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Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

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It could be claimed that she became a limited public figure subject to the higher standard of proof in New York Times v. The Supreme Court has held that public figure status applies when someone “thrust[s] himself into the vortex of [the] public issue [and] engage[s] the public’s attention in an attempt to influence its outcome.”

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On October 19, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a natural gas pipeline developer’s petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of its ruling that upheld the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC’s) denial of a water quality certificate for the pipeline. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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