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  • September 20, 2024

    Wash. Strikes Deal With Wild Fish Groups To End ESA Row

    Two conservation groups have struck an agreement with Washington state to drop a claim that some of its hatchery programs are unlawfully imperiling protected wild salmon on the Lower Columbia River, though the groups will continue to pursue similar claims against Oregon and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

  • September 20, 2024

    Sens. Kaine, Romney Seek To Deter China's 'Maritime Militia'

    Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, introduced a bill that would allow sanctions on foreign adversaries' "maritime militias," saying the aim is to end China's use of military vessels disguised as commercial fishing ships to take over disputed territory in the South China Sea.

  • September 20, 2024

    3rd Circ. CFPB Ruling Threatens Securitization, Justices Told

    Two major trade groups for the securities industry have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision allowing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to exercise enforcement authority over a collection of student loan securitization trusts, slamming the ruling as wrong and dangerous.

  • September 20, 2024

    Retail Theft Not Removable Crime, Immigration Board Rules

    Retail theft is not a crime of moral turpitude that warrants an immigrant's removal, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled Friday, saying its 2006 precedential reasoning runs afoul of the categorical approach articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • September 20, 2024

    House To Weigh Patent Bill Aimed At Cutting Drug Prices

    The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider a bill soon that has already cleared the Senate and could streamline patent litigation by curbing the number of patents that makers of biologic drugs can assert over biosimilar drugs.

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