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The annual appropriations process requires Congress to pass, and the President to sign, funding bills into law by the end of each federal fiscal year. While Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Update: Federal Court Enjoins Texas App Store Accountability Act

A federal judge in the Western District of Texas granted preliminary injunctions (here and here) blocking enforcement of the state’s App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”), preventing the law from taking effect on January...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Government Attacks State and Local Energy Regulations

In 2024, Washington citizens voted to prohibit the legislature from banning natural gas, by adopting Initiative 2066. The efficacy of that vote was immediately challenged on appeal by a variety of clean energy and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ninth Circuit upholds FHFA funding structure against constitutional challenge

On January 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the FHFA’s funding mechanism, affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the agency’s authority under the Appropriations...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

State attorneys general file new complaint against lack of CFPB funding

On December 22, the attorneys general from 22 states and territories filed a complaint in an Oregon federal district court for declaratory and injunctive relief against the CFPB, the Fed, and the acting director of the CFPB....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Modern Criminal Forfeiture: Constitutional Limits and Practical Realities

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In white-collar criminal cases, forfeiture is one of the most consequential sentencing components, yet it remains overlooked and misunderstood by practitioners. The U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit’s recent decision in...more

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Tennessee AG Pushes Illegal Online Sweepstakes Casinos to Fold

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Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti announced that his office sent formal cease-and-desist letters to nearly 40 online sweepstakes casinos operating in Tennessee, and that recipients have either disabled the unlawful components of...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

State v. Johnson: Wyoming Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Restrictions—The Footnotes Tell the Real Story

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The Wyoming Supreme Court began the year 2026 with a landmark decision in State v. Johnson, 2026 WY 1, delivering a ruling with implications that extend far beyond its immediate outcome. While headlines will focus on the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

A Pattern of Uncertainty: Judicial Decision-Making During Federal Shutdowns

In the wake of this country’s longest federal shutdown, federal courts were facing unprecedented decision-making whether to stay civil proceedings implicating federal employees and agencies....more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes - Vol. 7, Issue 1

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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Connecticut: Connecticut’s State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) is weighing its first interpretation of a 2024 law banning foreign nationals from making political...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Maine Governor Vetoes Amended Right to Repair Law

The new year brought new uncertainty for manufacturers of telematics-equipped motor vehicles, with Maine governor Janet Mills on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, exercising her power to veto amendments to the Maine Right to Repair...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Internet Search Activity: Key Takeaways for Employers

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A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling could have broad implications for internet privacy, and employers should take note. The state’s high court ruled in December that individuals do not have a reasonable expectation of...more

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Court issues preliminary injunction blocking West Virginia ban on certified colors

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A federal district court in the Southern District of West Virginia has granted the International Association of Color Manufacturers' (IACM's) request for a preliminary injunction (PI) that temporarily halts enforcement of...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Second Circuit Clarifies Standards for Religious Accommodations in Employment Cases

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently clarified how courts must evaluate an employee’s claimed religious beliefs when assessing requests for religious accommodations. In Gardner-Alfred v. Federal Reserve...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Viability of Trump’s AI Executive Order and Its Impact on IP Rights

On December 11, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” The Order’s stated purpose is to allow United States (U.S.)-based artificial...more

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Q4 – 2025 FMG Professional Liability Quarterly Report

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A summary of the important professional liability topics by our expert team members for the fourth quarter. When the Supreme Court decided Sec. & Exch. Comm’n v. Jarkesy, 603 U.S. 109 (2024) last summer —holding that the...more

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Recipients of Federal Education Funds Should Reassess Programs Following DOJ Findings on Race

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In the wake of a Dec. 2, 2025, analysis by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of race-based programs awarded by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), educational institutions receiving or administering federal education...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Cour d’appel de la C.-B. : L’ancien régime de titres miniers à accès ouvert de la province est incompatible avec la DNUDPA

Aperçu Le 5 décembre 2025, la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a publié sa décision dans l’affaire Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) (l’« affaire Gitxaala ») (en anglais seulement),...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Adoption du projet de loi n° 109 : Le Québec réglementera la découvrabilité du contenu francophone

Le 12 décembre 2025, l’Assemblée nationale du Québec a adopté le projet de loi no 109, qui édicte la Loi sur la découvrabilité des contenus culturels francophones dans l’environnement numérique (la « Loi »). Nous avons...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Why Judge Jackson Is Wrong: The CFPB Cannot Be Lawfully Funded When the Federal Reserve Has No Profits

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In her December 30, 2025 opinion in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought (which we blogged about here), Judge Amy Berman Jackson concluded that the CFPB may continue to draw funding from the Federal Reserve System even...more

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Justices’ Separation-Of-Powers Revamp May Hit States Next

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Trump v. Slaughter, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in December, likely will put an end to the era of independent federal regulatory agencies. Even if the court does not formally overrule the 90-year-old precedent...more

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Brazil’s Supreme Court Concludes Ruling on the Indigenous Time Limit Doctrine

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Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) has concluded the joint trial of constitutional lawsuits involving Law No. 14,701/2023, known as the Indigenous Time Limit Requirement Act (marco temporal). A majority of the Court reaffirmed the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FTC Administrative Action Delayed as Dealer Group Presses for Reconsideration of Order Denying Constitutional Challenge

After a delay caused by the shutdown of the federal government last fall, Asbury Automotive Group (“Asbury”), one of the largest automobile dealer groups in the country, has resumed its constitutional challenge to the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: Recent Developments

We first wrote about the case National Small Business United v. Yellen in March of 2024. At that time, a federal judge in Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) exceeded the Constitution’s limits on the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

No Blanket Immunity Under the “Ministerial Exemption” for Religious Employers Under California Wage and Hour Law—Insights from...

On November 21, 2025, the California Court of Appeal issued important guidance confirming that religious employers are not categorically exempt from wage and hour obligations under state law. In Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen...more

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