LawSites
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by the legal technology company Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.
LawSites
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Patent and Trademark Office, claims that Bill Synthesis was actually invented by Agnello.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. EPA Asked District Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Regulation of Methane from Existing Oil and Gas Sources. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 140. FEATURED CASE. Bernhardt , No. 4:16-cv-00615 (N.D.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 13, 2021
On December 22, 2020, the federal district court for the District of Columbia issued an order pursuant to the All Writs Act temporarily enjoining any ground-disturbing work undertaken pursuant to the anticipated approval by the U.S. Southern Environmental Law Center v. Center for Environmental Quality , No. 3:18-cv-00113 (W.D.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 16, 2024
Relying on Chevron , the district court rejected that argument, holding that the act clearly authorized industry-funded observers in the herring industry. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld that result, but on a different rationale. In the Supreme Court, the fisheries are represented by former U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 2, 2021
The District of Utah held that the lease suspensions merely maintained the status quo and therefore were not major federal actions subject to NEPA; the conservation groups therefore lacked standing. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. Hoffman , No.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 1, 2023
In her interview with the Harvard Business Review after leaving the court, she said that “[i]t’s good if you can get agreement among your colleagues” when drafting opinions. Indeed, Stevens noted, Rehnquist had even drafted an opinion that would do so. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to succeed O’Connor.
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