Colorado Supreme Court Blesses Climate Case
Climate litigation remains a hot topic (pun intended). This post briefly summarizes an important recent decision from the Colorado Supreme Court. [Disclosure: I have filed amicus briefs in other climate change litigation arguing that those cases do not interfere with the foreign relations of the United States.] As readers of TLB will know, a common…
Continue ReadingFederal Court Enjoins New Jersey Statute Sanctioning Russia
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, New Jersey enacted a statute (the “Russia Act”) prohibiting state agencies and political subdivisions from doing business with entities engaged in “prohibited activities” in Russia. In Kyocera Document Sols. Am., Inc. v. Div. of Admin., district court judge Robert H. Kirsch held that the statute is preempted…
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