• City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant City of New York: Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton, Nwamaka Ejebe, on the brief, John Moore, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY; Steve W. Berman, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Matthew F. Pawa, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Newton Centre, MA. For Appellee Chevron Corporation: Joshua S. Lipshutz, on the brief, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Anne Champion, on the brief, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Herbert J. Stern, Joel M. Silverstein, on the brief, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ. For Appellee ConocoPhillips: John F. Savarese, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Sean C. Grimsley, James R. Jones, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO. For Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Jaren Janghorbani, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, TX. For Appellee Royal Dutch Shell: David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Appellee BP p.l.c.: Nancy G. Milburn, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law: Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae States of New York, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and the District of Columbia: David S. Frankel, Assistant Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors Sarah H. Cleveland, Zachary D. Clopton, William S. Dodge, Harold Hongju Koh, Kermit Roosevelt III, and Christopher A. Whytock: Harold Hongju Koh, Michael J. Wishnie, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, Yale Law School, Rule of Law Clinic. For Amici Curiae New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Point Community Development Corporation, and Uprose: Kimberly Ong, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and International Municipal Lawyers Association: Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation: Corbin K. Barthold, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Eric Grant, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, R. Justin Smith, Christine W. Ennis, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Division, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Peter D. Keisler, C. Frederick Beckner III, Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Steven P. Lehotsky, Michael B. Schon, Jonathan D. Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers: Philip S. Goldberg, Christopher E. Appel, Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, DC; Linda E. Kelly, Peter C. Tolsdorf, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia: Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Kian J. Hudson, Deputy Solicitor General, for Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN. For Amicus Curiae Professor Richard A. Epstein: Yaakov M. Roth, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Robert E. Johnson, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Kelly Holt, Jones Day, Boston, MA.

    Case Number: 18-2188

    Clean Air Act Displaces State Law Claims in City's Suit to Recover Costs of Global Warming

  • April 6, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Legal Aid, Milbank Secure Settlement Binding New York City Govt. to Complete Wi-Fi Installation in Shelters

    Attorneys said that the city government has agreed to install wireless internet in more than 200 homeless and domestic violence shelters that haven't yet received the updates, bringing connectivity to approximately 11,000 3-K to 12th-grade students across the five boroughs.

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  • Matter of New York Times Co. v. City of New York Off. of the Mayor

    Publication Date: 2021-04-05
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Rolando Acosta
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Al-Amyn Sumar, David E. McCraw, and Alexandra Settelmayer of counsel, The New York Times Company, Legal Department, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellant: MacKenzie Fillow and Richard Dearing of counsel, James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York.

    Case Number: 158472/19

    City Charter §2603(k) Does Not Protect CIB's 'Private' Letter to Mayor From Disclosure

  • April 2, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Judiciary Budget Bill Would Restore Funding Following Cuomo's Cuts

    A budget bill before state lawmakers would provide New York's judicial system with a state operating budget of $2.41 billion. If people are quickly vaccinated and courts are able to return to full operations sooner, the judicial system will need more staff and resources, said Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks.

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  • April 2, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Capitol Report

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for March 26 and the week of March 29. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess at press time. The state House of Representatives was scheduled to return to the Capitol on Monday. The Pennsylvania Senate is set to return to session April 19.

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  • April 1, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Cities Can't Use State Law to Sue Companies for Climate Change in Federal Court, 2nd Circuit Rules

    A unanimous three judge panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court held in a 51-page opinion that global warming presented a "uniquely international problem of national concern" that was best suited to existing federal statutes and international treaties, not state law.

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  • April 1, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    House, Senate Budgets Differ on Spending Stimulus Money

    House Appropriations Chairman Jay Trumbull says he anticipates improved budget numbers, as monthly revenue collections have outpaced a forecast.

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  • March 31, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    Appeals Court Says de Blasio Must Turn Over to NYT 'Private Warning Letter' He Received From City's Conflicts of Interest Board

    The warning letter addressed Mayor de Blasio apparently soliciting contributions from real estate executives for a nonprofit that was supporting his office's policy initiatives, according to the opinion. De Blasio's office says it will appeal again.

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  • March 29, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    Gun Lobby Prevails on Appeal Against Broward County

    "We find that Broward County may not regulate indirectly what it cannot regulate directly," Chief Judge Spencer D. Levine wrote for a divided appellate court.

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  • March 26, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Wolf Touts Progress on Vaccine Rollout but GOP Aims to Streamline Distribution

    Gov. Tom Wolf announced March 24 that one month after ordering providers to administer 80% of vaccine doses within seven days of receipt Pennsylvania is ranked 17th in the nation for the percent of people who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.

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