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Land Use Matters February 2025 | CEQA Appellate Decisions & Other Legal Developments

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Los Angeles County - Executive Order Streamlines Path to Rebuild Homes, Businesses, and Communities Destroyed by Los Angeles Firestorms - In response to the multiple firestorms in Los Angeles County that started on January 7,...more

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Executive Order on Health Care Access for Gender-Affirming Treatments for Minors

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Following through on a campaign theme focused on transgender issues and access to gender-affirming health care, on Friday, January 28, President Trump signed an Executive Order, titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and...more

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DEI Dead at Revamped EEOC: EEOC Enforcement Priorities After Trump Administration Makeover

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President Donald Trump has made several significant and sudden changes at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or “the Commission”), the agency responsible for enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...more

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U.S. Department of Education Confirms It Will Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule and Regulations Following District Court Ruling and...

On January 9, 2025, a federal district court vacated a set of Title IX regulations and—at least for now—resolved the question of whether Title IX protects students from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: The Future of Pharmaceutical Advertising on Television: Legal and Regulatory Considerations

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The debate over pharmaceutical advertising on television has resurfaced with renewed vigor, among populist conservatives and activists, such as Charlie Kirk, who have advocated for regulatory intervention, and from Robert F....more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari on Important Class Certification Standards

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The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis. The case raises a pivotal question: Can a federal court certify a Rule 23(b)(3) damages class when some proposed...more

Morgan Lewis

PLF 2025 Adopted in France

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The PLF 2025, definitively adopted by the Senate on 6 February 2025 following a months-long process, is currently being examined by the French Constitutional Council....more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Federal Judge Clarifies Scope of TRO Enjoining Federal Spending Freeze

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As we recently outlined, on January 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that blocks the federal funding freeze outlined in the now-rescinded January 27, 2025, Office of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Still on Hold, For Now

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On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), a law requiring millions of business entities to report information about their...more

Morgan Lewis

Manufacturers Challenge CMS’s Definitions of ‘QSSD’ and ‘Bona Fide Marketing'

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Drug manufacturers remain steadfast in their efforts to challenge the constitutionality of the Inflation Reduction Act’s mandatory price negotiation provisions. Recently filed suits contend that CMS has impermissibly expanded...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

Employee Handbook Notices Now Mandated by New York State’s Reproductive Health Bias Law

Recent appellate court action has activated a new handbook requirement affecting New York employers. Initially, a lower court issued an injunction blocking certain provisions of the 2019 New York State Reproductive Health...more

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Race/Gender/Ethnicity Based Share Restrictions

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Yesterday's post took note of a proposed initial public offering by Bally's Chicago, Inc. that would impose a stockholder qualification based on race, gender and ethnic status.  This qualification requirement is intended to...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

FAQs: Trump 2.0 Immigration Policies

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GENERAL - What are the current Executive Orders on immigration? On its first day in office, the Trump administration published 46 executive orders dealing with a broad range of issues, several of which were aimed...more

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What’s Next at OSHA: Workplace Safety Regulations Under Scrutiny

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“The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished.” Those are the words of Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) when he introduced H.R. 86 on the floor of the...more

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Disruptions to the Medicaid System, Alongside Trump Administration’s Freeze of Federal Funding to Agencies, Results in Lawsuit by...

On the evening of January 27, 2025, the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a “Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies” titled, “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

March 2025 H-1B Cap Registration and Other YTD Immigration Updates

January and February 2025 have been some of the most active months in the field of immigration law. We are pleased to share the latest updates, from sweeping executive actions to significant changes in immigration policy and...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2025 - Is Coercion the Best Approach to North American Trade?

Use of Tariffs to Resolve a Crisis. The Trump Administration has demonstrated a willingness to apply new tariffs to goods entering the U.S. as a viable tactic under its America First strategy to achieve greater fairness in...more

McCarter & English, LLP

DOJ Signals Potential Criminal Enforcement Against Private Sector for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Diversity Equity...

On February 5, 2025, upon her swearing-in, US Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued multiple policy memoranda identifying various priorities of the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Trump Administration. Among them is a...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Minnesota Federal Judge Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Minnesota's 2023 Foreign Influence Campaign Finance Statute

This morning Judge Eric Tostrud in the District of Minnesota issued an order in the case captioned Minnesota Chamber of Commerce v. John Choi, et al permanently enjoining certain provisions found in Minnesota Statute 211B.15...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Executive Order 14173: What it Means for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

Recent actions by the federal government have called into question the use of measures intended to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) on federal construction projects or projects receiving federal funding. On...more

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DEI at Stake: Federal Groups Challenge Trump’s Efforts to Curb Inclusivity

The Trump administration is facing a new legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives after a group of diversity officers,...more

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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: January 2025

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This month’s cases involve a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on the extraterritorial application of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, a matter of first impression before the Court of Federal Claims, and a reminder...more

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How NCAA Changes to Transgender Policy Following President Trump’s Executive Order Impact Schools

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On Feb. 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which prohibits transgender women from participating in female athletic categories at federally funded educational...more

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US Attorney General Opens Door to Criminal Prosecution of Private-Sector DEI Efforts

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Corporations, associations, foundations, and institutions of higher education should be prepared for criminal, civil, and congressional inquiries. On February 5, 2025, newly confirmed US Attorney General Pam Bondi issued...more

Fenwick & West LLP

California’s Climate-Related Disclosure Laws Live To Fight Another Day

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On February 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss filed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), dismissing plaintiffs’ claims that SB 253 (the Climate...more

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