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$4.3M in Grants to 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role of Tech in Driving Access to Justice

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The project will include the drafting and adoption of security policies, an audit of current technology usage and needs, and the development and implementation of a staff training plan. It will also create several customized legal forms, from a demand letter to a temporary restraining order, which can be filed with the housing court.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Second, the court concluded that BLM should have calculated and considered total greenhouse emissions, instead of merely relying on comparisons of yearly emission rates.

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$4.3M in Grants to 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role of Tech in Driving Access to Justice

LawSites

The project will include the drafting and adoption of security policies, an audit of current technology usage and needs, and the development and implementation of a staff training plan. It will also create several customized legal forms, from a demand letter to a temporary restraining order, which can be filed with the housing court.

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Recent Regulatory Activity

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On September 15, 2021, EPA’s Water Office issued a memo rescinding a January 2021 guidance document that purported to provide the regulatory community with EPA’s understanding of the Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act ruling in the case of County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. In addition, an influential 2015 ruling of the U.S.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

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However, the Climate Superfund bills proposed in the four states have subtle differences that may impact their implementation and interpretation by courts. These Super-emitters, along with sympathetic political and industrial organizations, states, and/or municipalities, will inevitably challenge the Climate Superfund bills in court.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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Draft opinion to overturn Roe becomes focus of Senate hearing on ethics reform

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Share Just hours after the country learned from a leaked draft opinion that the justices have privately voted to overturn Roe v. Wade , a Senate Judiciary Committee panel met on Tuesday to discuss ethics reform of the high court. Today’s a hell of a day to be considering ethics questions around the Supreme Court,” Sen.

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