ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 21, 2023

The climate litigation that finally reached the courts in the mid-2010s was many years in the making. The first wave of climate cases In early 2017, the High Court in Pretoria handed down a judgment in the country’s first climate case: Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v Minister of Environmental Affairs (also known as the “Thabametsi judgment”).

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Patently O

JANUARY 10, 2023

New Patently-O Law Journal article by David Boundy , a partner at Potomac Law Group, PLLC. Mr. Boundy practices at the intersection of patent and administrative law, and consults with other firms on court and administrative agency proceedings, including PTAB trials and appeals. HowToUseGuidance.pdf.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 18, 2023

18, 2023) , the Federal Circuit addressed whether fraud in a declaration of incontestability justifies cancelling the underlying trademark registration. The case also raises important issues associated with our ever-more-powerful administrative state. ” On this point, the court distinguished the case of Torres v.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 18, 2023

While the Lanham Act does not define “domicile,” the USPTO’s 2019 rulemaking defined it as the “permanent legal place of residence of a natural person or the principal place of business of a juristic entity.” Boundy ultimately contends such omissions reflect a consistent pattern of administrative law violations in recent PTO rulemakings.

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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] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.

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Customs & International Trade Law

MAY 13, 2022

Customs and Border Protection announced that the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) application portal for fiscal year (FY) 2023 benefits will close on May 31, 2022. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Power Steel Co., United States, Court no. On May 5, 2022, U.S. On May 5, 2022, the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Supreme Court has now granted certiorari in two cases challenging the continued viability of its long-standing decision in Chevron v. The two cases, which will be heard sometime in January, both ask the Court to overrule or at least curtail so-called “Chevron deference.” Supreme Court’s decision in Chevron U.S.A.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court announced that it would hold its “mop up” conference for October Term 2022 on Thursday, after completing the day’s opinion announcements. Legal Services Alabama, Inc. , City of St.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Historically courts regularly issued injunctions to protect the patent monopoly. 388 (2006), where the Supreme Court found no presumption of injunctive relief even against adjudged patent infringers. But, eBay only applies in district court cases, and does not apply to USITC decisions. 10,945,648. MercExchange, L.L.C. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. It is named after the Supreme Court’s 1984 opinion in Chevron v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 13, 2023

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. These emissions standards were significantly loosened in the last year of the Trump Administration. In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner. Env’t Prot.

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