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Justices' Climate Ruling May Transform Administrative Law

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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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France court finds government liable for climate change inaction

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In a communique , Greenpeace France hailed the decision of the court: The decision marks a first historic victory for the climate and is a major breakthrough in French law. The post France court finds government liable for climate change inaction appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Walmart Blocks DOJ Proceedings Over Immigration Records

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

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

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Under § 2255, federal inmates can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review, with successive attacks limited to certain claims indicating “factual innocence” or relying on “constitutional law decisions made retroactive” by the Supreme Court. Cochran is.

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China initiates nationwide campaign against forums providing misinformation

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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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“Government employees are not available to accept private clients”

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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.” Rather, Rule 11.111 limits Federal Employees from acting “contrary to applicable Federal ethics law, including conflict of interest statutes.”

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

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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. However, the U.S.