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Texas Lawyer

Texas Detour: Federal Survey of Energy Use by Cryptocurrency Miners Halted

"The government mandated the collection of a wealth of proprietary and sensitive information, singling out one industry for political reasons," plaintiffs' co-chair Chris Davis said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Supreme Court Considers Overhaul to Administrative Law

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering its most consequential challenge to "the administrative state" in decades. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, the petitioners are fishermen who challenged a specific regulation concerning a requirement to host observers on herring fishing boats.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Debates if Bump Stocks Are Validly Banned as 'Machine Guns'

"I can't understand how anybody could think these two things could be treated differently," Justice Elena Kagan said of the similarity between traditional machine guns and bump-stock-modified rifles.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Judge Upends State of Florida 404 Permitting

Environmental groups that won the ruling cheered, while Florida developers and the DEP were left wondering what would happen next. Some residential projects seeking final permitting are on hold, as are those in the planning stages. Attorneys representing environmental, real estate and local government interests should review how future development projects may be altered or shelved.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Test for OT Eligibility Rife With Land Mines for Employers

With the new independent contractor standard, the U.S. Department of Labor is "essentially putting their thumb on the scale to encourage a finding of employment," Baker & Hostetler partner Todd Lebowitz said.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Grills EPA Over Agency's 'Good Neighbor Plan'

The conservative justices express sympathy with the argument that the EPA failed to address potential legal defects in its effort to reduce gaseous pollutants.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Appear Poised to Hold Agency Challenges Must Be Waged Within 6 Years of Rule

A North Dakota convenience store contends filing clock begins when a regulation's harm is felt.
4 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

The Week Ahead: Challenging Old Regs And New Ones

The justices will consider the statute of limitations on challenging agency rules and federal environmental authority over states.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Barring Issuance of Adult Cannabis Licenses Would Not Serve Public Interest

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Justices Peppered These Attorneys Arguing Before the High Court

"If this was a criminal prosecution, which it to him feels like [that] I'm sure, what's your evidence of motive?" Justice Jeff Boyd asked.
5 minute read

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