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D.C. appeals court won't halt district's climate case to wait for SCOTUS review
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Washington, D.C., federal appeals court won't put a hold on climate change litigation filed by the district's attorney general through private lawyers working on contingency fees. -
Appeals court orders briefing on D.C.'s climate litigation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal court has put a brief stay on the District of Columbia's climate change lawsuit against Exxon and other oil companies while it decides if a longer one is needed. -
Lawsuit over how CVS, Walmart stock their shelves gets green light
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An organization that says it is dedicated to “defending science and critical thinking” can sue CVS and Walmart for placing homeopathic remedies next to Food and Drug Administration-approved medicines, a District of Columbia appeals court ruled. -
Morrisey joins lawsuit with other AGs challenging EPA California Clean Air Act exemption
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has joined a lawsuit along with 16 other state AGs challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to give California exemption to the Clean Air Act. -
Morrisey calls EPA appeal one of state's 'most consequential cases in decades'
WASHINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey calls an appeal he’s leading against the Environmental Protection Agency before the U.S. Supreme Court “one of the most consequential cases our state has seen in decades.” -
Morrisey cheers U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear EPA challenge
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the state's challenge to a ruling by the appeals court that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to have what he says is nearly unlimited authority that could devastate coal mining and increase energy costs. -
D.C. court rejects Exxon's appeal of order to remand advocacy group's case to Superior Court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A panel of federal appellate judges recently dissolved an administrative stay in an advocacy group’s lawsuit against fuel giant against Exxon Mobil, which claims the company has not done enough to combat climate change, and ordered the case would stay in the D.C. Superior Court. -
D.C. data breach ruling could make waves for plaintiffs seeking standing
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A D.C.-based appeals court's reversal earlier this summer of a lower court's ruling in two class action suits against the Office of Personnel Management over a 2014 data breach may land in the U.S. Supreme Court, an Atlanta law firm said in a recent article. -
Whistleblower wants his money, asks D.C. Circuit to order SEC to pay up from Teva settlement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – An unnamed individual involved in a case that led to a pharmaceutical company paying hundreds of millions of dollars to settle bribery charges is asking the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to order the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promptly rule on his claim for whistleblower compensation. -
Washington Nationals lose $2M appeal after not paying for 'too slippery' floors at stadium
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Washington Nationals have been found to have breached their contract with a flooring company they said performed shoddy work at their stadium. -
Richard Cordray won't be around to see the court decision that would have got him fired
Richard J. Andreano Jr., an attorney at Ballard Spahr LLP, said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s pending decision in PHH Corporation v. CFPB, which could be handed down any day, likely will strongly influence how other courts address the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau structure issue. -
When, how or will Trump change consumer protection bureau's leadership
Richard Cordray, a former Ohio attorney general, remains the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, considered a thorn in the side of many Republicans. Some experts say they are surprised President Donald Trump hasn’t yet given Cordray the boot. -
Court rules climate change scientist's defamation suit can proceed
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Dr. Michael Mann’s defamation claims against Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn are now going forward in the District of Columbia Superior Court. -
Attorneys for former investment adviser want full D.C. Circuit review of SEC decision
In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a petition for review of a 2013 decision by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judges. The judges barred Raymond J. Lucia and his company from associating with a financial adviser, broker or dealer and revoked the company’s investment adviser registrations. -
D.C. Circuit affirms SEC's use of administrative law judges
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - On Aug. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a petition for review of a decision by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administrative law judges. -
Fight over airline e-cigarette ban focuses on 'agency overreach'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA) are continuing their fight against a final rule enacted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that prohibits the use of electronic cigarettes on airplanes. The groups have filed an opening brief in response to a petition for review of the rule that was filed in April. -
National Federation of the Blind missed opportunity to challenge DOT's airport ticketing kiosk rule
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The D.C. Circuit's recent rejection of a National Federation of the Blind's challenge to a U.S. Department of Transportation rule on airline ticketing kiosks is an opportunity lost over a technicality, two D.C.-area attorneys said during a recent interview.