Public Policy

  • May 29, 2026

    Feds Dodge Some Claims In New Mexico Wildfire Liability Suit

    A New Mexico judge carved up a challenge to the U.S. Forest Service over the destruction of nearly 43,000 acres of national forest land, saying the agency didn't follow its own monitoring obligations that don't allow for discretion until an emergent risk is brought to its attention.

  • May 29, 2026

    Facing Scrutiny, 'Schedule A' Suits Grow Beyond Chicago

    Federal lawsuits that target dozens or even hundreds of online sellers at once kept climbing in 2025 and spread beyond their Chicago stronghold, even as new data shows more friction for brand owners' mass anti-counterfeiting strategy.

  • May 29, 2026

    Sacramento Makes Pitch For Full-Time MLB Expansion Team

    Sacramento business and political leaders have started a campaign to bring a Major League Baseball expansion team to the area, unveiling plans to build a stadium and mixed-use development next to the temporary minor league home of MLB's Athletics.

  • May 29, 2026

    Preservation Group Wants Feds To Stop DC Golf Course Plans

    A District of Columbia preservationist group and two recreational golfers told the D.C. federal court not to toss their golf course suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and its U.S. National Park Service, arguing that the federal government needs to be stopped because it is currently going forward with its plans to turn a public park's historic recreational golf course into a professional golfing venue despite claiming otherwise.

  • May 29, 2026

    Texas Justices Deny Review Of Heartbeat Act Procedure

    Texas Supreme Court Justices on Friday denied a bid by the Texas Equal Access Fund to revive a challenge to the state's so-called Texas Heartbeat Act, granting a victory to a woman who previously sought to investigate the fund under the law.

  • May 29, 2026

    Conn. Regulator Ends 'Unilateral' Decisions Amid Utility Suits

    Connecticut's public utilities watchdog has made a series of promises to change the way that it operates in hopes of bringing an end to a lawsuit in which Eversource Energy and others accused the agency's now former chair of unlawfully wielding her authority.

  • May 29, 2026

    Dems Tell DC Circ. Trump Can't Build White House Ballroom

    More than 140 Democrats from the House and Senate have urged an appellate court to uphold a lower court's ruling that halted construction on President Donald Trump's ballroom at the White House.

  • May 29, 2026

    Conn. City, Cops Must Pay $38M To Murder Exoneree

    A Connecticut federal jury on Friday awarded $38 million to felony murder exoneree Stefon Morant, who spent 21 years in prison for two shootings he did not commit, finding the city of New Haven engaged in a "widespread practice or custom" of suppressing evidence favorable to criminal defendants.

  • May 29, 2026

    Consultant In Rivera FARA Trial Asks For Redo

    A political consultant convicted alongside ex-Florida Rep. David Rivera asked for a new trial Friday, arguing that the government "did not come close to proving" that she was guilty of willfully failing to register as a foreign agent for her work on a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company.

  • May 29, 2026

    Md. Expands Urban Agriculture Property Tax Credit Eligibility

    Maryland loosened eligibility requirements for a local option property tax credit for urban agricultural activities under a bill signed by the governor.

  • May 29, 2026

    Full 4th Circ. To Rethink W.Va., Md. 340B Drug Discount Laws

    The full Fourth Circuit will revisit two panel decisions that created a circuit split when they temporarily blocked a pair of state laws that barred drugmakers from prohibiting federally funded hospitals from contracting with an unlimited number of pharmacies to dispense discounted drugs in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. 

  • May 29, 2026

    Mich. Plumbing Co. Hit With Overtime, Retaliation Suit

    Three plumbers have sued a Michigan plumbing company and its owner, claiming they were wrongly denied overtime pay and fired after one worker contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about the company's pay practices. 

  • May 29, 2026

    NJ Panel Advances Bill Creating AI Rules For Licensed Pros

    A New Jersey legislative committee has advanced a bill aimed at creating a model policy governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by licensed professionals across the state.

  • May 29, 2026

    Embattled Metal Recycler Sued Over NJ Facility Fires

    The operator of a metal recycling scrapyard in the city of Camden, New Jersey, was hit with a proposed class action in Garden State federal court alleging that its operation of the facility has resulted in numerous fires and explosions that release harmful emissions.

  • May 29, 2026

    Feds Say New Yorkers Lack Standing In ICE Arrest Suit

    The Trump administration urged a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of making unlawful warrantless immigration arrests, arguing Friday the plaintiffs lack standing because they haven't been detained again, nor shown they will be.

  • May 29, 2026

    NJ Bill Eases Path To Adult-Use Pot Sales For Medical Shops

    New Jersey lawmakers have given final approval to a bill extending the state's existing hemp policy until an upcoming shift in the federal definition of hemp takes effect in November as well as making it easier for medical cannabis dispensaries to also sell recreational products.

  • May 29, 2026

    Hockey Governing Body Opens Door To End Ban On Russia

    The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that it will reconsider its current ban of Russia from competition and said that it would evaluate the country's return on an "event-by-event basis.''

  • May 29, 2026

    Calif. Supreme Court OKs Challenges To Blanket Judge DQs

    The California Supreme Court has opened the door to challenges to blanket judicial disqualifications across the largest state court system in the country, partially overturning a precedent established nearly 50 years ago.

  • May 29, 2026

    DOJ Final Rule On Medical Pot Comes Under New Challenge

    A Trump administration rule loosening federal restrictions on state-sanctioned medical marijuana has been hit with another legal challenge in D.C. Circuit Court, initiated Thursday by a coalition of interests alleging they will be adversely impacted by the policy shift.

