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Supreme Court will consider major case on power of federal regulatory agencies

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Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the companies’ challenge to the rule. A jury ruled for Murray and awarded him back pay and compensatory damages, but the U.S. Relying on Chevron , a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed.

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Georgia poll workers file federal defamation suit against Giuliani and OAN over election fraud claims

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Two Georgia election workers filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network (“OAN”) for promoting claims that they engaged in election fraud during the vote-counting process in the state of Georgia during the 2020 presidential election.

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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

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She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.” At issue in the case is whether federal disability laws allow Cummings to recover damages for emotional distress.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The amendments were challenged in a petition filed by 20 states, along with Chicago, Denver, and the District of Columbia, and in a second petition filed by 10 environmental groups. In a FOIA lawsuit brought by Competitive Enterprise Institute, a federal district court in the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia cited failures to address climate change as one of the bases for finding that a biological opinion for continued authorization of the Southeast U.S. District of Columbia v. shrimp fisheries in federal waters was arbitrary and capricious. County of Maui v.

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Dominion Voting sues MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for defamation

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The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, where Mike Lindell and MyPillow advertised and promoted the Stop the Steal march on January 6. billion in damages in the lawsuit against Lindell, including about $650 million in punitive damages and $650 million in compensatory damages.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On February 7, 2021, the federal district court for the District of Columbia denied the motion by Red Lake Band, White Earth Band, and other plaintiffs’ for a preliminary injunction in their case challenging U.S. In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos. A20-1071 (Minn. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the pipeline project.