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The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued favorable rulings to federal regulators in two separate cases, adding clarity to recent holdings that signaled skepticism toward agency powers. In FCC v. AT&T, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) system for issuing monetary forfeiture orders does not violate the guarantee of a [...]

A policy shift announced Friday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services stands to alter the most common pathway to lawful permanent residence in the United States, requiring most foreign nationals already in the country to leave and apply for a green card through a US consulate abroad. Former USCIS officials estimate that roughly one million [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Friday penned an 8-0 ruling in favor of Chevron in the Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana case, overturning the appeal court’s decision and allowing Chevron to move the case from state court to federal court. The decision will give Chevron a new day in [...]

Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel on Friday filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against several large oil companies, alleging a decades-long conspiracy to suppress renewable energy competition. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan, names BP, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute as the defendants. The [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday agreed to dismiss a landmark lawsuit that sought to enforce mutual fund liquidity standards. The SEC initially filed the lawsuit in 2023, charging New York investment firm Pinnacle Advisors, LLC  (Pinnacle) with violating the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA). The federal lawsuit was filed in [...]

Central to FCC v. Consumers’ Research, now pending before the US Supreme Court, is technology that props up nearly every aspect of modern life: broadband internet. The Universal Service Fund (USF) is among a set of policies historically implemented by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), designed to keep rates for local telephone service affordable for [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined Tuesday to overturn a lower court’s injunction that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order abrogating birthright citizenship. The rejection stated that the federal government had not made a “strong showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits,” as required by law. Circuit Judge [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday refused to hear the appeals of multiple oil companies which alleged that a negligence lawsuit against them violates the US Constitution’s separation of powers and federal common law. The two lawsuits, one led by Sunoco and one led by Shell, assert that the Supreme Court [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday called upon US President Joe Biden to grant a pardon to Steven Donziger, an environmental lawyer known for his role in representing Ecuadorian victims of oil contamination caused by a now-subsidiary of Chevron corporation. In its statement, AI highlighted Donziger’s significant contributions to environmental advocacy, particularly his successful litigation against [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not have legal authority when it reinstated net neutrality rules last May, striking a blow to President Joe Biden’s telecommunications policy. Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) must provide access to all content [...]