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A Reluctant SCOTUS Traditionalist
Without providing any clue how they got their hands on 16 internal Supreme Court memos, the New York Times posits that almost a week’s worth of the justices’ correspondence, from…
ContractsProf Blog
A New York Times Bombshell and the SCOTUS NDAs
We expressed skepticism in a prior post about the need for and likely efficacy of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to impose non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on staff.…
Washington Energy Report
Supreme Court Decision in <i>West Virginia v. EPA</i>
By Mary-Kate Rigney, Katherine O'Konski
On June 30, 2022, in a 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing for the majority, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in West Virginia…
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US Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Existing Power Plants Under Major Questions Doctrine with Implications for Agency Rulemaking Generally
By Douglas McWilliams, Jennifer Satterfield
On June 30, 2022, the US Supreme Court held that the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) “[c]apping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that [would] force” energy generation shifting from…
The D&O Diary
Will the “Major Questions Principle” Block the SEC’s Proposed Climate Change Disclosure Rules?
In recent months, the SEC has released a series of proposed rules relating to several different topics, including most significantly its March 2022 release of proposed rules regarding climate change…
Climate Change Attorney Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Authority of EPA to Regulate Emissions
In June, at the end of its 2021-2022 Term, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling with far reaching implications for the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)…
Gravel2Gavel
Supreme Court Issues Opinion in West Virginia v. EPA
By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team
by Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team The Supreme Court rejected EPA’s Obama-era Clean Power Plan in a decision that has significant implications both for future attempts by EPA…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Supreme Court Finds USEPA Lacks the Authority to Regulate Certain Emissions
By Jeryl L. Olson, Patrick D. Joyce, Rebecca A. Davis, Jose Almanzar, Ilana R. Morady, Brent I. Clark, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The environment was yet another topic addressed by the United…
Green Building Law Update
Supreme Court to Hear Climate Change Regulation Case
If there was any question that the judiciary was a coequal and political branch of government, last Friday after President Biden was wheels up to attend the COP26 Glasgow climate…
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC
Supreme Court to Hear Climate Change Regulation Case
If there was any question that the judiciary was a coequal and political branch of government, last Friday after President Biden was wheels up to attend the COP26 Glasgow climate…