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Good-faith investigation defeats preindictment delay challenge

Addressing the constitutional limits of preindictment delay in a trade secret and wire fraud prosecution arising from alleged misuse of proprietary unemployment insurance software, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth...more

FBT Gibbons LLP

To File or Not to File: Is CIT Litigation Necessary to Get Your IEEPA Tariffs Refunded?

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On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision striking down tariffs purportedly authorized by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump....more

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Court Dismisses NIMBY Lawsuit Against Echo Park Project in Win for Affordable Housing

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In a major win for affordable housing in Los Angeles, on February 5, 2026, a federal court threw out a challenge aimed at stopping a 100% affordable housing project in Echo Park....more

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The Classroom Commandments: Courts Confront Legal Challenges to Mandatory Religious Displays in Schools

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In recent years, a handful of high-profile legal challenges have emerged in response to state laws requiring the display of religious texts in public school classrooms, particularly in conservative states. Both Texas and...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Heightened Protection for Controlling Stockholder Transactions

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On Feb. 27, the Delaware Supreme Court in Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC, No. 248, 2025 (Del. Feb. 27, 2026), upheld the constitutionality of recent amendments to Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law...more

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Littler Lightbulb – February 2026 Employment Appellate Roundup

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Fifth Circuit Holds Plaintiff Not Entitled to Overtime Unless Company Had Actual or Constructive Knowledge of Time Worked - Following a jury verdict finding the plaintiff in Merritt v. Tex. Farm Bureau, __F.4th __ (5th...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

Securing Your IEEPA Duties Refund: Essential Steps to Protect Your Rights

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On February 20, the Supreme Court struck down the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact tariffs in a landmark case regarding tariffs central to the Trump administration's trade policy. In its...more

Perkins Coie

Potential for Major Changes in Campaign Spending: NRSC v. FEC Update

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The Supreme Court of the United States’ upcoming decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (NRSC v. FEC) will shape the engagement strategies of candidates, parties, and donors during...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Colorado’s Contentious Ballot Season Has Begun

The 2026 statewide ballot for Colorado is picking up steam, with three citizen-initiated ballot measures already qualified for the statewide 2026 ballot and many more progressing toward inclusion....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Sue Texas Comptroller over Contracting Program’s Conversion + Cancellation

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Four minority- and women-owned Texas small businesses and a minority contractor trade association filed suit against Acting Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Kelly Hancock on March 2, 2026, alleging that the comptroller...more

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Judicial Safety, Judicial Independence, and the Rule of Law

At Legalweek 2026, one of the most consequential conversations did not focus on AI roadmaps, platform consolidation, or the future of litigation workflows....more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Examining the Landscape and Limitations of the Federal Push to Override State AI Regulation

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The Trump administration’s recent executive order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” asserts broad federal authority to preempt state laws regulating AI in order to establish a...more

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40-Hour Workweek Is Now a Reality in Mexico: Dos and Don’ts for Employers

On March 3, 2026, the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States was amended to reduce the workweek from forty-eight hours to forty hours, by two hours per year beginning in 2027. The amendment was published in the...more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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