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US Supreme Court grants certiorari for two cases regarding federal district courts’ jurisdiction

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Both of these cases were added to the 2022-2023 docket. Cochran is a Fifth Circuit case about district courts’ power to hear challenges regarding the constitutionality of SEC’s administrative law proceedings. The US Supreme Court Monday granted both Jones v. Hendrix and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v.

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Fraudulent Incontestability Declarations: Textual Fidelity vs. Fraud Deterrence

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18, 2023) , the Federal Circuit addressed whether fraud in a declaration of incontestability justifies cancelling the underlying trademark registration. The dispute here involves two adjacent provisions of the Federal Trademark statute known as the Lanham Act of 1946 (as amended). Lets look at the statute. Chutter, Inc. ,

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

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Colombia ’s Legal Climate Framework Colombia’s climate change laws are extensive and align with its open commitment to fight climate change and its devastating effects. Among the main legal statutes are: Law 164 of 1994 on the UNFCCC. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol. Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management.

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

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Federal Trade Commission , 598 U.S. _ (2023), allows federal district courts to consider constitutional challenges to administrative proceedings prior to the issuance of final rulings. Supreme Court’s decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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The Battle Over Domicile Disclosure by Trademark Applicants

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A decision favoring the petitioner would also be seen as bolstering the Administrative Procedure Act’s notice and comment requirements. The best place to begin any analysis is probably with the statute. The key trademark statute followed by the USPTO is the 1946 Lanham Act. ” 15 U.S.C. 1051(a)(2). Boundy Brief.

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a decision on December 6, 2023 in Transource Pa. FERC has authorized RTOs to address such congestion by “planning, and [] directing or arranging, necessary transmission expansions, additions, and upgrades and coordinat[ing] such efforts with the appropriate state authorities.”

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

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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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