Public Policy

  • May 11, 2026

    Minn. Justices Challenge County On Hilton Valuation Appeal

    Minnesota's justices quizzed counsel for Hennepin County on Monday on whether its arguments for its preferred method for valuing a Hilton-branded Minneapolis hotel and convention center could be enough to overturn a state tax court decision that adopted the owner's approach.

  • May 11, 2026

    Television Group Wants Affiliate Ownership Loopholes Closed

    The American Television Alliance asked the Federal Communications Commission on Monday to close loopholes allowing transactions that bring competing network affiliates under common ownership, saying the current rules are being used to evade review.

  • May 11, 2026

    Georgia To Cut Income Tax Rate To 4.99%

    Georgia will lower its income tax rate, increase standard deductions and provide temporary exclusions for tax on some overtime pay and cash tips under legislation signed Monday by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

  • May 11, 2026

    Ga. Christian Center Accuses Public School Of Retaliation

    An evangelical Christian learning center told a Georgia federal court that a public school district cut off its partnership on a biblical education program after the center's founder publicly criticized a proposed tax increase last year.

  • May 11, 2026

    BREAKING: 6th Circ. Becomes 3rd To Reject Trump's No-Bond Policy

    A divided Sixth Circuit panel ruled Monday that 11 noncitizens were improperly detained under the mandatory detention provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, joining the Second and Eleventh Circuits in holding that noncitizens arrested in the U.S. interior are entitled to bond hearings.

  • May 11, 2026

    FCC Plans First FM Radio Auction Since Authority Renewed

    The Federal Communications Commission said Monday it will sell off construction permits for 132 FM radio channels, the first auction of its kind in years.

  • May 11, 2026

    NC Justices Asked To Clarify Leandro School Funding Opinion

    The school boards of several low-wealth North Carolina counties are asking the state Supreme Court to elucidate a recent ruling that invalidated nine years of developments in the public school funding case known as Leandro, contending the opinion suggests the court usurped power in its jurisdictional conclusions.

  • May 11, 2026

    Texas Sues Netflix Over 'Staggering' Data Logging

    The state of Texas sued Netflix Inc. on Monday, alleging that it misled consumers by promising not to harvest or log their viewing data while quietly doing exactly that and selling that information to advertisers and other outside firms without users' consent.

  • May 11, 2026

    Feds Say Congress Barred Challenge To Gulf Lease Sale

    Federal regulators have said that environmental groups can't challenge the first in a series of offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by last year's budget reconciliation bill, telling a D.C. federal judge that Congress' instructions were clear and precise.

  • May 11, 2026

    DHS Says Latinos' Citizenship Proof Suit Too Speculative

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged a Texas federal court Monday to toss a lawsuit from Latino U.S. citizens accusing it of unlawfully requiring citizens to carry proof of citizenship, arguing they haven't identified any specific policy.

  • May 11, 2026

    DOJ Says NM Laws Obstruct Federal Immigration Powers

    The U.S. Department of Justice sued New Mexico and Albuquerque over state and city efforts to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, saying the measures prohibit agreements the federal government has relied on for decades to carry out immigration enforcement in the state.

  • May 11, 2026

    NY Ethics Panel Finds US Attorney Committed Misconduct

    The New York Attorney Grievance Committee has found that President Donald Trump's pick leading the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York engaged in "professional misconduct" last summer, according to a letter released on Monday.

  • May 11, 2026

    Australia Preparing Decisions On Capital Gains Tax Issues

    Australia is preparing determinations and guidance on five issues related to capital gains taxation, including when anti-avoidance laws may be applied to multiple deferrals of liabilities and how the tax applies when a cryptocurrency is pegged to another cryptocurrency, the Australian Taxation Office said Monday.

  • May 11, 2026

    BREAKING: Justices Extend Stay On 5th Circ. Mifepristone Decision

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a stay that preserved, for now, telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.

  • May 11, 2026

    Pennsylvania Justice Quits 'Changed' Democratic Party

    Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht announced Monday that he's leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent, citing concerns over what he views as growing antisemitism on the left of the political spectrum.

  • May 11, 2026

    Squire Patton Taps New Leadership For Public Policy Team

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Monday that it has appointed a longtime partner to lead its global public policy practice.

  • May 11, 2026

    FTC Says BOTS Act Case Judge Overlooked Its Dismissal Arg

    The Federal Trade Commission has asked a Maryland federal judge to rethink his decision refusing to end a constitutional challenge to one of its first online ticketing cases, contending the court never dealt with its primary argument for dismissal.

  • May 11, 2026

    EPA Faces Skepticism Over Steel Mill Rule Deadline Delay

    A D.C. Circuit panel appeared to splinter Monday on whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act when it delayed compliance deadlines for iron and steel mill pollution standards and said that the previous deadlines would be impracticable.

  • May 11, 2026

    9th Circ. Says DHS' English-Only Notice Met Due Process

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had no duty to inform a noncitizen in her native language about her obligation to update her address after moving, the Ninth Circuit ruled, finding that its notice in English sufficed for due process.

  • May 11, 2026

    NJ AG's Office Avoids Defense Of Prosecutor In Ethics Case

    The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General does not have to defend a county-level prosecutor in an ethics case over allegations he withheld exculpatory evidence, a state appeals court ruled in a precedential decision Monday.

  • May 11, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a varied mix of settlement approvals, political office disputes, transaction fights, emergency injunction bids and questions over how far the court can go to preserve records for litigation outside Delaware.

