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Texas Fossil Fuel Anti-Boycott Statute Violates the Constitution

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It is often an attractive political gambit for legislative bodies to pass laws of doubtful constitutional validity in order to please their constituents. It can be a two-fer; when the court rules as expected the vanquished...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Fourth Circuit Lifts Injunction on DEI Executive Orders

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On February 6, 2026, the Fourth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction which had been in place for nearly a year and which enjoined enforcement of several provisions of two Executive Orders: "Ending Radical and Wasteful...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Mexican Senate Approves Gradual Reduction of the Workweek to 40 Hours

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The Mexican Senate, on Feb. 11, 2026, approved the proposed constitutional amendment to Article 123, Section A, which provides for the reduction of the statutory workweek to 40 hours. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Court temporarily blocks enforcement of Texas SB 25’s warning label requirement

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A federal district court in the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction temporarily halting enforcement of one section of Texas SB 25, which requires foods containing any of 44 listed ingredients to display...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Capping catastrophe: Is Ohio’s catastrophic-injury limit constitutional?

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Last week, the Supreme Court of Ohio was asked if Ohio’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions was constitutional. On one side, John Paganini argued it was not as applied to him and asked the Court to...more

DLA Piper

Oregon EPR: District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Partially Halting The Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act

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On February 6, 2026, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from enforcing Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB union urges D.C. Circuit to uphold injunction blocking the Bureau’s shutdown

On February 2, the union representing CFPB employees filed an en banc brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging the court to uphold the district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the executive...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Congress passes resolution blocking District of Columbia decoupling legislation

US Congress has passed H.J.Res.142, a joint resolution to nullify legislation enacted by the District of Columbia City Council to decouple from certain One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) provisions, including:...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Court declines to halt Washington’s racial equity homeownership program

On February 9, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington denied a motion for preliminary injunction in a case challenging Washington’s Covenant Homeownership Program, a special purpose credit program...more

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Third Circuit Finds Zip Codes May Be Impermissible Proxy for Race in Selective High School Admissions

On February 2, 2026, in Sargent v. School District of Philadelphia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment for the School District of Philadelphia, which faced...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Grand Juries: No Longer a 'Rubber Stamp'

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In our previous Alert on this topic, we discussed an early round of federal grand jury “no-bills,” in which jurors declined to return indictments sought by prosecutors. What initially appeared to be isolated outcomes now...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Court rules Illinois may enforce interchange fee ban, blocks data provision for banks and federal credit unions

On February 10, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted in part and denied in part cross-motions for summary judgment in a challenge to the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA). ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

AI Law Center January 2026 Updates

AI Regulatory Landscape: Three Things to Know What does New York’s new AI law require from frontier model developers? How are state Attorneys General responding to potential federal preemption of AI laws? What do startups...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas and Florida AGs Issue Opinions Ratifying Trump Administration’s Executive Orders Dismantling DEI Polices and Programs

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Recent opinions by the Texas attorney general (AG) and the Florida AG assert that their states’ race- and sex-conscious laws and policies are unconstitutional. The opinions align with President Donald Trump’s 2025 Executive...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Supreme Court Schedules Argument in FCC CPNI Civil Forfeiture Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument on April 21, 2026, in two consolidated cases that could significantly alter how and when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—and potentially other federal agencies—may...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Congress Repeals DC’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Decoupling Act

Congress has passed a joint “disapproval” resolution for “The DC Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025,” DC Act 26–217 (Act), which decoupled from various tax provisions in the One...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Judge Upholds Illinois Law’s Interchange Fee Restrictions; Strikes Down Data Usage Limitation

Earlier this week, the Northern District of Illinois upheld a prohibition on the collection of debit and credit card interchange fees for sales taxes, excise taxes and gratuities if the merchant informs the acquiring bank of...more

Marshall Dennehey

Eastern District of Pennsylvania Grants Summary Judgment for Employer: Termination for Use of Racial Slur Upheld Under Title VII...

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Murray v. Verizon Wireless, LLC, 2025 WL 2848494 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 8, 2025) - In his lawsuit against his employer, the plaintiff, an African American male, alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) and 42...more

Holland & Knight LLP

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

Miller Nash LLP

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

Jones Day

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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