Public Policy

  • April 29, 2026

    Nadine Menendez Denied Bail During Bribery Conviction Appeal

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid from Nadine Menendez for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-senator husband, ruling that her motion doesn't raise a substantial question of law.

  • April 29, 2026

    Rambus Being Probed By DOJ Antitrust Unit

    Rambus has received a grand jury subpoena in connection to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, according to an investor filing from the chipmaker and technology company.

  • April 29, 2026

    2nd Circ. Stands By $83M Carroll Verdict As Full Court Splits

    In a splintered ruling Wednesday, the full Second Circuit refused to rehear President Donald Trump's appeal challenging an $83.3 million verdict for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in his response to her sexual abuse allegations.

  • April 29, 2026

    Atkore To Pay $136.5M To Settle PVC Pipe Antitrust Claims

    Atkore Inc. has struck two deals to end claims against it in sprawling litigation accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe producers of conspiring to fix prices, agreeing to pay $72.5 million to a class of direct purchasers and another $64 million to another class of buyers.

  • April 29, 2026

    3rd Circ. Upholds Trooper Immunity For Arrest After Shooting

    A man acquitted of homicide and other charges for killing another man in a bar fight cannot continue his case against a Pennsylvania state trooper who he said violated his rights by arresting him and filing an affidavit in support of bringing charges despite knowing the suspect acted in self-defense, a Third Circuit panel has determined.

  • April 29, 2026

    Bausch Balks At Suspected Tweak In Price-Fixing Deals

    A stipulation between state attorneys general and private plaintiffs suing generic-drug makers for alleged price-fixing seems to reflect a change in the states' earlier deal to release claims against Bausch entities, the companies said in asking a Connecticut federal judge to maintain the status quo.

  • April 29, 2026

    10,000 Native Okla. Landowners Owed Oil Royalties, Suit Says

    Five Oklahoma tribal members are asking a Federal Claims Court to order the U.S. government to provide a full accounting of oil and gas leasing royalties they say are owed to more than 10,000 Indigenous landowners, arguing it failed to properly manage the funds.

  • April 29, 2026

    Customs Says First Tariff Refunds Will Be Issued In May

    Customs and Border Protection expects the first refunds for tariffs paid under the global regime struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court to be issued May 11, according to an order published at the U.S. Court of International Trade.

  • April 29, 2026

    AbbVie Seeks Early Win Over HHS In Botox Drug Price Suit

    When the federal government included Botox in Medicare's drug price negotiation program, which allows Medicare officials to negotiate for lower drug prices, it overstepped its authority, drugmaker AbbVie Inc. told a D.C. federal court, arguing the cosmetic drug and migraine treatment is a "plasma-derived" product ineligible for price controls.

  • April 29, 2026

    Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29

    Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House oversight committee on May 29, committee Republicans said Wednesday.

  • April 29, 2026

    Unions Ask Congress To Enact Worker-Friendly AI Legislation

    Labor protections must be at the forefront of any new federal laws that aim to rein in the explosion of artificial intelligence technology across the economy, according to a letter to Congress from the AFL-CIO and 39 other groups.

  • April 29, 2026

    Warsh's Fed Bid Moves Ahead After Powell Probe Is Shelved

    A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's pick of Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve, putting him on track for confirmation next month after a Republican holdout lifted his blockade tied to the now-dropped probe of current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

  • April 29, 2026

    Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map

    The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.

  • April 28, 2026

    GEO Still Not Letting Inspectors Into ICE Facility, Wash. Says

    Washington state on Tuesday urged a federal judge to make The GEO Group let health officials inspect an immigration detention facility the private prison giant owns, saying GEO is "openly defying" a state law the Ninth Circuit allowed enforcement of.

  • April 28, 2026

    Illinois Panel Limits BIPA Exemption For Gov't Contractors

    The Biometric Information Privacy Act's government contractor exclusion is not a categorical exemption and applies only to violations that occur within the scope of a vendor's government-contracted work, an Illinois state appellate panel said Tuesday.

  • April 28, 2026

    Smoke Shop Blames Vape Co. For Raids And Frozen $5M

    Two Texas smoke shop owners claim they suffered police raids, arrests and nearly $5 million of their business funds being frozen, all because one of their vape suppliers, Delta Munchies LLC, sold them products containing illicit levels of THC despite marketing them as legal hemp, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas state court.

  • April 28, 2026

    Kalshi Hit With Refer-A-Friend Text Suit In Wash.

    Kalshi has become the latest company to be hit with a lawsuit in Washington federal court over refer-a-friend texts that recipients say violate the state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act by encouraging texts to be sent to people who never consented to receive them.

  • April 28, 2026

    Feds Say 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Halts Ballroom

    Using language reminiscent of President Donald Trump's social media posts, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to dissolve his order halting construction of the White House ballroom, saying the historical preservation nonprofit that won the injunction suffers from "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

  • April 28, 2026

    Pipeline Violations Trouble 4th Circ. As Gas Co. Fights Stay

    A Fourth Circuit panel repeatedly pressed state enforcers and counsel for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC during oral arguments Tuesday, questioning how language baked into water quality certifications would protect local streams and wetlands given the company's history of permit violations.

  • April 28, 2026

    Booz Allen Should Defeat Retaliation Suit, Judge Says

    A Georgia federal judge has recommended granting Booz Allen Hamilton's bid to toss a whistleblower suit from a Black former senior executive after finding that his suit failed to allege his bosses knew about his complaints of time fraud before he was fired two years ago.

