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Narrow Supreme Court ruling allows SEC to obtain disgorgement, but leaves questions unresolved

On June 4, 2026, the Supreme Court in Sripetch v. SEC unanimously held that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) need not prove that investors suffered a pecuniary loss before obtaining disgorgement....more

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The California Billionaire Tax Act: Delayed, Contested, and Uncertain Revenue

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The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act (“BTA”) asks policymakers to rely on revenue that may be slow, contested, and uncertain. The Act’s own design creates four practical problems: (1) court challenges could delay collection for...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

This Week in 340B: June 9 – 15, 2026

Find the week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick summary...more

MG+M The Law Firm

Drones, Maps, and the First Amendment: A Pending SCOTUS Petition Could Reshape Land Surveyor Licensing

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A recent petition for rehearing to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in a matter involving the validity of state licensing statutes under the First Amendment has the potential to allow unlicensed drone operators to render certain...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Authority

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In its recent decision in FCC v. AT&T, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s enforcement authority. By an 8-1 vote, the Court rejected challenges by AT&T and Verizon that the FCC’s...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

The Oft-Forgotten Shield: Noerr-Pennington in the Age of Anti-SLAPP

Over the past three decades, anti-SLAPP statutes have become a familiar part of the litigator’s toolkit.  When a lawsuit targets speech or petitioning activity, many lawyers instinctively reach for statutory anti-SLAPP...more

Nossaman LLP

Supreme Court Shuts the Door on Sheetz

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In 2024, the Supreme Court upended decades of California precedent when it held that legislatively enacted development impact fees must satisfy the “essential nexus” and “rough proportionality” tests established in Nollan v....more

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Brasília em Pauta - Edição Nº 244

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Prezados e prezadas, O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Federal Circuit Judicial Council Opposes Judge Newman’s Certiorari Petition

The Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit, represented by the U.S. Solicitor General, recently filed its Respondents’ Brief in Opposition to Judge Pauline Newman’s Petition for Certiorari. While the brief followed its...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Judge Newman Responds to Federal Circuit Judicial Council’s Opposition to Petition for Certiorari

At the beginning of June, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (representing Judge Paulene Newman) filed the Judge’s Reply Brief to the Federal Circuit Judicial Council’s Opposition to her Petition for Certiorari*.  The brief...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

H-1B Fee Updates and Expedited Business Visas Announced

On June 8, 2026, U.S. Judge Leo Sorokin of Massachusetts voided the federal government’s new H-1B visa fee of $100,000 for each H-1B petition submission stating that the fee was unlawful and served to impose a tax on H-1B...more

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Is Disparate Impact Dead? DOJ’s OLC Opinion Signals Massive Shift in Employer Liability

On June 9, 2026, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) issued a formal opinion concluding that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) longstanding guidelines on disparate-impact liability...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

DEI Clause Challenge: What ANCs, Tribes, and NHOs Should Know

On June 4, 2026, a coalition of contractor and higher-education associations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and a 5 U.S.C. § 705 stay in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Fifth Circuit Grants Stay of Injunction Blocking the Anti-ESG “Boycott Law”

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On May 29, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Texas Attorney General and Comptroller’s motion to stay a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Texas SB 13, the state’s 2021 law prohibiting...more

Jenner & Block

[Ongoing Program] Session 4 — US Supreme Court Term in Review - June 30th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm CT

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CLE Relay 2026 - Jenner & Block's appellate lawyers review the most consequential cases from the 2025–2026 Supreme Court term. This session covers high-profile decisions and pending matters addressing presidential power,...more

Wiley Rein LLP

SBA Proposes New “Social Disadvantage” Test for 8(a) Eligibility, Replacing Rebuttable Presumption

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As we previewed in our previous alert, on June 11, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposed an amendment to 13 C.F.R. § 124.103, revising the 8(a) Business Development Program eligibility process. The...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Banking and Consumer Credit Trade Associations Challenge Oregon’s DIDMCA Opt-Out Law

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Three leading financial services trade associations (the National Association of Industrial Bankers (NAIB), the Online Lenders Alliance (OLA), and the American Financial Services Association (AFSA)) have just filed a lawsuit...more

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EEOC Issues New Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029

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On June 4, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a revised National Enforcement Plan (NEP). The NEP sets forth the agency’s enforcement agenda and supersedes (and starkly departs from) the 2024-2028...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of June 8 - 12, 2026

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Jackson v. Jones - Georgia elections, fundraising caps, First Amendment challenge - iCare Child v. Cicero-Brown - injunction, due process, program participation - USA v....more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

SBA Proposes Significant Change to 8(a) Program’s Social Disadvantage Requirements

On June 11, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration published a proposal fundamentally altering how individuals demonstrate eligibility under the Social Disadvantage standard for the 8(a) Business Development Program....more

Poston Communications

[Webinar] Key Issues in Trying Your Case in the Court of Public Opinion Versus the Court of Law: PR-Related Litigation Actions,...

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For litigation partners, in-house counsel and CMBDOs responsible for triaging or managing communications counsel, please join us for this webinar which will address how legal teams and communications professionals should...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DOJ says EEOC’s disparate impact standards are unconstitutional

Will the courts agree? Building on the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle disparate impact as a basis for discrimination claims, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice has said that the...more

Clark Hill PLC

DOJ Opinion on EEOC Disparate-Impact Guidelines: What Employers Should Know

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On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that its Office of Legal Counsel has concluded that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s disparate-impact guidelines under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...more

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A Defining Year For Defamation: Key Decisions And Emerging Trends

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The past year has brought a wave of significant defamation decisions that are reshaping the legal landscape for media organizations, public figures and their counsel. From the Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit a historic...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Iowa Supreme Court Addresses Race-Restrictive Scholarships in Wake of SFFA Decision

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Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Ezra L. Totton, a distinguished Black professor of chemistry, bequeathed $35,000 to the University of Iowa to establish a scholarship for "Black students majoring in the physical sciences, preferably...more

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