To understand Executive Order 14403, titled “Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov,” issued by President Trump on April 30, 2026, it is helpful to understand the government’s…
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/ Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Shaikh v. Fox News - frivolous claims lacking subject matter jurisdiction -
USA v. Niksich - foreign bank accounts, Eighth Amendment challenge -
Lil Joe Records v. Won -…
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/ Bankruptcy, Criminal Law, Energy & Utilities, Family Law, Privacy
In Fogel v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment ruling finding that an insurer violated Colorado’s statutory insurance disclosure law by responding to a policy information…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Insurance
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that arbitrators’ decisions that an arbitration clause is unenforceable may not be used to preclude arbitration in cases involving other plaintiffs in the same putative class action…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
On May 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed sweeping and impactful amendments to its registration and communications rules and forms. The proposed amendments, discussed in our prior alert, would result in the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Insurance, Securities Law
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Citadel Sec v. SEC - administrative review, trading, latency arbitrage -
Khatabi v. Car Auto - sex discrimination, damages caps -
Declan Flight v. Textron eAviation - forum non…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
In a recent decision, Barbato v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed, with prejudice, a suit brought by a public adjusting company challenging the insurers’ use…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Insurance
Madeline Sedgwick is a senior cyber research engineer and threat analyst at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, specializing in nation-state cyber activity, covert infrastructure, and cyber intelligence analysis. Before entering the…
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/ Business Organizations, Electronic Discovery, Privacy, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed two companion rulemakings that together would represent the most significant overhaul of the public company registration and reporting framework since the…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
By any measure, the civil litigation docket of most court systems is overcrowded. Even in federal district courts, where resources are comparatively robust, high case volumes can shape everything from pretrial case management…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has granted an insured’s motion for default sanctions in Wang v. Esurance Insurance Co. The opinion arises from an uninsured motorist insurance bad faith case…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Insurance
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals -
Marbut v. Phillips - qualified immunity, search and seizure -
Bolton v. Coweta Cnty Sheriff - sovereign immunity -
T-Mobile v. Roswell - Telecommunications Act, cell service…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law
Employers competing for talent with college degrees are increasingly encountering the financial impact of student loan debt among their workforce. This debt affects not only employee financial wellness but also retention,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On April 20, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a joint release titled “Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers,” proposing significant changes to…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The Department of Justice recently announced the expansion of its Health Care Fraud Strike Force program to include the Northern District of California, along with Arizona and Nevada. Recent public comments by the U.S. attorney…
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/ Criminal Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
