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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] Orts, Reflexive Environmental Law, 89 Northwestern University Law Review 1227 (1995); Dennis D. cit [50] See, e.g., West Virginia v. 24] SB 253 does not require materiality.

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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.

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