On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that lower court judges do not have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions blocking federal policy. Although nationwide injunctions have been issued…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
We hope everyone has a relaxing, safe, and enjoyable Fourth of July. Despite some personnel changes at the CFTC, the current administration seems to be hitting its stride in terms of enforcement actions and regulatory updates…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
A "Course Correction" of NEPA Review -
In an 8-0 judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had vacated the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s (the “Board”) approval…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On June 4, 2025, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation implementing new travel restrictions for nationals of 19 countries. This proclamation comes after an interagency assessment of global visa screening, document…
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/ Administrative Law, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
While there was some—albeit limited—Enforcement activity in May (click here for last month’s enforcement actions), in this month’s Round-Up we want to highlight some updates that suggest the Enforcement front may continue to be…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking
The State Department ordered U.S. embassies and consulates to temporarily stop scheduling new student visa interviews for F, M and J visas worldwide in preparation for expanding vetting. The directive instructs diplomatic posts…
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/ Education Law, Immigration Law
Venezuelan TPS: Legal Challenges and Employment Impacts -
On May 19, 2025, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court injunction blocking the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. As a result of this order,…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
In this second installment of MVA’s Supply Chain series on tariffs, we examine a fundamental question in the determination of which party to a contract is responsible for paying tariffs on goods imported into the United States:…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Transportation
Please note that Electrolux is not involved in, nor aware of, the specifics of any individual employee's Alien Registration process. The requirement explained below is a matter of compliance with U.S. immigration laws and does…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Immigration Law
Colorado was the third state in the U.S. to pass comprehensive privacy legislation, following in the footsteps of California and Virginia (the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”). Now Colorado is increasing protections again, this…
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/ Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
On May 1, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision of its small business lending data collection rule (the “Rule”) implementing the requirements of Section…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On April 17, 2025, as previewed in the Division of Enforcement’s (“DoE”) February 25, 2025, “Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation, and Remediation”, the Staff of the Market Participants Division (“MPD”) laid the remaining…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Following hundreds of challenges in federal court by students, universities and colleges, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reversed course on terminating the legal status of thousands of international students…
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Tariffs on imports into the U.S. are on the rise, focusing on many of the U.S.’s largest trading partners like Mexico, Canada and China, as well as major products such as aluminum and steel. Buyers and sellers who are importing…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Transportation
On April 8, 2025, then Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), highlighted in remarks before the Annual Conference on Federal and State Securities Cooperation two areas where…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