  • May 11, 2026

    Agencies Pitch Employers Offering Voluntary Fertility Benefits

    Federal agencies overseeing employer-provided health coverage proposed new rules aimed at expanding workers' access to coverage for infertility treatments and related health conditions by letting employers offer voluntary fertility health benefit policies for things such as in vitro fertilization.

  • May 08, 2026

    Full 11th Circ. Will Hear Appeal Over 'Urban Cowboy' Horses

    The Eleventh Circuit on Friday vacated an opinion allowing a Georgia man known as the "Urban Cowboy" to amend his lawsuit challenging the seizure of his horses by Atlanta-area authorities, granting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners' bid for an en banc hearing on whether the man can seek damages.

  • May 08, 2026

    OCC Says AI Presents A Double-Edged Sword To Banks

    Artificial intelligence is "significantly transforming" the cybersecurity threat landscape for banks while also presenting opportunities to help defend against those heightened risks, according to a new report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

  • May 08, 2026

    DC Circ. Won't Unblock ICE Visits Notice Rule During Appeal

    The Trump administration cannot reinstate a policy requiring lawmakers to provide a week's notice before making oversight visits to immigration detention centers while it appeals an order putting the policy on hold, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, with one judge calling the decision a "close call."

Expert Analysis

  • 1st Surveillance Pricing Law In Md. Reflects Broader Scrutiny

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    A new law will make Maryland the first state to target data-driven or surveillance-based price manipulation, highlighting increased scrutiny from federal and state enforcement agencies and policymakers as they consider whether new laws are required to regulate dynamic pricing, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Binance Win Shows Constraints On Anti-Terrorism Act Claims

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    The Southern District of New York's recent ruling in Troell v. Binance illustrates that the Second Circuit's earlier decision in Ashley v. Deutsche Bank is holding weight with courts, and companies facing aiding and abetting risk should thus monitor evolving case law and assess exposure based on nexus allegations, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Understanding The Insider Trading Gap In Prediction Markets

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    While the first-ever insider trading indictment involving a prediction market — the recent prosecution of a service member involved in the capture of Nicolás Maduro — comprised extreme facts and straightforward legal theories, future cases will test the bounds of insider trading law, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Accelerated Psychedelic Therapy Pathways Require Caution

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    President Donald Trump's new executive order aiming to accelerate the approval of psychedelic drugs for the treatment of mental health disorders will likely bolster investigational psychedelic therapies, but parties within the psychedelic product supply chain will still need to prepare for potentially burdensome compliance requirements, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved

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    While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise when confidential information enters the operative context of an AI system used by an attorney, says Jianfei Chen at Quarles & Brady​​​​​​​.

  • The Growing Importance Of Nature-Related Disclosures

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    The International Sustainability Standards Board's recent vote to develop nonmandatory nature‑related disclosure guidance reduces immediate compliance pressure, but it does not eliminate the practical relevance of such risks for companies that already prepare sustainability reports or operate across jurisdictions with differing expectations, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Rightsizing Regulation To Usher In Next-Generation Nuclear

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    Next-generation nuclear seems to be having its moment as a recent flurry of Nuclear Regulatory Commission rulemaking aims to fast-track the licensing and deployment of such technologies, says Hilary Jacobs at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Live Nation Shows States, Experts Key To Antitrust Verdicts

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    A New York federal jury's recent finding that Live Nation unlawfully monopolized primary ticketing services and amphitheaters demonstrates that states will not defer to federal agencies when they believe anticompetitive conduct warrants stronger action and highlights the vital role of economic expert testimony in antitrust cases, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Expect US Enforcers' Cartel Crackdown To Continue

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    Since agencies’ coordinated enforcement efforts targeting cartel-related activity have not slowed, U.S. companies in Latin America should assess new business lines for designated-cartel ties, scrutinize highest-risk third parties, and enhance training and internal investigation practices, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

  • How To Limit Accounting Fraud Risk As SEC Focus Persists

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    Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's pullback on crypto, cybersecurity and recordkeeping cases, accounting fraud remains a core enforcement priority, making it important for public companies and auditors to strengthen controls, investigations and whistleblower processes, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents

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    With autonomous artificial intelligence agents now able to take action without explicit instructions from — or the awareness of — their human owners, the bar must confront whether existing frameworks like informed consent and client privilege will be sufficient on the day an AI agent calls seeking counsel, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • OCC Proposal Frames Key Genius Act Implementation Issues

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recently proposed rule under the Genius Act previews federal expectations on permissible activities for stablecoin issuers, offering an early guide to potential compliance burdens and state-federal equivalency debates as the stablecoin regulatory regime continues to take shape, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • FCC Rule Changes Could Accelerate The Space Economy

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    A series of recently proposed Federal Communications Commission rulemakings that would expand opportunities for commercial space and satellite operations signal a regulatory shift toward greater flexibility, faster processing and more deliberate spectrum planning for space-adjacent and emergent space activities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • 9th Circ.'s Silence Prolongs Uncertainty On Cemex Framework

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    By affirming a bargaining order in Cemex Construction Materials v. National Labor Relations Board without opining on the NLRB’s 2023 expansion of its authority to issue such orders, the Ninth Circuit avoided direct conflict with the Sixth Circuit’s rejection of the same framework, prolonging uncertainty for employers facing union elections, say attorneys at Dinsmore & Shohl.

  • Arguments Show Justices Vacillating On Geofence Warrants

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    Questions and statements by the justices during recent oral arguments in Chatrie v. U.S., probing the Fourth Amendment limits of geofence warrants, revealed a Supreme Court that is skeptical of the government’s most sweeping claims, uncomfortable with the petitioner’s broadest theories and searching for a narrow off-ramp, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.

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