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March 27, 2025
SEC Drops Defense Of Biden-Era Climate Disclosure Rules
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it would no longer defend regulations requiring some of the world's largest corporations to publicly disclose the effects climate change could have on their businesses, walking away from an Eighth Circuit challenge to the rules that the agency's acting chair called "unnecessarily intrusive."
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March 27, 2025
Atkins Suggests He May Open SEC's Doors To DOGE
Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday appeared to welcome the potential arrival of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency at the agency, while also pushing back on suggestions that his earlier votes as a Republican commissioner exacerbated the 2008 financial crisis.
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March 27, 2025
Next-Gen 911 Overhaul, Location Accuracy Regs Underway
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday set into motion a modernization of 911 calling systems and new rules on wireless providers to help first responders pinpoint callers' vertical locations.
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March 27, 2025
Fla. High Court Widens Anti-SLAPP Rights In Blogger Suit
A split Florida Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the right of a Miami-area blogger to challenge a defamation lawsuit, allowing state appellate courts to review rulings denying bids to toss such complaints based on strategic lawsuits against public participation provisions, or anti-SLAPP, before those cases have concluded.
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March 27, 2025
Atty Groups Sue To Block Cut To Child Migrant Legal Services
A coalition of legal services providers asked a California federal judge to overturn the Trump administration's decision to cut funding aimed at ensuring thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children have access to legal assistance, alleging that it violates federal laws and regulations.
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March 27, 2025
NY School District Urges Court To Halt Native Mascot Ban
A school district in Massapequa has asked a New York federal court to delay a ban on the use of Native American images, names and symbols in its public schools, saying it will be forced to redirect significant funds away from educational programs.
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March 27, 2025
Ga. Restrictions On Litigation Funders Near Final Passage
Georgia's House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Legislature's first attempt to rein in third-party litigation funders with new restrictions on the industry, advancing the other half of a sweeping civil litigation reform package championed by Republicans this spring.
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March 27, 2025
UK Industry Groups Raise Alarm Over US Tariff Threat
The Labour government must secure a trade deal with the U.S. government soon to prevent new tariffs hitting the British car industry in early April, industry groups warned Thursday.
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March 27, 2025
Feds Deny Violating Order In Tufts Grad Student's Visa Case
U.S. immigration officials told a federal judge Thursday that a detained Tufts University graduate student was moved out of Massachusetts prior to a court order that she remain in the state.
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March 27, 2025
Senate Backs Bid To Nullify CFPB Overdraft Rule
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule aimed at limiting overdraft fees at large banks to $5, passing a Republican-backed measure whose U.S. House companion now awaits a vote.
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March 27, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Stay Injunction Compelling Fed. Worker Rehire
A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to block an injunction compelling the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 probationary employees to six federal agencies, saying the administration will likely lose its argument that the agencies weren't acting on an order from above when they fired the workers.
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March 27, 2025
Fuel Truck Exec Cops To Wildfire Bid-Rigging Scheme
The owner of a company that contracted with the U.S. Forest Service to supply fuel truck services to wildland firefighters pled guilty to conspiring with another executive to rig bids and allocate territories between 2015 and 2023.
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March 27, 2025
FTC Democrats Sue To Undo Trump's 'Unlawful' Firing
Recently fired Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya challenged their terminations Thursday in D.C. federal court, arguing President Donald Trump violated "bedrock, binding precedent" permitting their removal only for cause.
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March 27, 2025
1st Circ. Denies Gov't Bid To Enforce Funding Freeze
The First Circuit has declined to interfere with a Rhode Island federal judge's order that the government continue releasing federal funds while the Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking its efforts to enforce the freeze.
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March 27, 2025
3M Says It's Settled Ex-Worker's Vaccine Retaliation Suit
3M Co. has reached a settlement with a former employee who claimed she was canned from the company for refusing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy, according to a Wednesday filing in Georgia federal court.
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March 27, 2025
HHS To Cut 10,000 Jobs As RFK Jr. Reorganizes Agency
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it would lay off 10,000 employees as part of a "dramatic" plan to restructure the agency and downsize its workforce by about 24%.
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March 26, 2025
CFPB Moves To Rip Up Settlement Of 'Radical' Redlining Case
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked Wednesday for an Illinois federal judge to throw out its recent settlement of a redlining lawsuit that was filed during the first Trump administration, a case the agency's new chief is now denouncing as unjust and wrong.
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March 26, 2025
Trump Sets 25% Tariffs On Imported Cars And Parts
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his intention to impose a 25% tariff on cars and car parts imported into the United States, continuing a trend of sweeping, aggressive trade actions that have defined his first two months in office.
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March 26, 2025
Musk, DOGE Get DC Circ. To Pause Discovery Order
The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday temporarily halted a lower court's order requiring Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over evidence that more than a dozen states said could give insight into Musk's and DOGE's allegedly unconstitutional authority, saying the "stringent requirements" for a stay had been met.
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March 26, 2025
Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.
