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Medicaid, Medicare and House representation for the District of Columbia

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United States , residents of the District of Columbia have brought an ambitious legal challenge seeking voting representation in Congress. Issue : Whether Vermont’s criminalization of lewd and lascivious conduct violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. In Castañon v. Castañon v. United States.

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

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In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure. Constitution.” billion tons.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] 23] Such laws are already on the books in Arkansas, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, some of which limit the amount and type of funding entirely. [24]

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Vermont Supreme Court Affirmed Public Utility Commission Approval for Solar Project. The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the Vermont Public Utility Commission’s decision granting a certificate of public good for construction and operation of a solar net-metering system. Gwich’in Steering Committee v. Bernhardt , Nos. Alaska Jan.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The mining company argued that the district court should not have issued the injunction without hearing legal arguments and factual evidence on the appropriate remedy, and without weighing the mandatory factors for a mandatory injunction. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. 349-6-16WNCV (Vt.

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