In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-4511, 2024 WL 3208360 (June 28, 2024), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an essential and longstanding cornerstone of administrative law: Chevron deference. While the Chevron...more
Passing broad-based legislation that would preempt or make unlawful local government regulations has long been a goal of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s administration. H.B. 2127, the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, seeks to...more
Notices of filing bankruptcy from debtors to its creditors are intended to halt all collection efforts of prepetition debts. But where lenders are required by law to provide information to mortgagors who are debtors in...more
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the enactment of numerous temporary regulatory waivers and new rules intended to enable health care providers to better respond to the COVID-19...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the latest coronavirus stimulus package, known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the “CARES Act.” The President’s approval follows around-the-clock...more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a $235.9 million settlement with Xerox Corp. and its former subsidiaries resolving a May 2014 lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney General’s Office (OAG) under the Texas...more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a press release that the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) handled a record number of Texas Public Information Act (TPIA) requests and issued an...more
On September 5, 2018, U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra issued a permanent injunction blocking Senate Bill 8 (passed in 2017) from going into effect. Senate Bill 8 would prohibit health care providers from disposing of...more
On April 10, 2018, the FTC announced that its staff sent warning letters to six major companies that market and sell automobiles, cellular devices, and video gaming systems in the United States. The FTC expressed concerns...more