June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming to place their Annual…
more
/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Communications & Media Law, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Department of Justice is recasting the False Claims Act as a civil rights enforcement tool—putting federal fund recipients on notice that false compliance certifications may now trigger FCA liability…
more
/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
In A2A Integrated Logistics, Inc., B-423433, May 20, 2025, A2A Integrated Logistics protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract award after learning that its proposal had been rejected due to a technical…
more
/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting
This Pillsbury alert provides an overview of the “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) as passed by the House Ways & Means Committee on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The overview breaks the bill into three main sections: Changes Affecting…
more
/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Nonprofit Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
In a closely watched opinion issued on May 16, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court in Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Undergrounds Services Markham, LLC, — S.W.3d —, No. 22-0878, 2025 WL 1415892 (Tex. May 16, 2025) resolved a long-uncertain…
more
/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The Criminal Division’s revisions to white-collar enforcement policies seek a new balance between uncovering corporate crime and unencumbering American businesses…
more
/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
System updates include improved security measures and features to enhance filers’ ability to manage their EDGAR accounts, as well as important changes to current processes, which filers should begin reviewing now to ensure a…
more
/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 12, 2025, EPA announced that it will again revise the reporting timeline for manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The data…
more
/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Section 847, which will expand foreign ownership, control or influence requirements to non-classified contracts, is on track for implementation in 2026. Section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020 directs…
more
/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
Even as the Trump administration moves to block state and local climate liability efforts, states and municipalities continue to advance lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for harms associated with climate…
more
/ Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
On April 21, 2025, Chief Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued a memorandum opinion in In re Odebrecht Engenharia e Construção S.A., Case No. 25-10482 (MG), addressing the…
more
/ Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
By now, we all know what AI is. Some of us use ChatGPT as our search engine, confidant, secretary, travel agent, and much more. Others, at least, are acutely aware that AI exists, because everyone else is talking about it,…
more
/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 12, 2025, 3M announced an agreement with the State of New Jersey to resolve two sets of legal liabilities related to PFAS contamination: (1) all claims that the company is currently facing or has faced related to PFAS…
more
/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
While the Trump administration’s PFAS policy framework is beginning to take shape, uncertainties remain across the regulatory, litigation and legislative fronts. On April 28, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a set of…
more
/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
The Illinois Supreme Court has teed up a significant insurance question: Does a standard pollution exclusion bar coverage when the alleged “pollution” was not considered to be pollution when the policy issued—where the substance…
more
/ Environmental Law, Insurance, Toxic Torts
