ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Circuit granted a joint motion by two trade associations for voluntary dismissal of their lawsuits challenging 2016 updates to refrigerant management requirements under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. Judicial Watch, Inc. At the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) request, the D.C.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2020

He noted that: “This hostility to jurisdiction agreements is akin to Latin American countries’ historical disdain for similar clauses founded on their rejection of the principle of party autonomy- a principle so important in international commerce. They generally frown at any attempt to divest the courts of their jurisdiction.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Charleston, SC filed suit against fossil fuel companies alleging their responsibility for “devastating” climate change impacts. In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Agreed to Consider Scope of Appellate Review of Remand Order. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. 19-1189 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Ninth Circuit Said NEPA Review for Offshore Drilling Project Should Have Considered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Foreign Oil Consumption. Renewable Fuels Association , No. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 141. FEATURED CASE. HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. 20-472 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Oregon Supreme Court Said Public Trust Doctrine Did Not Impose Obligation to Protect Resources from Climate Change. With respect to the scope of the doctrine, the Supreme Court said the public trust doctrine extends both to the State navigable waters and to the State’s submerged and submersible lands. (A FEATURED CASE. Chernaik v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 14, 2023

Contextualizing the visceral power of Boycott language The term ‘boycott’ originated with the Irish land workers’ revolt of 1880. The public intuitively understands that boycotts involve collective action. However, what does it mean for a company – or group of companies – to participate in a boycott? Indian Head, Inc. ,

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 27, 2021

Prior to joining LAWPRO, he was a policy lawyer at the Law Society of Ontario and practiced litigation with a focus on professional liability, public law and civil disputes. For internal it may be support staff, other attorneys or associates. It’s quickly becoming a powerful all-in-one business tool.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. On the same day, the companies filed an application for a stay in the U.S. On September 13, the companies filed an expedited motion for stay pending appeal in the First Circuit.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

But the Supreme Court had repeatedly turned down petitions asking them to reconsider the Chevron doctrine – until last year, when it agreed to take up a case brought by a group of family-owned companies that fish for Atlantic herring. Apparently because of Jackson’s recusal, the court added Relentless, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 31, 2021

However, not surprisingly in our age of rage, there has been a slew of defamation claims raised from leading lawyers to universities to academics to police officers to the Dominion company to Sarah Palin to Jerry Falwell Jr. However, it is the language on the association that could prove a tad tricky. to Roy Moore to Joy Reid.

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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. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. ExxonMobil Corp.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Because of the deficiencies in the NEPA analyses, the court also found that FERC’s determinations of public interest and convenience under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) were deficient. New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. American Petroleum Institute , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule) for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants rested on an erroneous interpretation of the Clean Air Act that barred EPA from considering measures beyond those that apply at and to an individual source. Third, the D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Hawai‘i Federal Court Sent Honolulu’s and Maui’s Climate Cases Back to State Court; Fossil Fuel Companies Appealed. The federal district court for the District of Hawai‘i remanded cases brought by the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change-related damages.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. The second petition was filed by a coal mining company. The company argued that the D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The defendants also argued that the states failed to state a separation of powers claim or a non-delegation claim. Pipeline Company Voluntarily Dismissed Appeal in Case Challenging South Portland Ordinance. State of Washington ex rel. Haskell v. Spokane County District Court , No. 98719-0 (Wash. July 15, 2021). Biden , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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Patently O

APRIL 27, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Non-compete agreements fly under the radar for most American lawyers. As an example, the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rule 5.6(a) One reason is that such restrictions have long been banned within legal practice. FTC , 482 F.2d 2d 672 (D.C. JS & A Grp., 2d 451 (7th Cir.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

When people think of American racketeers, the first name that often comes to mind is Al Capone. In a forthcoming (May 2022) book, Criminology on Trump, I have marshalled the mens rea type of evidence that I hope prosecutors and the Department of Justice will consider in charging Trump and his associates with a variety of white-collar crimes.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

A new lawsuit by the Chinese American Civil Rights Coalition has garnered national attention in the media where former President Donald Trump is being sued for his use of such terms as the “Chinese Virus,” “China Virus,” “Wuhan Flu,” and “ Kung Flu.” It is political speech. (I ”).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Ninth Circuit further concluded that even if the first prong was satisfied, the plaintiffs did not “surmount the remaining hurdle” of establishing that the relief they sought was within the power of Article III courts. Renewable Fuels Association v. Association of Washington Business v. Union of Concerned Scientists v.

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Fordham Law News

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

5] The partisan reaction to the regulation was dramatic, with commentators on the left characterizing it as a rule existing to “forc[e]banks to serve oil [and]gun companies” [6] and commentators on the right hailing it as a rule “ensuring banks won’t refuse service to conservatives.” [7] And its whimsy can cause problems. 1] See Rockaway Bev.,

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