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Democratic AGs Defend Fed Independence

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Colorado AG Phil Weiser led a group of 23 Democratic AGs in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Cook, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Trump’s request to immediately remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook...more

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Proposed Constitutional Amendment: Arkansas Attorney General Rejects Clean and Healthy Natural Environment Amendment

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin transmitted a November 4th letter (Opinion No. 2025-110) to Jennifer Waymack Standerfer rejecting a popular name and ballot title for a proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment titled: ...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Brownstein Challenges Colorado Law Prohibiting Medical Debt Reporting

On the heels of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) interpretive rule issued last week explaining that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) generally preempts state laws related to credit reporting, Brownstein...more

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Election 2025: Redistricting Battlegrounds

An unprecedented mid-decade remapping process is already reshaping the 2026 House battlefield. Below is a concise inventory of what has happened, what is being challenged and what is likely next, plus the practical seat...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Election 2025: Virginia Gubernatorial and Legislative Races

Governor: Abigail Spanberger (D) Victory  Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) defeated Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle Sears (R) 57.2% to 42.6%, becoming the first woman ever elected governor of Virginia and restoring unified...more

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Justices’ Age Verification Ruling May Lead To More State Laws

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The digital age presents a complex challenge: protecting children online while also allowing free speech to continue to be a thriving marketplace of ideas. Originally published in Law360 - August 4, 2025....more

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Illinois Federal Court Upholds Nationwide Injunction of Key Part of DEI Executive Order

On October 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied the government’s motion to narrow—and partially stay—the court’s April 14, 2025, preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of...more

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Tariffs Have Their Day in the Supreme Court

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In the chief case challenging tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), part of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies had its day in the Supreme Court Wednesday. The case, filed...more

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DHS ends TPS status for South Sudan

This morning, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing the termination of Temporary Protected Status designation for South Sudan, effective 60 days from today. The...more

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OCC Comptroller Gould Signals a Multifaceted Push to Reinforce Federal Preemption

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At The Clearing House Annual Conference, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould outlined an agency-wide strategy to defend and promote federal preemption across the banking system. As reported by Law360, he emphasized...more

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Trump Administration declines to respond to Supreme Court petition filed by ousted Democratic NCUA board members

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The Trump Administration has declined to respond to a Supreme Court petition by the two ousted Democratic NCUA board members who are asking for the court to consider their case....more

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ExxonMobil Takes Its Turn Challenging California Climate Disclosure Laws

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In late October, ExxonMobil filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against state officials challenging the state’s new carbon emissions disclosure law (SB 253) and climate risk...more

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As Trump's IEEPA Tariffs Head to SCOTUS, Importers Should Start Preserving Refund Rights

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The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Court of International Trade’s decision that the tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful. This week, the...more

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California's Mandatory Climate Disclosure Regulations Challenged by New Lawsuit

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On October 24, 2025, a significant new lawsuit challenging California's mandatory climate disclosure regulations was filed in federal district court (E.D. Cal.) by ExxonMobil...more

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Vertical stare decisis: Can a District Court of Appeal overrule Florida Supreme Court precedent?

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The First District Court of Appeal recently struck down a Florida law that prohibited people from openly carrying firearms in public. The court held that section 790.053 violated the Second Amendment as applied to the states...more

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Defining the Boundaries of Consensual Third-Party Releases – Tehum/YesCare Case Study

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In 2024, the Supreme Court, in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. 204 (2024), held that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize nonconsensual third-party releases in Chapter 11 reorganization plans, meaning affected...more

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GRPR Texas Capitol Report: Election Edition

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During the 89th Texas Legislative Session, lawmakers individually passed resolutions proposing 17 separate constitutional amendments, each of which received the support of at least two-thirds of both chambers. These...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds NLRB Authority and Structure – Creating Split with Fifth Circuit

On October 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the structure and authority of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) against three constitutional challenges in NLRB v. North Mountain...more

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Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Standing in Data Breach Class Actions

One of the hotly litigated issues in data breach class action litigation is whether plaintiffs in these actions have standing under Article III of the US Constitution. For a complaint to survive, the plaintiff must allege...more

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Social Links: The Law Crawls While Tech Runs

On September 30, Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California ruled that LinkedIn must face three lawsuits alleging that its Insight Tag tracking tool quietly collected sensitive information from users visiting...more

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Sullivan's Reckoning: Why It's Time to Overturn America's Defamation Shield

Civil discourse is rapidly declining. The U.S. is mired in escalating, violent political rhetoric, acts of political violence, and dismal polls showing that twenty percent of young adults think violence is justified to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court dismisses privacy suit with leave to amend over payroll provider’s 2024 data breach

On October 22, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a payroll provider’s motion to dismiss a privacy lawsuit arising from a March 2024 data breach. The plaintiff, a former user of the provider’s...more

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ExxonMobil Challenges California Climate Disclosure Laws in Federal Court

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On October 24, 2025, Exxon Mobil Corporation filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California seeking to, among other things, enjoin California’s recently enacted corporate climate...more

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Guns, Cannabis, and the Constitution: SCOTUS to Hear United States v. Hemani on Cannabis Use and Gun Ownership

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The United States Supreme Court added another significant Second Amendment dispute to its 2025-26 calendar. On October 20, 2025, the Court granted certiorari in United States v. Hemani, a case that could shape the legal...more

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Compliance Notes - Vol. 6, Issue 22

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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Kansas: Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s office proposed that candidates, lobbyists and political committees file...more

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