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Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2026

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review for January 2026. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month....more

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Ohio Supreme Court Ruling on Commercial Activity Taxes for Goods Shipped to Ohio – What You Need to Know for Your Business

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On January 14, 2026, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the Board of Tax Appeals’ (BTA) denial of a Jones Apparel Group/Nine West Holdings refund claim for Commercial Activity Taxes (CAT) paid on goods that were sold to a customer...more

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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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: Minutes Matter: Connecticut Supreme Court Requires Pay for Post-Shift Security Screenings and Rejects De Minimis...

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On February 10, 2026, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in Del Rio v. