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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that a consumer may sue a federal agency under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681n and 1681o for failing to comply with the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Respondent Reginald Kirtz secured a loan from a division of the United States Department of Agriculture and later sued the agency for money damages under the FCRA.

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Divided Court Rules U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Decision Subject to Judicial Review

Constitutional Law Reporter

United States Railroad Retirement Board , 592 U. S. _ (2021), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that a refusal by the U.S. The decision represents the first 5-to-4 split in a case argued during the Court’s 2020-21 term. The system is administered by the U. Legal Background. Railroad Retirement Board (Board).

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The Crypto Wars and the Future of Financial Privacy

Fordham Law News

Bitcoin, the “original cryptocurrency,” established a peer-to-peer online payment system that eliminated the need for a third-party intermediary to authenticate information about the sender and receiver of a transaction. [7] 1] But beneath these headlines, there’s a battle being fought for the future of financial privacy.

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SCOTUS Backs FCC in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project

Constitutional Law Reporter

Prometheus Radio Project , 592 U. S. _ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FFC) 2017 decision to repeal or modify three of its media ownership rules was not arbitrary or capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The Court’s decision was unanimous.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Vacated Trump EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. The court therefore vacated and remanded the ACE Rule—which repealed the 2015 Clean Power Plan rule and in its place adopted a replacement rule that relied only on heat-rate improvements at individual plants.