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Supreme Court Unanimously Limits State AG’s Subpoena Power Over Donor Information

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued an unanimous decision holding that a New Jersey Attorney General subpoena seeking nonprofit donor information inflicted a present injury on the organization’s First Amendment...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects Proposed Expansion of Associational Standing

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On May 1, 2026, the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Zeldin, clarifying the limits of associational standing, and rejecting a proposed expansion that would have blurred...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Cybersecurity Failures and Liability for Health Care Organizations: A New Enforcement Frontier

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Cybersecurity Failures and Liability for Health Care Organizations: A New Enforcement Frontier - False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation attorneys Jacques Smith, Pat Naples, and John Keblish authored a piece...more

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Kazakhstan Introduces Special Legal Regime for Alatau City

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The President of Kazakhstan has signed a Constitutional Law introducing a special legal regime for Alatau city. The law establishes Alatau as a "city of accelerated development" that is designed as a next‑generation...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

When Faith and Policy Collide: Fourth Circuit Upholds School District’s Gender Identity Guidelines Over Teacher’s Religious...

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Understanding how courts interpret school policies is essential for today’s educational leaders, especially as issues involving gender identity continue to evolve. A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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Court of Appeals Clarifies Limits of Legislative Immunity at Rule 12 Stage

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In Holsey-Hyman v. Edens (N.C. Ct. App. Apr. 15, 2026), the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed the boundary between protected legislative acts and unprotected administrative or political conduct by local officials....more

Saul Ewing LLP

DOJ’s New FOCUS Initiative Solicits More Qui Tam Filings by Sophisticated “Data Miners” Who Mine Publicly Available Data— What It...

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Overview - On April 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ,” or the “Department”) Civil Division announced the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (“FOCUS”) initiative to improve the quality of referrals...more

Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights

Update: The Supreme Court’s Decision in First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport (formerly Platkin)

If you are a regular reader of State AG Insights, you know that we have previously blogged about First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin (now Davenport, with the end of Attorney General Platkin’s tenure and Attorney...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of May 4 - 8, 2026

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Fulton v. Fulton Cnty - en banc, vacating this prior opinion, Takings Clause, remedies - Alvarez v. Fed Detention Ctr - immigration, aliens, bond - Great Bowery v....more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Redistricting Amendment

On May 8, 2026, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued its opinion in Scott v. McDougle, invalidating a proposed constitutional amendment that would have authorized the General Assembly to gerrymander the Commonwealth’s...more

Hicks Johnson

A Reminder from the Fifteenth Court: Mandamus Requires More Than a Big Issue

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In In re Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., No. 15-25-00207-CV (Tex. App.—15th Apr. 30, 2026), a divided Fifteenth Court of Appeals reminded litigants that the adequacy-of-appeal analysis is often more important than the merits...more

FBT Gibbons LLP

Care to Predict What Happens? Kentucky’s New Prediction Markets Tax

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In the recently concluded 2026 Regular Session of Kentucky’s General Assembly, there was significant activity concerning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, all with potential serious economic impact....more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Majority-Minority districts may be in jeopardy after Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais

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The Supreme Court issued last week its long-anticipated redistricting decision in Louisiana v. Callais, — S. Ct. —, 2026 WL 1153054 (April 29, 2026). The Court did not strike down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) as...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Jarkesy Challenges Reach State Administrative Proceedings, but Seventh Amendment Still Stops at Federal Line

The post-Jarkesy litigation landscape is developing as anticipated. Litigants are increasingly invoking the Supreme Court’s decision in SEC v. Jarkesy (No. 22-859) to challenge the constitutionality of state administrative...more

DLA Piper

Supreme Court rules for First Choice in landmark donor privacy decision: Key takeaways

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On April 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport, holding that a faith-based nonprofit organization has Article III standing to...more

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The Free Speech Myth: How Employers Can Navigate 5 High-Risk Scenarios for Defamation Claims in the Workplace

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The concept of “free speech” is often misunderstood in the workplace. While many assume broad protections apply, the First Amendment offers limited coverage in private employment settings. At the same time, routine...more

Maynard Nexsen

Examining Changes to North Carolina Property Tax Law: Levy Limits and the Affordable Housing Exemption

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State and local governments continue to face increasing pressure to balance rising property values, taxpayer concerns, and housing affordability. In North Carolina, recent legislative proposals reflect an effort to address...more

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Prediction Markets And Public Power: Senate Restricts Trading, But Constitutional Questions Linger

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Confronted with public controversy surrounding insider trading in prediction markets, the United States Senate has taken action both symbolically powerful and substantively modest: it has prohibited its own members, officers...more

Perkins Coie

Old Doctrines, New Terrain: the Fourth Amendment, the Stored Communications Act, and Law Enforcement Demands for AI Chat Logs —...

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Companies offering generative AI chat technologies to consumers should consider what protections apply under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the federal Stored Communications Act (SCA) and how they should...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Expert rule: There are reviewable non-final agency actions

In a decision addressing the scope of constitutional challenges to agency action, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court’s injunction barring an investigation by the US...more

Cooley LLP

Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors’ ‘Racially Discriminatory DEI Activities’

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On March 26, 2026, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order No. 14398 (EO) targeting DEI activities by federal contractors and subcontractors....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Interstate Commerce and the Dormant Commerce Clause in Light of Rescheduling

On April 22, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a final order immediately placing both FDA-approved marijuana products and state-regulated medical marijuana products in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances...more

A&O Shearman

Climate policy: Germany’s highest civil court clarifies the boundaries between legislative discretion and judicial intervention

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BGH rejects claims for early combustion engine phase-out and clarifies the limits of judicial intervention, legislative discretion and corporate responsibility. On 23 March 2026, the German Federal Court of Justice...more

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RCRA/Sovereign Immunity: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Injunctive Relief Claim Against California Agency Officials

The United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit (“Appellate Court”) addressed in an April 27th Opinion an issue arising out of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) related lawsuit against two California agency...more

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Understanding Candidate Residency Challenges in New York State: What Smart Candidates, Party Leaders, and Political Operatives...

An Albany County Supreme Court Justice recently rejected a challenge to a Congressional candidate’s designating petitions based on the argument that the candidate did not in fact reside at the residence set forth on his...more

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