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Court Reverses PUC Order Requiring Phila. to Refund Years of Gas Bill Late Fees

In a case of first impression, the Commonwealth Court has ruled that the state Public Utility Commission was wrong to require Philadelphia Gas Works to give back years' worth of late fees charged to customers on overdue gas bills that were subject to docketed liens.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Former Housing Authority Director Lacks Standing in Benefits Challenge, Judge Says

"It is HUD's prerogative to enforce the strictures of the [Housing Choice Voucher Program] on [public housing authorities], and it is worth noting that ... the agency has taken no steps to intervene," Judge Robert Kugler said.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Justices See No Appeal for Preliminary AIA Review Decisions

What matters isn't the time bar that limits some patent validity challengers, the justices suggest. What matters is whether a patent is valid at the end of the day.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Deference to Agencies' Interpretations

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig discusses the Supreme Court's decision in 'Kisor v. Wilkie', in which the court wrestled with the degree of deference courts must (or should) give to an agency's interpretation of its regulations.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ's Legal Counsel Office Picks Up Former US House Lawyer

Kristin Shapiro, a former Williams & Connolly associate, is the latest addition to an office that has played an outsize role in some of the biggest legal issues involving the Trump administration.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Questions Trump's Asylum Changes—And the Nationwide Injunction Blocking Them

The court heard arguments in the administration's appeal of a nationwide injunction of the so-called "third country" asylum rule—changes that bar asylum for those who didn't apply for protection in a country they transited through to reach the U.S.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Deceased Teacher's Benefits Rightly Revised

The pension board and the Appellate Division seemingly failed to consider in a reasonable fashion prior Supreme Court decisions that would have permitted this application to be revised retroactively.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Don't Delay Enforcing Trump Tax Subpoena, House Tells Supreme Court

"Two levels of the federal judiciary have upheld that subpoena as valid and enforceable," Douglas Letter, the House general counsel, told the justices in a new filing on Thursday.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Who Already Blocked $2.5 Billion in Border Wall Funding, Asked to Weigh in on Additional $3.6 Billion Chunk

U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. said during oral argument on dueling motions for summary judgment in the cases that "Congress has already expressed judgment as to the relative merit of this project" when it passed a budget last year that appropriated $1.375 billion in spending limited to barriers in the Rio Grande Valley border sector in Southern Texas.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Congressional Fix for PTAB Appointments Problem Could Come at Cost

House IP subcommittee chairman Hank Johnson said threatening administrative patent judges' job security isn't the way to go. But ranking member Martha Roby suggests the PTAB has problems beyond appointments that need to be addressed.
5 minute read

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