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NFTs And The Law: What Do I Actually Own?

LawTechnologyToday

On March 11, 2021, the esteemed Christie’s auction house sold a digital artwork (titled Everydays ) by an artist named Beeple for $69,346,250 USD. Most likely, it will take a couple of room-clearing court decisions to help owners and litigants navigate their waters. Strange, to say the least. About the Author.

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DOJ Re-Brands Guidance Documents

FDA Law Blog

As a matter of administrative law, the Brand Memo made good sense from the perspective of FDA-regulated industry, as we described here. The memorandum cites the 2019 Supreme Court decision, Kisor v. This policy, announced by then Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand in 2018 was referred to as the Brand Memo.

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Supreme Court Greenlights Pre-enforcement Challenges to FTC and SEC Proceedings

Constitutional Law Reporter

In such actions where the Commission elects to institute administrative proceedings to address statutory violations, it typically delegates the initial adjudication to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with authority to resolve motions, hold a hearing, and then issue a decision. Citing Carr v. Saul , 593 U.S.

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The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

Koblitz — You know a court decision is going to be worth reading when the judges compare FDA’s regulatory governance of flavored e-cigarettes to a Shakespearean gaslighting. In August 2021, FDA issued a press release announcing the denial of 55,000 flavored e-cigarette applications en masse. By David B. Clissold & Sara W.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Having found that the factors for a preliminary injunction were satisfied, the court also found that the injunction should be nationwide in scope due to the need for uniformity. June 15, 2021). On June 30, the Wyoming federal court denied the motions without prejudice, finding that they were “materially moot.” June 16, 2021).

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US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s ‘independent legislature’ theory

JURIST

Harper that the “ independent legislature ” election theory, which has been the legal foundation for many of the recent Republican-led efforts to change election administration law and overturn 2020 election results, is an invalid interpretation of the Election Clause of the Constitution.

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Justices decline to reach merits of conservative states’ attempt to revive public charge rule

SCOTUSBlog

In a brief unsigned ruling , the justices dismissed the case as “improvidently granted” – an unusual procedural move indicating that the court concluded it was wrong to have taken up the dispute in the first place. It then rescinded the rule without seeking public comments on its decision to do so. The states went to the U.S.