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Trial Court Delivers Post-Sheetz Wake-Up Call to Local Jurisdictions on Impact Fees

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California jurisdictions have historically relied on development impact fees adopted under the Mitigation Fee Act (MFA) or Quimby Act to fund new infrastructure, utilities and park facilities. Although it cannot be cited as...more

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Ninth Circuit Again Affirms Employer’s Religious Freedom Rights

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Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals furthered a trend of ruling favorably for religious organization employers in Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown. In a case specific to Washington, the Ninth Circuit...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Privacy Returns to the Supreme Court: Geolocation, Video Data & What Clients Should Expect

The U.S. Supreme Court seldom takes up privacy cases, but the 2026 term includes two matters that could have profound implications for how businesses collect, retain, and disclose data. ...more

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History is History – Qui Tam Provisions No FCA Mystery

Judge Kenney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Jonathan Meyer v ADS Clinics, LLC, No. 21-cv-5303, on February 10, 2026, rejected a most recent attempt to gut the qui tam provisions from the federal False Claims Act...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Fourth Circuit Holds That Anti-DEI Executive Orders Are Likely Not Facially Unconstitutional

On February 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a final Order in the case NADOHE v. Trump, permanently vacating a district court’s preliminary injunction against several provisions of Executive...more

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Federal Court Finds Texas Energy Anti-Boycott Statute Unconstitutional

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The district court's ruling reopens opportunities for financial and other companies to do business with Texas state investment funds and other government entities, but the ruling may not be the final word on the issue. On...more

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Can a party seek to delay the publication of a final judgment in the Cayman Islands?

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Understanding open justice in the Cayman Islands: Guidance from Jafar v Abraaj - The Grand Court’s judgment in Jafar v Abraaj Holdings [2025] CIGC (FSD) 69 confirms that delaying publication of final judgments after an...more

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South Carolina’s New Age-Appropriate Code Design Act Signed into Law with Immediate Effect

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South Carolina’s Age-Appropriate Code Design Act (the “Act”) was signed into law with immediate effect on February 5, 2026, with no time for covered online services to develop the mechanisms to ensure compliance with the Act....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Importers Need to Know as the Supreme Court Decides the Fate of IEEPA Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering consolidated cases that will determine whether President Trump has authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to unilaterally impose tariffs....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Texas and Florida AGs Target DEI Programs

On January 19, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued separate legal opinions declaring several state laws, regulations, and agency programs that consider characteristics...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Blackbeard’s revenge: State sovereign immunity ends long running copyright battle

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a 2021 district court ruling and vacated a subsequent 2024 ruling in a decade-long legal battle over copyright infringement claims related to the pirate Blackbeard’s...more

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Oregon EPR Law Enjoined – Preliminary Injunction Issued Prohibiting Enforcement of Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling...

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Oregon's packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law is being actively complied with by thousands of manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers from around the country. Those substantial compliance efforts...more

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Florida and Texas AGs Issue Sweeping Anti-DEI Opinions on MLK Day

On January 19, 2026, the federal holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued coordinated opinions declaring that diversity, equity, and...more

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Figuring Out the Fourth Amendment: Supreme Court to Settle Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants

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Last year, we wrote about a constitutional challenge bubbling up in the Fourth Circuit relating to "geofence warrants," which require production of location data showing whether a cell phone was near the scene of a crime at...more

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Podcast - Pung v. Isabella County: U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Takings, Excessive Fines in Property Tax Forfeitures

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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to revisit constitutional questions surrounding property tax forfeitures in Pung v. Isabella County, the latest state and local tax (SALT) case on its docket. In this episode of "Real Estate Law...more

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Court Enjoins Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility Law for Some Companies, but Others Face Continued Compliance Obligations

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On February 6, 2026, an Oregon district court issued a decision barring the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from enforcing the nation’s first extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging, food...more

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Over Thirty Years After Its Passage, Governments Are Still Adjusting to the Effects of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights

Over Thirty Years after its Passage, Governments are Still Adjusting to the Effects of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights... Less than a month into the second regular session of the 75th General Assembly, discussion of...more

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Federal Judge Rules Cook County Tax Sale System Unconstitutional

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Late last year a federal judge ruled that the tax sale system used by Cook County is unconstitutional, violating both the Fifth Amendment and Eighth Amendment. Cook County conducts an annual sale for properties with...more

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Texas Judge Strikes Down Anti-ESG Boycott Law

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The striking down of Texas’ law could set up broader constitutionality assessment for pro- and anti-ESG laws nationwide....more

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Fifth Circuit Backs Trump Administration's Expansion of Immigration Detention Without Bond

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On Feb. 6, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Trump Administration’s policy to detain a large class of individuals targeted for deportation without the opportunity for bond,...more

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Allen v. Cooper (4th Cir. 2026)

Dickens’s Bleak House has long stood as an exemplar for the perils of interminable litigation where no one benefits (except, perhaps, the lawyers; see Jarndyce v. Jarndyce). In a case already somewhat notorious for its...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La Cour d’appel fédérale confirme le décret désignant les articles manufacturés en plastique comme substances toxiques

Le 30 janvier 2026, la Cour d’appel fédérale (la « Cour d’appel ») a rendu une décision unanime dans l’affaire Canada (Procureur général) c. Coalition pour une utilisation responsable du plastique, rejetant la demande de...more

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False Claims Act Year in Review

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Fiscal year (FY) 2025 was a groundbreaking year for the False Claims Act (FCA) in several respects.  Recoveries under the statute reached an all-time high of nearly $7 billion, more than double those in each of the prior...more

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Oregon Plastic Packaging Recycling Law on Partial Hold Following Federal Court Ruling

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In a first-of-its-kind ruling on Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA or the Act), U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon on February 6 ordered the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)...more

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Fourth Circuit Allows DEI-Related Executive Orders to Proceed

On February 6, 2026, in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a nationwide preliminary injunction that had temporarily blocked key...more

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