  • April 28, 2026

    5th Circ. Judge 'Hung Up' On FDA Vape Denial Reasoning

    A Fifth Circuit judge on Tuesday pressed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on how it reviews applications from flavored vape manufacturers, asking why repeatedly denying applicants on similar grounds should not be treated as a rule requiring notice-and-comment.

  • April 28, 2026

    Deutsche Telekom Says $156M India Award Should Be OK'd

    Deutsche Telekom AG has asked a D.C. federal judge to enforce a nearly $156 million arbitral award it won against India in a dispute over a scrapped satellite lease and telecommunications deal, opposing the country's arguments in favor of vacatur.

  • April 28, 2026

    Judge Extends Ban On 'Vague' DOT, Other Grant Conditions

    A California federal judge on Tuesday reinforced an injunction barring the Trump administration from imposing "impermissibly vague" conditions requiring cities and counties to comply with immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion policies in order to receive federal transportation and other grants.

  • April 28, 2026

    FTC Must Face Ticketers' Challenge To Its BOTS Act Case

    A Maryland federal judge Tuesday refused to let the Federal Trade Commission end a constitutional challenge to one of its first online ticketing cases by rejecting the agency's attempts to invoke sovereign immunity.

  • April 28, 2026

    Trans Pilot Says Influencer's Defamation Countersuit Is Barred

    A former Army National Guard pilot and transgender woman is seeking to dismiss a defamation counterclaim by a conservative social media influencer who accused the pilot of causing the deadly collision over the Potomac River that killed 67 people last year, according to a motion filed in Colorado federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • Tokenized Securities Have Capital Parity, But Details Matter

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    Recent guidance from the federal banking agencies clarifies that the use of distributed ledger technologies to issue and transact in securities will not affect the capital treatment of those instruments, but banks looking to apply parity treatment to tokenized securities should be prepared to document their qualification processes, say attorneys at Davis Polk.

  • What Employers Should Know About Wash. Noncompete Ban

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    Washington state recently passed one of the most expansive prohibitions on noncompetes in the country, marking a significant shift in the state's approach to restrictive covenants and requiring employers to carefully assess how this change will affect their current and future agreements, say attorneys at Cozen.

  • Mitigating Multistate Risks As California Expands Tax Reach

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    Though California's new sourcing rules and extension of the pass-through entity election have created uncertainty, practitioners should file protective returns to respect the law's ambiguity and take certain other steps to protect clients from the costs of losing a future audit, says attorney Delina Yasmeh.

  • Crypto Trading App Statement Advances SEC's New Direction

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's staff statement from last week carving out an exemption from broker-dealer registration for crypto-trading apps isn't a formal or permanent rule, it's the clearest signal yet of a quickly emerging coherent regulatory framework for digital assets, says Stephen Aschettino at Fox Rothschild.

  • How Cos. Can Prep For Conn. Data Privacy Amendments

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    Effective July 1, 2026, amendments to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act narrow the safe harbor for data used by banks, insurance companies and other financial services businesses, highlighting how state regulators plan to focus on how companies handle sensitive data and honor the data rights of the state's residents, say attorneys at Day Pitney.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

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    Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Record Penalty Sets Stage For FinCEN Whistleblower Awards

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    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s record $80 million penalty against Canaccord, together with the agency's recently proposed rule on whistleblower awards, signals an increasingly aggressive enforcement posture and illustrates the significant financial stakes associated with reporting violations, says Marlene Koury at Constantine Cannon.

  • How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

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    A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management offers agencies several ways to narrow telework as an accommodation for federal employees, including through in-office alternatives, revisiting prior approvals and substituting leave for situational telework, says Lori Kisch at Kalijarvi Chuzi.

  • What GAO Report Reveals About CFPB Cutbacks

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    The U.S. Government Accountability Office's first report on the downsizing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau details an agency facing less funding and aggressive efforts to shrink its workforce and docket — suggesting that the bureau will face sharper choices about where to deploy staff and litigation resources, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Anticipating The Justices' Potential Ruling On Tax Takings

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    Recent oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case Pung v. Isabella focused on rules for valuation, timing and administrability of tax auction proceeds and whichever method the court adopts for determining just compensation, it will have far-reaching impacts on tax collection, homeowners' equity and the secondary market for tax-foreclosed property, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Calif. Truck Regs Now Require Multiple Compliance Strategies

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    California's various vehicle and truck emissions programs now move on different legal tracks, impose different obligations and create different business risks on different timelines — so companies that treat them as one package subject to a federal Clean Air Act waiver risk missing deadlines and mispricing contracts, says Thierry Montoya at FBT Gibbons.

  • 5 Welcome Changes To Texas' Summary Judgment Rule

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    Following recent amendments to the Texas rule for summary judgment motions,​​​​​​ practitioners adjusting to the new framework will likely benefit from a more streamlined process that focuses attention on substantive legal arguments rather than procedural uncertainty, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • 7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

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    Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act that constitute the most comprehensive set of rules in the country on the use of automated decision-making technology, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Employer Considerations After FTC's Noncompete Warning

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    In light of Federal Trade Commission leadership's recent message that the agency remains committed to challenging noncompetes that operate as restraints of trade, employers should take several practical steps in order to reduce regulatory risk, including auditing existing agreements and narrowing restrictions, says Christopher Pickett at UB Greensfelder.

  • How Banks Can React To Risks In FinCEN Whistleblower Rule

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    Financial institutions should reassess and, if necessary, strengthen existing policies, procedures and other frameworks related to whistleblowers and internal reporting in light of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent proposal to formalize a whistleblower award program, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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