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Court Orders DOS to Process Diversity Visas Faster

Chugh LLP

According to the US District Court for the District of Columbia, DOS may not use the prioritization guidance to block any embassy, consular, or administrative processing center from reviewing a 2021 diversity visa. This Diversity Visa court ruling should lead to faster DV-2021 application processing.

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International arbitration, McGirt retroactivity, and anti-discrimination laws

SCOTUSBlog

The contract provided for resolution by the rules of the German Institution of Arbitration. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, the district court granted Luxshare’s request to subpoena ZF Automotive US, Inc., Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld the CADA. Following precedent in the U.S.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2021

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In that case, Ann Hopkins was denied a promotion because she was perceived as “pushy” and “too macho,” and the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that the company’s actions violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. It was the first time the court recognized that gender stereotyping qualifies as unlawful sex discrimination.

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Federal Judge Suggests Abortion May Be Protected Under 13th Amendment’s Ban on Involuntary Servitude

JonathanTurley

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the District Court for the District of Columbia has caused a bit of a stir after a hearing in a criminal case where she called for briefing on the alternative grounds for the right to an abortion. Alabama , 219 U.S.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court was not persuaded that completion of construction of the pipeline would moot the appeals and concluded both that the Commission was not required to consider whether the appeal raised substantial issues and also that it was not clear that the appeals raised substantial questions that would override other factors to require a stay.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 1:21-cv-04807 (S.D.N.Y.).

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the City of Chicago sought leave to intervene on behalf of the petitioners. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order No.

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