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March 26, 2025
Republicans Stump For CFPB Overhaul As Democrats Balk
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee sought Wednesday to boost legislation aimed at reining in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, proposals that Democrats slammed as out of touch when the agency is already facing evisceration.
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March 26, 2025
Supreme Court Skeptical Of Nixing FCC Subsidy Fund
Conservative justices took aim Wednesday at rising costs in the country's multibillion-dollar phone and broadband subsidy system, questioning whether lawmakers put meaningful limits on the program's growth, but some argued the fund works just like others created by Congress that rely on revenues from industry fees.
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March 26, 2025
Split DC Circ. Affirms Block On Removals Under Wartime Law
A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to dissolve trial court orders blocking the deportations of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
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March 26, 2025
No Grounds To Block Third Country Deportations, DOJ Argues
The Trump administration told a Massachusetts federal judge that an attempt to block efforts to deport noncitizens to countries with which they have no relationship interferes with its lawful execution of removal orders.
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March 26, 2025
5th Circ. Backs EPA Ozone Plan Rejections, Except In Miss.
The Fifth Circuit upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's disapproval of Texas and Louisiana's plans to comply with federal ozone standards, but it said the EPA's disapproval of Mississippi's plan was arbitrary because it relied on information that wasn't available when the state submitted its plan.
Expert Analysis
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What Companies Should Consider During FCPA Pause
While waiting for updated guidance on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act criminal investigations after a Feb. 10 executive order froze FCPA enforcement, companies should consider the implications of several possible policy shifts, rather than relaxing internal oversight of questionable business practices, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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How Criminal Enforcement Of Trump Tariffs May Work
While tariff enforcement has traditionally been handled as a civil matter, tariffs are central to President Donald Trump's broader economic, immigration and national security agendas — making it likely that the U.S. Department of Justice will be tasked with criminal enforcement of tariff evasion, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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Takeaways From CFTC's Private Fund Rule Amendments
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recently adopted amendments to Rule 4.7 of the Commodity Exchange Act ensure that investors in the complex derivatives markets receive relevant and comprehensive information, and further align suitability criteria for investors in private funds, says Rita Molesworth at Willkie.
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National Bank Act Rulings Facilitate More Preemption Analysis
Two recent National Bank Act preemption decisions from an Illinois federal court and the Ninth Circuit provide the first applications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s May ruling in Cantero v. Bank of America, opening the potential for several circuit courts to address the issue this year, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Series
Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.
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Emphasize Social Spaces During RE Project Public Review
As Boston continues to work through revisions to its public review process for real estate projects, developers attempting to balance impact mitigation and community improvements may benefit from emphasizing the ways in which development plans can facilitate open social exchange, says David Linhart at Goulston & Storrs.
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What NHTSA's Autonomous Vehicle Proposal Means For Cos.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recently proposed framework for review and oversight of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems offers companies a more flexible, streamlined approach to regulatory approvals for AVs, including new exemption pathways, assessments by independent experts and other innovations, say attorneys at Covington.
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Preparing For Stricter Anti-Boycott Enforcement Under Trump
Given the complexity of U.S. anti-boycott regulations and the likelihood of stepped-up enforcement under the new administration, companies should consider adopting risk-based anti-boycott compliance programs that include training employees to recognize and assess potential boycott requests, and to report them expeditiously when necessary, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Opinion
New DOJ Leaders Should Curb Ill-Conceived Prosecutions
First-of-their-kind cases have seemingly led to a string of overly aggressive prosecutions in recent years, so newly sworn-in leaders of the U.S. Department of Justice should consider creating reporting channels to stop unwise prosecutions before they snowball, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Tips For Pharma-Biotech Overlap Reporting In New HSR Form
While there’s no secret recipe for reporting overlaps to the Federal Trade Commission in the new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act form, there are several layers of considerations for all pharma-biotech companies and counsel to reflect on internally before reporting on any deal, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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Opinion
Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
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A Look At Drug Price Negotiation Program's Ongoing Impact
More than two years after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the rapid implementation of the drug price negotiation program, attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss how the IRA has influenced licensing strategies, and how maximum fair prices under the law have economically affected certain drugs.
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Opinion
Congress Must Consider Accurate Data About Patent Thickets
If Congress revisits a controversial bill this year aimed at limiting the number of patents pharmaceutical manufacturers could assert, it must make sure to act based on accurate reports — such as a recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office study that found no evidence of patent thicketing, says David Kappos at the Council for Innovation Promotion.
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Aviation Watch: Litigation Liabilities After DC Air Tragedy
While it will likely take at least a year before the National Transportation Safety Board determines a probable cause for the Jan. 29 collision between a helicopter and a jet over Washington, D.C., the facts so far suggest the government could face litigation claims, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.
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5 Key Takeaways From Energy Secretary's Confirmation
The recent confirmation hearing for U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright highlighted several important themes, including his vision for transforming the DOE, his nuanced stance on renewables, and a renewed emphasis on energy abundance and affordability, says Connor McCulloch at Ankura Consulting Group.