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France court finds government liable for climate change inaction

JURIST

While the government’s new Climate change Bill is, by its own admission, insufficient to achieve the government’s own targets, we hope that the Court will not limit itself to recognizing the fault of the State, but will also force it to finally take concrete measures to meet its climate commitments.

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Justices' Climate Ruling May Transform Administrative Law

Law 360

Environmental Protection Agency has shed light on how the court's decision could significantly limit the federal government's efforts to address climate change, and reshape administrative law and the separation of powers, say Matthew Sinkman and Andrew Alessandro at Gibbons. Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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Walmart Blocks DOJ Proceedings Over Immigration Records

Law 360

The federal government cannot continue pursuing proceedings before the U.S.

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“Government employees are not available to accept private clients”

Patently O

Government employees are not available to accept private clients or to represent clients other than their agency before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.” In 2016, someone at the Navy figured out that this was a problem and worked with the USPTO Office of Enrollment & Discipline to begin an investigation.

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

JURIST

Cochran is a Fifth Circuit case about district courts’ power to hear challenges regarding the constitutionality of SEC’s administrative law proceedings. The SEC brought an action against Michelle Cochran in 2016 alleging she “failed to comply with auditing standards in violation of the Securities Exchange Act.”

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China initiates nationwide campaign against forums providing misinformation

JURIST

On Saturday, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee joined ten other government departments to issue a notice titled ‘Notice of Special Cleaning and Correction of Forum Activities’ to action an overhaul the internet and eliminate misinformation and tamps down counterfeit forums.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. Oakland Raiders.