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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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23] The draft rule required them only if they are determined to be “material,” which has led to a considerable amount of confusion. [24] Light, “The Law of the Corporation as Environmental Law,” 71 Stanford Law Review 137 (2019) (arguing for expanding the boundaries of environmental law); Eric W. Times , Oct.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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In an article published in 2014, law professor Thomas Merrill suggested that the Chevron decision was not regarded as a particularly consequential one when it was issued. But in the decades since then, it became one of the most significant rulings on federal administrative law, cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

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In the latest badly drafted gun law to go before the court, New York has forced a challenge that could result in a major ruling reinforcing individual rights under the Second Amendment. Notably, the court has accepted a variety of other cases that could curtail agency authority, including West Virginia v. Chevron USA Inc.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Wild Virginia v. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. WildEarth Guardians v. Steele , No. 9:19-cv-00056 (D. June 24, 2021). Council on Environmental Quality , No.

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Supreme Court to decide whether insurrection provision keeps Trump off ballot

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A state administrative law judge agreed that Greene’s “heated rhetoric may well have contributed to the environment that ultimately led to” the attack on the Capitol, but he concluded that she had not engaged in an insurrection. In 2022, Georgia officials rebuffed a challenge to U.S. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s eligibility.

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