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New Jersey Law Journal

Environmental Justice Measure Approved: The Next Frontier

"Environmental justice" refers to the government's response to the disparate environmental and public health impacts of pollution on minority and economically disadvantaged communities.
9 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

'Red Mass' Goes Virtual This Year | Remembering RBG | How Amy Coney Barrett Got the Nod | Trump Petitions Have Piled Up

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief, where we are watching Amy Coney Barrett's election-year nomination race toward a vote. Barrett got a call from the White House just a day after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, new records show.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Judges Press DOJ on Census Timing as Officials Still Seek Quick End to Count

One judge said he believed challengers in another case will say the Trump administration is defying a court order blocking a rapid wind-down to the census operations.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

IP at the Supreme Court: 2 Big Cases and a Lot of Long Shots

Google and Oracle will face off over copyright next month, and the USPTO appointment clause cases appear ticketed for certioarari in Term 2020. Beyond them are a handful of cases with puncher's chances.
16 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Ruling May Affect PRPs Seeking Protection Under CERCLA

Any potentially responsible party entering into or contemplating entering into a settlement agreement with a state or with EPA will want to pay close attention to this decision by the Third Circuit.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Senior Career Official Reveals 'Unprecedented' White House Role in Reviewing Bolton Book

"Her interest in this litigation is simply to set the record straight and to help ensure that the important process of prepublication review is not tainted by political concerns," Davis Polk's Kenneth Wainstein said on behalf of Ellen Knight.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recently Introduced Bill Would Limit ITC 'Domestic Industry by Subpoena'

In his column on Patent and Trademark Law, Robert Maier discusses recent legislation, the Advancing America's Interests Act, H.R. 8037 (AAIA), introduced Aug. 14, 2020, that seeks to end the practice of domestic industry by subpoena.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

PPP Loan Insurance: An Introduction and Overview

In their column on Corporate Insurance Law, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes are joined by Peter de Boisblanc to discuss insuring PPP funds, because businesses that received PPP funds face the risk of an SBA challenge to their eligibility to retain the funds without a repayment obligation.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

IRS Summonses: No Reasonable Basis Required

In his column on Tax Litigation Issues, Jeremy Temkin reviews a recent Sixth Circuit decision that highlights differences between the low threshold courts apply in deciding motions to quash summonses addressed to third parties, and the more rigorous standard applied for John Doe summonses.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Justin Walker Makes DC Circuit Debut With Comey Memos Case

The case tied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was the first argument heard by Walker on D.C.'s federal appeals court.
6 minute read

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