Judiciary.org - Part 53

Supreme Court

The morning read for Tuesday, September 12

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

Alabama asks Supreme Court to revisit congressional districting map case (Maegan Vazquez, The Washington Post)
Conservatives hope Supreme Court defangs US consumer watchdog (John Kruzel, Reuters)
Two Pieces to the Puzzle: Long Conference Petitions and Granted Cases for OT 2023 (Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS)
The Texas Bans on Abortion “Trafficking” Are Even Scarier Than

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Civil Law

No Breach Too Small: OFSI Reports First Breach of UK’s Russian Sanctions Regulations

On 31 August 2023 the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) issued a “Disclosure” against Wise Payments Limited, a UK-registered company, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, for breaching Regulation 12 of The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 by making funds available to a company owned or controlled by a designated person.

Continue reading the full GT Alert.

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Federal government and drug manufacturer ask court to review ruling restricting access to abortion medication

The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by a federal appeals court that would significantly restrict access to a drug used in medication abortions, which account for over half of all abortions performed in the United States. The filings created the prospect that the justices will weigh in on the issue of abortion for the first time since their decision last year in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health … Read the rest

Circuit Courts

Longtime Clerks Recall ‘Seismic Shift’ in Appellate Courts

After decades of very little change, technology and new business practices caused a “seismic shift” in federal appellate courts. Three longtime clerks of court recall the transformation they witnessed.
Judiciary News – United States Courts… Read the rest

Civil Law

Oh Dear! Does Whitetail Spell the End of Reactive Power Rates for DERs in PJM?

PJM has long permitted generators to collect revenues for the provision of reactive power and voltage support (reactive power) under Schedule 2 of the PJM Tariff. Innumerable generating facilities have availed themselves of this opportunity. Nearly every such reactive revenue requirement case has settled. Although the vast majority of PJM transmission owners (TOs), whose ratepayers pay the majority of the reactive power rates, have divested their generation, few Transmission Owners (TOs), and fewer state commissions/consumer advocates representing such retail ratepayers, … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Court asked to review prosecution of Jan. 6 participants, with implications for Trump

The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

On August 3, President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol and interfering with the results of the 2020 election. A day later, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that “the Supreme Court must intercede.”

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court sets seven cases for November argument session

A major Second Amendment dispute and a challenge to the constitutionality of efforts by public officials to block constituents on social media headline the Supreme Court’s November argument calendar, which was released on Wednesday. The session, which begins on Oct. 30, is a relatively light one, with the justices scheduled to hear oral arguments in just seven cases over six days.

The justices will hear oral argument in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed, the social media … Read the rest

Civil Law

US NAIC Summer 2023 National Meeting Highlights: ESG

At the Summer 2023 National Meeting of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), a number of sessions were focused on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives, led by the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance (the “R&I Committee”) and the Climate and Resiliency (EX) Task Force (“C&R Task Force”), both of which report to the NAIC Executive (EX) Committee. While neither the C&R Task Force nor the R&I Committee announced any … Read the rest

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