs the Los Angeles Police Department.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Republican-led “anti-ESG” (environmental, social, governance) movement over the last two years has largely been a legislative effort, comprised primarily of state-level bills that attempt to halt the consideration of climate risk and other commonplace factors in investment decisions connected with government funds, contracts, and pensions.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The $400 billion program will remain on hold in the meantime due to lower-court rulings that have blocked the government from implementing it. 11 attacks that allows the federal government to make changes to student-loan programs to respond to national emergencies. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, which blocked the program.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

By contrast, the government emphasizes, because the harms to the public from blocking enforcement of the mandate “would be enormous,” the court should at the very least leave the mask-or-test requirement in place even if it puts the vaccine requirement on hold.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The absence of clear guidance from the Supreme Court distinguishing “major” questions from “non-major” ones has complicated efforts to establish the boundaries of the doctrine, and litigators have moved quickly to exploit this ambiguity in the doctrine’s rhetoric. As Justice Kagan points out in her Biden v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

11 attacks that gives the secretary of education the power to respond to a “national emergency” by “waiv[ing] or modify[ing] any statutory or regulatory provision” governing the student-loan programs so that borrowers are not “placed in a worse position financially” because of the national emergency. The first case, Biden v. After the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our involvement in this case, Nebraska v. EPA (concerning light- and medium-duty vehicle emission standards), that bring the unique perspective of cities and other local governments before the courts. In Nebraska v. EPA (concerning power plant emissions standards) and Kentucky v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This blog post explores how the litigation landscape has developed since the SEC proposed the rule, and discusses the implications of several developing cases and doctrines. Together, these matters suggest a volatile litigation landscape that the SEC will have to navigate thoughtfully as it finalizes and defends the climate disclosure rule.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

Erez Reuveni had worked at the Justice Department for nearly 15 years, most recently as the acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation. I encourage attorneys practicing in California to familiarize themselves with laws governing client solicitation after a natural disaster or catastrophe. Read more here.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

He explained that the purpose of the recess appointments clause is to ensure that the government can operate even if the Senate is not in session to confirm nominees, so it doesn’t matter what label the session carries. Breyer’s penchant for pragmatism was on full display in his 2014 opinion for the court in National Labor Relations Board v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Jackson then snagged a highly sought-after spot as an associate at Miller Cassidy Larroca & Lewin, a Washington litigation boutique that later merged with Baker Botts, a Texas-based firm. Jackson rejected the federal government’s argument , allowing the case to go forward. In Stenberg v. On appeal, the D.C.

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