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Supreme Court blocks EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ air pollution rule

The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states. By a vote of 5-4, the justices granted a request from three stat

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Supreme Court blocks OxyContin bankruptcy plan

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin, cannot move forward. By a vote of 5-4, the justices granted the federal government’s request to block the plan on the gro

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Two oral dissents and more opinion days to come

The court’s press room is still buzzing this morning over Bloomberg’s scoop yesterday on the brief but mistaken posting of the court’s disposition in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, about emergency abortion care. But today, the courtroo

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AI May Not Reduce The Number Of Lawyers Anytime Soon

The legal profession is remarkably adaptive to changes. The post AI May Not Reduce The Number Of Lawyers Anytime Soon appeared first on Above the Law.

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