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No, We’re Good. Florida DCA Confirms That Zoning Hearings Are Quasi-Judicial

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No, we’re good. Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal has confirmed what land use lawyers have been saying for decades: zoning hearings are still quasi‑judicial. Back in August 2024, we wrote in “Zoning Appeals: Have We...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Litigation Challenging Legality of Section 122 Duties

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On Friday, March 5, 2026, twenty-four (24) states filed a complaint in the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) against the Trump Administration challenging the legality of the Section 122 duties imposed on February 20th...more

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California Groups File Signatures for Initiative to Curtail Local Taxes

A coalition of business and antitax groups announced that it has submitted more than 1.3 million signatures to qualify the “Local Taxpayer Protection Act to Save Proposition 13” for the November 2026 ballot. These groups...more

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Court Upholds California AI Transparency Law, Rejecting X.AI’s Trade Secret Defense: 5 Action Steps for Employers

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A California federal court denied Elon Musk’s X.AI request to block enforcement of the state’s AI training data transparency law, rejecting the company’s claims that the disclosure requirements would destroy trade secrets and...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of SB 21 Safe Harbor

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Our Securities Litigation and Securities Groups examine the Delaware Supreme Court decision to uphold SB 21, which rewrote the state’s legal protections for corporations and their directors, officers, and controlling...more

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Can the Administration Persuade States Not to Bring Climate Litigation?

Last year, the United States sued the State of Michigan, seeking a preemptive court order preventing Michigan from filing suit against firms in the “fossil fuel industry”.  Michigan moved to dismiss, arguing that the case was...more

Haynes Boone

CBCA Opens New Avenue for Small Enforcement Actions Under the AFCA

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Fraud claims against contractors have almost exclusively been pursued by the Department of Justice (or qui tam relators) in court. Now, in a significant change, certain fraud claims can be referred by an agency to a board of...more

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Proskauer Partners with the ACLU to Challenge Voting Restrictions in South Carolina

In partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project (ACLU VRP) and the ACLU of South Carolina, Proskauer filed a lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP of South Carolina and individual South Carolina voters...more

Haynes Boone

An Update on Warnings on Texas Food Labels: Administrative Rule Finalized Amid Ongoing Litigation and Injunction

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On February 20, 2026, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), finalized rules (the Rule) for implementation of the Texas law that requires the following warning label on food products containing any of 44 listed...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Pung v. Isabella County

On February 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, No. 25-95, a case that could materially reshape the constitutional framework governing tax lien...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2026 Food Regulatory Update: Ingredients in the Crosshairs

If the first few months of 2026 are any indication, food policy is not easing into the year—it's accelerating. Federal regulators are advancing substances generally recognized as safe (GRAS) reform, post-market chemical...more

Adams & Reese

Importers Continue to Eye IEEPA Tariff Refunds – What Should You Know?

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Now that the Supreme Court has held that the tariffs President Trump imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful, collection of the tariffs has been halted, and the federal...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Bill Proposes Electoral Reform in Mexico

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on March 4, 2026, submitted to the House of Representatives a bill proposing a decree to amend, add and repeal various provisions of the Mexican Constitution in electoral matters. The bill...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Updates to the SEC Enforcement Manual and Incentives or Individual Cooperation - The New Manual Makes Modifications To SEC...

On February 24, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the first updates to its enforcement manual since 2017. The new manual makes modifications to SEC enforcement procedures in several key areas,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Supreme Court denies lender’s cert. petition in case upholding CFPB’s $134M restitution award

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case challenging a 9th Circuit ruling that upheld a $134 million restitution award to the CFPB. ...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | Sales Tax Case Law - Lessons from the Courts

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Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman recently presented on the topic of “Sales Tax Case Law – Lessons from the Court” at the Advanced Sales and Tax Workshop in Dallas. ...more

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Circuit Court Holds “Interested Party” May Not Sue to Enforce Day and Temporary Labor Services Act; Rules Part of DTLSA...

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Last week the Circuit Court of Cook County held that the “interested party” provision of the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (DTLSA) is an unconstitutional usurpation of the Illinois Attorney General’s exclusive...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Appellate Division Confirms State Law Mandating Landlord Participation in Section 8 is Unconstitutional

On March 5, 2026, Bond, Schoeneck & King secured a unanimous decision from the Appellate Division holding that the New York State Human Rights Law violates the Fourth Amendment to the extent it mandates landlord participation...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Circuit Mandate Clears the Way for Next Phase of IEEPA Refund Litigation

On March 2, 2026, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a per curiam order that will allow the Court of International Trade (CIT) to begin the process of determining refunds for importers subject to tariffs the...more

Phelps Dunbar

Importers Face an Uncertain Path to Recover IEEPA Tariffs After Supreme Court Ruling

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Importers who paid tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) may assume that a U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating those tariffs automatically triggers refunds. It does not. Recent...more

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Mexico Officially Enacts Constitutional Reform to Reduce the Workweek to 40 Hours

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The Government of Mexico published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on March 3, 2026, the decree amending the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States to reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours....more

Cooley LLP

Comprehensive Online Safety Legislation Comes to the US: How KOSA Is Copying UK, EU and Australian Laws

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The proposed Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is the most significant attempt to overhaul federal online child safety laws since the passage of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in 1998....more

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Federal Reserve Proposes Rules to Codify Removal of “Reputation Risk” From Bank Supervision

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On February 23, the Federal Reserve Board announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comments on a proposal to formally remove “reputation risk” from its supervisory framework and prohibit examiners from encouraging...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks California Transgender Student Nondisclosure Policy as Case Continues

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On March 2, 2026, the United States Supreme Court blocked a California law that prohibited public school officials from informing parents of their students’ gender identity at school without the student’s consent. The policy...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — March 2026

On February 3, 2026, the federal District Court of the Western District of Texas held that the anti-ESG law passed by the Texas state legislature, which prohibited “state entities from investing in or contracting with...more

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