10 results for 'judge:"Pan"'.
J. Pan upholds the district court's finding for the government agencies on three environmental groups' challenge to their assessments regarding the effects the dredging of the San Juan Harbor will have on the environment and endangered species. The groups fail to show the agencies' determinations were arbitrary or capricious. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 23-5189 , Categories: Environment, Water
J. Pan reverses the district court’s finding for the National Association of Realtors, which had petitioned to set aside a new investigative subpoena issued by the Department of Justice pertaining to its investigation into NAR’s allegedly anti-competitive, commission-related practices. Contrary to the district court’s finding, the DOJ had the power to withdraw its previous proposed consent judgment and reopen its investigation.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: April 5, 2024, Case #: 23-5065 , Categories: Administrative Law, Antitrust, Real Estate
[Consolidated.] J. Pan grants, in part, two Chinese companies' petitions for review of the Federal Communications Commission's order banning the companies' video surveillance equipment for certain uses in the U.S., including surveillance of critical infrastructure. Although the ban is upheld, the order is remanded to the commission so it can define "critical infrastructure" to comport with the National Defense Authorization Act.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: April 2, 2024, Case #: 23-1032 , Categories: Commerce, Communications
[Consolidated.] J. Pan denies two environmental groups' petitions for review challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's grant of extensions of time to two developers for their pipeline construction projects. The standards adopted by FERC are reasonable and fall within its discretion.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 22-1233 , Categories: Energy, Environment
J. Pan denies a group of electricity customers' petition for review concerning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's denial of their challenge to AEP's transmission rates in 2019. The commission properly interpreted AEP's tariff, and it adequately and reasonably its order regarding the inclusion of certain costs in the charged rate.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: January 12, 2024, Case #: 22-1166 , Categories: Administrative Law, Energy
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J. Pan vacates the Consumer Product Safety Commission's rule that prohibits corded window products. The commission did not provide the required notice and comment periods, improperly relied on certain information in its cost-benefit analysis and chose an arbitrary effective date. Vacated.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: September 12, 2023, Case #: 22-1300 , Categories: Administrative Law, Consumer Law
[Consolidated.] J. Pan reverses, in part, the district court's finding that a rule issued by the Department of Education that prohibits federal student loan guarantors from charging debt collection costs to borrowers who seek to cure their default within 60 days as exceeding the the department's authority. The rule is consistent with the Higher Education Act, and is neither arbitrary nor capricious. Reversed in part.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: August 29, 2023, Case #: 22-5104 , Categories: Education, Government, Banking / Lending
J. Pan upholds a $350,000 sanction against Twitter for its 3-day delay in producing info required by a search warrant related to the @realDonaldTrump account while it litigated its objections to a nondisclosure order pertaining to the warrant. Twitter was provided a hearing, and the district court properly rejected its good faith and compliance defense, as this defense does not excuse contempt. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: August 9, 2023, Case #: 23-5044 , Categories: Communications, Sanctions
[Consolidated.] J. Pan denies petitions filed by bin Laden’s personal assistant to vacate his conspiracy conviction or remand to the military commission for resentencing. The evidence supports his conviction and he fails to show there was an abuse of discretion during sentencing.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: July 25, 2023, Case #: 22-1097 , Categories: Sentencing, Conspiracy, Terrorism
J. Pan denies an environmental group's petition for review of the EPA's refusal to revise its regulation of corrosive materials. Some of the group's claims are untimely, and the group fails to show a "compelling cause" to disturb the EPA's decision.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Pan, Filed On: July 25, 2023, Case #: 21-1187, Categories: Environment