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Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights

SCOTUS Considers Pre-Enforcement Challenges to State AG Subpoena: Oral Arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v....

Key Takeaways: The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, Docket No. 24-781, on December 2, 2025, concerning the administrative subpoena sent by the New Jersey Attorney...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Maine PUC Delays Enforcement of Net Energy Billing Statute While U.S. District Court Weighs Preliminary Injunction

As we previously reported, Maine recently enacted changes to its Net Energy Billing (“NEB”) program. Those changes, in part, reduce compensation for existing commercial and industrial NEB program participants and implement a...more

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Reduction of Working Hours and Its Implementation in Mexico

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The Government of Mexico on Dec. 3, 2025, announced the Amendment Project for the Implementation of the Reduction of the Working Hours, aimed at reducing the weekly work schedule in Mexico from 48 to 40 hours through a...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Reporting in Limbo: California’s Climate Disclosure Law on Pause

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We continue to closely follow the litigation brought by the U.S. and California Chambers of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Los Angeles County Business Federation, the Central Valley Business Federation,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Disability Rights Advocates Challenge a New Florida Law Allowing Pregnant Women to Park in Accessible Parking Spaces

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A plaintiff with a mobility disability sued the Florida government claiming that pregnancy parking permits violate ADA Title II and the Rehabilitation Act. In July 2025, the Florida legislature passed a law allowing...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Food Litigation Watch: State Ingredient Warnings, Color-Additive Bans, and “Ultra-Processed” Claims

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Food companies face a rapidly shifting litigation landscape on three fronts: (1) state laws requiring on-package warnings for certain food ingredients (e.g., Louisiana S.B. 14; Texas S.B. 25), (2) state bans targeting...more

BakerHostetler

Federal Court’s Decision Overturning Labor Board on Employee Political Speech Creates More Questions than Answers

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In a northeast suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Home Depot employees alleged that the company permitted racially intolerant behavior by co-workers in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, which occurred less than 7...more

Cozen O'Connor

Bipartisan AGs Urge Congress to Shut Down Federal AI Preemption

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A bipartisan coalition of 36 AGs sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to reject any effort to include a ban on state artificial intelligence (AI) laws in upcoming federal legislation, including reported attempts...more

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Democratic AGs Win Fight to Halt Dismantling of Four Federal Agencies

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A group of 21 Democratic AGs, co-led by New York AG Letitia James, Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha, and Hawaii AG Anne Lopez, won summary judgment in their lawsuit to stop the implementation of an Executive Order that would...more

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Zafirov One Year Later: Constitutional Challenges to the False Claims Act’s Qui Tam Provision

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Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s ground-breaking decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC and Justice Clarence Thomas’ solo dissent in US ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources Inc. have revived what many...more

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Prop 65 Roundup - November 2025

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California Proposition 65 Titanium Dioxide Warning Ruled Not-Scientifically Justified by a US District Court - A US district court issued a permanent injunction preventing California from enforcing Proposition 65 warning...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The ‘Lost Year’ at the NLRB: How a Lack of Quorum Stalled Change in 2025

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As 2025 draws to a close, employers hoping for change in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) precedent have confronted a frustrating reality: the absence of an operational quorum has effectively frozen the agency’s...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Texas Settles Constitutional Challenge to the Texas Mini-TCPA: What This Means

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Are you sending marketing text messages or placing telemarketing calls to individuals in Texas? If so, then you’ve probably been tracking the amendments to the Texas mini-TCPA, which took effect on September 1, 2025. Below we...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Court Enjoins DEI and Gender Executive Orders

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The City of Seattle recently succeeded in securing a partial injunction against the Trump Administration’s enforcement of two executive orders (EOs) under which the Administration threatened to withhold millions in federal...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Halted: Federal Judge Stops Enforcement of New York’s ‘NLRB Trigger Bill’

On November 26, 2025, a New York federal judge granted Amazon’s bid for a preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of recent amendments to the Empire State’s State Employment Relations Act (“SERA”) that would have...more

Snell & Wilmer

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal “Election Day” Statutes Preempt State Mail‑In Ballot Deadlines

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The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has granted review of Watson v. Republican National Committee, No. 24-1260, a case stemming from Mississippi that examines the interaction between federal election-day statutes and...more

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New Jersey Bans “Captive Audience” Meetings

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On September 3, 2025, New Jersey enacted New Jersey Bill No. 4429, which took effect on December 2, 2025. The bill amends state law by expanding prohibitions on employers’ requiring employees to attend or listen to...more

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Nationwide Injunctions: A Substantive View Considering Recent Headline Buzz Words

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Introduction - Nationwide injunctions - Comparing the June 27, 2025 Supreme Court Trump v. CASA decision to a Seventh Circuit decision in Spring, 2025, Republic v. BBK underscores the distinction between the...more

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Guideposts for Municipal Conservation Commissions: Lessons from Recent Cases

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Wetlands permitting disputes resolved in the last year provide stark reminders and cautionary tales about Conservation Commission authority.  The Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (the “Act”) authorizes Conservation...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Lawsuit Challenges Racial + Ethnic ‘Social Disadvantage’ Presumption in SBA and Other Federal Supplier Diversity Programs

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On Nov. 17, 2025, Revier Technologies, Inc. and Young America’s Foundation (YAF) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking to invalidate the Small Business Administration (SBA)...more

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Federal Appeals Court Rules Discharge of Teacher by Public University for Far-right Views Violates the First Amendment

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Jason Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, et al., 151 F.4th 135, 2025 WL 2586673 (3d. Cir. 2025)(The U.S Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which includes Pennsylvania, overruled a district court decision that...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Virginia’s Vapor Product Directory Challenged in Federal Court

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Earlier this fall, a small manufacturer and retailer (the Plaintiffs) sued Virginia Attorney General (AG) Jason Miyares and Tax Commissioner James Alex (the Defendants) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...more

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FinCEN’s Real Estate Reporting Rule: Prepare for Compliance Changes in 2026

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) finalized a landmark rule that will reshape compliance obligations for professionals involved in residential real estate transactions. This new regulation is designed to...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

New York State's Effort to Replace the NLRB Is Enjoined

On Nov. 26, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction barring New York State from enforcing the recent legislative amendment that gave the New York Public Employment...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

No Reset, No Relief: NY Court of Appeals Confirms FAPA’s Reach

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On November 25, the New York Court of Appeals issued a pair of decisions — Art. 13 LLC and Van Dyke — that provide definitive guidance on the hotly contested and heavily litigated issue of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention...more

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