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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

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and global climate litigation movement. Moreover, the case in Puerto Rico comes after recent litigation successes in Europe and elsewhere around the world, with courts holding governments and companies accountable for climate harms. climate litigation brought by cities and other subnational jurisdictions is still rare.

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DOJ loses attempt to withhold emails regarding Trump’s Muslim travel ban

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But rather than trying to litigate the matter, the administration revoked the Order and issue a new one. Hawaii and other states challenged all three versions of the “travel ban” leading the lower federal courts and the Court of Appeals to issue an injunction. As one of his firsts acts as president, Trump signed Executive Order No.

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Relist Watch

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Disclosure: My law firm, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, is among the counsel to the respondent in the Baltimore case. Hawaii Land Use Commission , 20-54 , bought a thousand-acre tract of land in Hawaii on which it planned to build hundreds of homes. Hawaii Land Use Commission , 20-54. New York City and Lucas v.

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