Law Columbia

MAY 12, 2023

Background on the cases Starting in 2017 with three cases filed in California, cities, counties, and states across the country filed suits against fossil fuel companies. The specific claims raised in the cases can be grouped into two broad categories. Thus, no circuit split existed on the question of which courts should hear the cases.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The SEC published new guidance on RIA advertising yesterday in a National Exam Program Risk Alert dated September 14, 2017 ( [link] ). Advisers disclosed past specific investment recommendations without meeting SEC requirements requiring disclosure of all or categories of recommendations during a particular period.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Instead, the Third Circuit on its own created a new category of damages for due process violations. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter. 1] Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. 3d at 708. [8]

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Eco Lawyers

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Wildfires blazed across Northern California in 2017, forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate their homes and their communities. We stand ready to meet with families affected by the most recent California wildfires to discuss your potential legal options. For more information, call (707) 533-8128 now.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Instead, the Third Circuit on its own created a new category of damages for due process violations. The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter. 1] Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. 3d at 708. [8]

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

But all cases overlap to some degree on the question of the international legal obligations of States in light of the climate emergency. The European Court of Human Rights will decide on three contentious cases brought by individual applicants, and the other three courts will issue advisory opinions at the request of different States.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v. Ruffatto , No. 2:16 -cr-00167 (W.D. North Dakota v.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

They only submitted laboratory results on the letterhead of FREE-COL Laboratories [2017] for calcium, magnesium, sodium, chloride and total dissolved solids with no explanation of where the samples were taken. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The DOJ has accused Jindal and Rodgers of violating Section 1 of the Sherman Act by engaging in a scheme to fix the wages paid to physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2017. This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice.

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Law Columbia

MAY 19, 2023

The FAR Proposed Rule divides federal contractors into two broad categories—“significant” and “major” contractors—and imposes different disclosure obligations on each. cyclones, droughts, floods, and fires) as well as longer-term shifts (chronic) in precipitation and temperature and increased variability in weather patterns (e.g.,

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Constrained by limited funding (which comes from both utility tariffs and a separate City “Surcharge Fund”), by 2016, it had completed 406 miles of undergrounding, but still had 1,000 miles of overhead lines to convert, and it set a goal of 15 miles per year in its 2017 Utilities Undergrounding Program Master Plan. 4th 1209, 1223.)

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Investors were told that their loans would be provided to a panel of high-quality law firms to fund legal cases with a high likelihood of success when, in actual fact, the funds were paid to just three law firms, all of which Schools had an interest in. Schools was sentenced to 14 years in prison. million in costs.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Between fall 2021 and summer 2022, we read and categorized over 270 judicial decisions across two cohorts: one cohort containing all environmental decisions by Trump-appointed judges and a “control group” cohort containing a random sample of environmental decisions by non-Trump judges between 2017 and 2021. appeared first on Legal Planet.

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

” Back on February 28, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the “Waters of the United States Rule.” The Navigable Waters Rule covers four categories of waters: The territorial seas and traditional navigable waters (i.e.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

N: Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures , June 2017.Another This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with counsel to determine applicable legal requirements in a specific fact situation.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The California federal court said the substantive legal issues in the District of Wyoming case were distinct from the procedural issues at issue in this action. A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017.

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Columbia Climate Law

JUNE 7, 2019

More than two and a half years into the Trump Administration, no climate change-related regulatory rollback brought before the courts has yet survived legal challenge. Climate Deregulation Tracker identifies a total of 94 actions taken by the executive branch in 2017 and 2018 to undermine and reverse climate protections.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

EPA said remand would allow the Agency to revisit certain legal, policy, and scientific assumptions, approaches, and decisions. EPA promulgated the challenged rule in 2019 in response to the Ninth Circuit’s issuance of a writ of mandamus in 2017. EPA , 997 F.3d 3d 983 (9th Cir. 33926 (June 28, 2021).]] 20, 2021); see Cal.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 1, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a final Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) rule promulgated in October 2017 that continued and expanded a statutory interim prohibition on diisononyl phthalate (DINP) in children’s toys and child care articles at concentrations greater than 0.1% 14560 (Mar.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

After concluding in 2011 that listing of the Pacific walrus was warranted due to threats that included sea-ice loss through 2100, the FWS issued a final decision in October 2017 that the Pacific walrus no longer qualified as a threatened species. Renewable Fuels Association v. 21-9518 (10th Cir. May 25, 2021); Renewable Fuels Association v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S. While providing water quality regulators ample legal tools to stem the flow of “point source” pollutants from cities and industry, Congress limited tools to control “nonpoint” pollution running off the land. . Regulators have the authority to stem nonpoint pollution in two categories. .

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In August 2020, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-K "to modernize the description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103), and risk factor disclosures (Item 105)," but these amendments did not include any new climate disclosure requirements. climate risk disclosures.".

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

The Obama Administration set the first vehicle GHG emissions standards in 2010 for vehicles manufactured in model years 2012 through 2016, and set revised standards in 2012 for model years 2017 through 2025. These unique characteristics of mobile emissions have shaped EPA’s emissions standards for the last 60 years.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

She previously worked as the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks director from 2017–2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. The administration excluded race from the tool’s consideration due to legal concerns. 6617 ) Feb. Supreme Court rejects Dakota Access NEPA battle – E&E News.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. Animal Legal Defense Fund v. In this case, the court found no basis for disturbing the Board’s determinations, given the Board’s “careful and reasoned decision.” BP p.l.c. ,

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order 13783 , CEQ withdrew the final Obama guidance in April 2017. This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with counsel to determine applicable legal requirements in a specific fact situation. 21, 2020), ECF No.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The rule faced legal challenges by 18 states and four local governments in the federal district court for the Southern District of New York,[[N:New York v. EPA proposed to require manufacturers to maintain certain records documenting their eligibility for the latter three exemption categories. 19, 2017).]] 19, 2021).]]

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 25, 2021

108- 27); Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (P.L. Democrats are expected to include many of their long-term priorities, with the reconciliation package’s outline including every category in President Biden’s proposed American Families Plan. higher education reforms,[[N:Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

For the time being, no regulation is on the books, and extended delay might prompt legal action from environmentalists. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold.

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