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Jan 29, 2024securities regulationadministrative lawquasi-legislative powersecjudicial reviewcorporate law
SEC Quasi-Legislative Power: When Courts Can Review Agency Regulations
The Supreme Court clarifies when courts may review SEC regulations and why injunctions against the agency were improper in the PSE voting rights case.
Jan 28, 2007civil procedurepairing judgepreliminary injunctionintra-corporate disputejurisdictionsupreme court
Pairing Judge Authority: When Orders Become Void After a Regular Judge Assumes Office
A pairing judge's authority ends when the regular judge assumes office. Orders issued after that are void, as Yujuico v. Quiambao shows.