Public Policy
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged a federal bankruptcy court Wednesday to reject Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s reorganization plan, even as PG&E announced it had reached a deal with a group of bondholders securing their support… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The New York Attorney General’s Office said Friday that it will not appeal Exxon Mobil Corp.’s bench trial win last month in a state court case accusing the energy behemoth of deceiving investors about climate change-related risks to its business… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York bankruptcy judge discharged more than $220,000 in student loan debt racked up by a self-represented law school graduate, slamming the “punitive standards” used by many of her peers on the bench and vowing “not [to] participate in perpetuating these myths”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The New York City Bar Association asked Congress on Thursday to investigate a pattern of conduct by Attorney General William Barr that the legal group claimed has created an “appearance of partiality” at the U.S. Department of Justice… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Former Corinthian College enrollees who are suing the U.S. Department of Education over a change in its student loan forgiveness policy asked a California federal court on Wednesday to increase a $100,000 contempt fine the court handed to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last year… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 