  • May 29, 2026

    Gov't Pressed On Trump's Authority For H-1B Visa Fee

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday searched for the limits of the president's power to restrict foreign workers from entering the U.S., as the government defended attaching a $100,000 fee to process certain skilled-worker visas.

  • May 29, 2026

    US Pipe Producer Seeks Review Of Canadian Duty Order

    A U.S. manufacturer of pipes known as oil country tubular goods requested a binational review of an antidumping duty assessed against its imports into Canada, looking to take advantage of a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement provision, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday.

  • May 29, 2026

    Feds Appealing Loss In Colorado Sanctuary Suit

    The Trump administration told a Colorado federal judge it's appealing a recent ruling that dismissed its legal challenge of various sanctuary laws that Colorado and Denver have enacted.

  • May 29, 2026

    Fla. Man Sentenced To 18 Months For $7M Biofuel Tax Fraud

    The owner of a Florida renewable fuel company was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for a scheme that generated more than $7 million in fraudulent fuel tax credits, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

  • May 29, 2026

    NewsGuard Wants Appeal Over FTC 'Retaliation' Fast-Tracked

    News rating organization NewsGuard Technologies is asking the D.C. Circuit to expedite its appeal in a case accusing the Federal Trade Commission of retaliating against the group for its reporting on disinformation.

  • May 29, 2026

    Judge Won't Toss Afghan Ally Suit Over Family Entry Block

    The Trump administration must face a lawsuit brought by asylees from Afghanistan who claim it unlawfully cited a presidential travel ban to deny their spouses and children entry to the U.S., a Virginia federal judge ruled.

Expert Analysis

  • SEC's Co-Investment Relief Broadens Private Market Access

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent no-action letter to J.P. Morgan Investment Management permits open-end funds to co-invest with affiliates, removing a long-standing barrier open-end fund sponsors have faced in sourcing private market investments at scale, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Key Legal Considerations For Data Center Battery Storage

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    Battery energy storage systems have become essential infrastructure for data center development — but as trade, energy and tax policies continue to shift, companies operating in this space must understand the importance of supply chain requirements and industry-tailored contracts, says RJ Colwell at Davis Graham.

  • Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

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    Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting them for lower-wage earners and establishing rebuttable presumptions on their duration, it also gives employers clearer guideposts for drafting enforceable agreements, say attorneys at Burr & Forman.

  • Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • FERC Order May Alter PJM's Framework, Spur $1B In Refunds

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    A recent order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stands to reform how grid operator PJM Interconnection assigns transmission upgrade costs, with potentially sweeping implications for transmission owners, merchant transmission facilities and load-serving entities, including an estimated $1 billion in refunds and surcharges, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • New Connecticut Law On Employers' AI Use Is Inventive

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    A recently passed Connecticut law regulating the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions innovates by using third-party risk assessments to vet and certify AI models, and by recognizing a division of responsibility between developers and deployers, potentially influencing pending legislation in other states, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Opinion

    High Court's Abortion Pill Stay Reinforces Appellate Principles

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent order in Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana, staying a Fifth Circuit ruling that reinstated an in-person requirement for dispensing the abortion medicine mifepristone, should be seen not as a definitive ruling on reproductive rights, but as an affirmation of a more disciplined jurisdictional reality, says Daniel Nardo at Nardo & Associates.

  • Opinion

    International Patent Licensing System Must Be Maintained

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    As foreign approaches to patent enforcement threaten to distort the licensing markets that underpin modern technology, courts and policymakers must take action to ensure that the standard essential patent framework is preserved, says Brian O'Shaughnessy at Dinsmore.

  • Tax Highlights From Georgia's 2026 Legislative Session

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    Georgia's two-year legislative cycle recently concluded with the enactment of several significant tax bills that reflect efforts to modernize tax policy in response to evolving economic priorities, and a broader trend toward increased scrutiny of administrative agency interpretations, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • How SEC, CFTC Proposal Would Ease Private Fund Reporting

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s recent proposal to streamline and lighten certain confidential reporting requirements could bring welcome changes for many private fund advisers, sponsors should consider important nuances of its potential impact, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Series

    Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

  • 6th Circ. Ruling Highlights Split On Labor Cost Depreciation

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    The Sixth Circuit's recent decision in Schoening Investment v. Cincinnati Casualty throws into relief the fine lines of courts' varying interpretations of whether a commercial property insurer may justifiably depreciate labor costs to determine the actual cash value of damage, says Nabila Rahim at Zelle.

  • Sold Inventory May Drive Tax Treatment Of Tariff Refunds

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    Companies determining the tax treatment of refunds expected following the U.S. Supreme Court's February decision invalidating tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act should consider whether the tariff costs have already reduced their income considering the cost of goods sold, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • NCUA Proposal Could Streamline Credit-Union-Bank Mergers

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    While the National Credit Union Administration's recently proposed merger overhaul may reduce procedural barriers to combinations involving banks and credit unions and signals a willingness to revisit long-settled regulations, parties should still ensure careful planning and regulator engagement throughout complex transactions, say attorneys at Fox Rothschild.

  • Operational AI Washing: Fortifying The Disclosure Record

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    The same artificial intelligence-driven workforce narratives that once appeared in earnings calls and Form 8-Ks can easily become raw material for future operational AI washing claims, so companies must be careful when drafting public disclosures because winning a federal motion to dismiss starts months before a lawsuit is ever filed, say attorneys at Akerman.

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