The Crime Report

JULY 9, 2021

Experts told The Times that the FBI data likely undercounts the number of hate crimes in America, as many victims fail to report instances, and local agencies are not required to report hate crime data to the FBI. attorneys’ offices and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 28, 2023

Department of Commerce Department of Commerce and Department of Defense sign Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen U.S. The Department of Commerce is calling for nominations for the 2023 Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors program. defense industrial base.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Kentucky can recover $870 million from an online poker platform to recoup Kentuckians’ losses and whether federal approval of Roundup can protect Monsanto from violations under California law. Both the district court and the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Importantly, this ruling DOES NOT affect the legal obligation of entities formed in California, Nevada, or Delaware (among other states) to file their BIO Report within the timeframes specified in the chart below at this time. Treasury Department. Tax return; (b) the business has more than 20 full-time employees in the U.S.; (c)

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Senator Barbara Boxer , Senior Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice, and Associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. His work has principally focused in litigation and policy related to intellectual property, civil rights, employment and commercial law. The statute: Deputy under secretary and deputy director.—

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 23, 2022

Law firms and in-house legal departments are coming at us with request upon request upon request (ok, you get it) for corporate paralegals all over the country. Staffing agencies are turning business away. Trust me, while it’s nice, most agencies didn’t ask for that. However, you just may have the right background.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Department of Commerce , No.

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The Estrin Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Talent Acquisition Manager had been looking for very experienced, sophisticated corporate paralegals across the entire country and could not, despite ads, referrals, many agencies and praying to the placement gods, hire candidates. Right now, McDonalds and Walgreens are not the only companies having problems finding people.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For more than a decade, the families of those killed by police in Vallejo, California, have pleaded for oversight of their city’s exceptionally lethal police force. All we want is police reform,” Melissa Nold, the local civil rights attorney for two families whose loved ones were killed by Vallejo police, said in an interview. “We

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Share When George Sheetz applied in 2016 to build a single-family home on property that he owned, the California county where he lived required him to pay a “traffic impact mitigation” fee, totaling more than $23,000, before it would issue the permit. This is the latest case in an ongoing battle over property rights. In Nollan v.

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The Crime Report

JULY 8, 2021

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the state’s prison agency, solitary confinement is used exclusively for security purposes, when someone’s life is in danger, for example, or if an inmate is a member of a known gang. Who is Being Protected? In Ashker v. ” I agree. . ” I agree.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. S ierra Club Enumerated Shortcomings in Department of Energy NEPA Review for LNG Exports.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

American Civil Liberties Union v. In 2014, Abdulla was convicted of aggravated fraud, and the Department of Homeland Security used that conviction as a basis for initiating removal proceedings. American Civil Liberties Union v. Every other relisted case is back to be considered another time at this Friday’s conference.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

City and County of San Francisco, California , 20-1212 , concerns when a takings claim becomes ripe for review. But the case arrives with an asterisk: The court called for the record, apparently right after the last conference, and it hasn’t arrived yet. Hassid , it may be a good time to bring takings cases to the Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

United States , 20-7622 , involving whether the Court of Indian Offenses of the Ute Mountain Ute Agency is a federal agency for purposes of a criminal conviction in that court. Environmental Protection Agency , 20-1530. Environmental Protection Agency , 20-1531. City and County of San Francisco, California , 20-1775.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

City of Philadelphia , in which the court ruled that Philadelphia’s refusal to make referrals to a faith-based foster-care agency that refused to certify same-sex couples as potential foster parents violated the Constitution. A California appeals court rejected the hospital’s defense, pointing to the Supreme Court’s decision in Smith.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were criminally charged in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. He could also face civil liability from the boy’s family.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were criminally charged in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. He could also face civil liability from the boy’s family.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

Congress mandates the FBI collect hate-crime data annually based on reports from local law enforcement agencies. The number of agencies that participated in that effort in 2020 fell for at least the second consecutive year — to 15,136, which is 422 fewer than in 2019. Of agencies that did participate, most reported no hate crimes.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

California v. California v. California Federal Court Entered Final Judgment Vacating Repeal of 2016 Waste Prevention Rule After Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Rule. On October 29, 2020, the federal district court for the Northern District of California entered judgment vacating the 2018 final rule rescinding the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In 2019, the Wyoming federal court stayed these proceedings challenging the Waste Prevention Rule while a challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of the rule was pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. Department of the Interior , No. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2022

The city would learn later that the Baltimore Police Department was using powerful cameras that could capture detailed imagery of the city below it. After Gray, residents worried about violations of their right to privacy, as the “strange flight orbit” extension to the program was unknown to residents before its implementation.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

17, 2021 by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Black and brown women have been disproportionately affected by improper drug tests. Right after delivery, hospital staff didn’t permit me to nurse because of a false positive drug test. According to a complaint filed Dec. Dr. Damon Borg.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Colorado Civil Rights Commission , about whether an “artist” (here, a website designer) can be compelled to perform work celebrating a same-sex wedding that is inconsistent with their sincerely held religious beliefs. We’ll see if the court is persuaded. Then there’s 303 Creative LLC v. In Kennedy v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Garnier involves a suit against two members of a Southern California school board, Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that he did not violate a city resident’s rights when he blocked access to his Facebook page, and the resident, Kevin Lindke, seeks review. O’Connor-Ratcliff v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. On January 8, 2021, the U.S. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bernhardt , No. 1:20-cv-03654 (D.D.C., 14, 2020 and TRO order Dec.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Washington High Court Declined to Review Decision Giving Pipeline Protester Right to Present Necessity Defense. Department of Water Resources , No. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. The solicitor general recommends the court grant review. Cummings v. New Relists.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 14, 2021

Department of Health & Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra. The petitioners also filed suit to compel the Agency to respond to the petition in the federal district court for the Northern District of California last year. FDA’s announcement was supported with a matching statement by U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. People of State of California v. California Federal Court Upheld Environmental Law Waivers for Border Wall.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 14, 2021

Department of Health & Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra. The petitioners also filed suit to compel the Agency to respond to the petition in the federal district court for the Northern District of California last year. FDA’s announcement was supported with a matching statement by U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

A federal district court awarded Hardeman $25 million after a jury concluded that Monsanto had violated California law by not warning him that Roundup could cause cancer. Both the district court and the U.S. Monsanto had argued that FIFRA labeling provisions preempted state tort causes of action for failure to warn.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Already over 40 people have fallen ill from the lettuce linked to Salinas, California. coli inflections. The wife proceeded to baste the turkey with it.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were criminally charged in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. He could also face civil liability from the boy’s family.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The district court also rejected the defendants’ and ConocoPhillips’ assertion that the failure to quantify foreign emissions was inconsequential because BLM could not have adopted the no-action alternative given ConocoPhillips’ existing leasing rights. Tennessee Valley Authority , No. 2:20-cv-02615 (W.D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On January 6, 2021, the Town Council for Windsor, California voted to rescind an all-electric “reach code” adopted by the Town in 2019. California Court Rejected Claims of Failure to Consider Future Sea Level Rise in Review of Shoreline Residential Project. 6, 2021); Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa , No. SCV265711 (Cal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

The coal company’s petition presented the question of whether Section 111(d) “grants the EPA authority not only to impose standards based on technology and methods that can be applied at and achieved by that existing source, but also allows the agency to develop industry-wide systems like cap-and-trade regimes.” California , No.

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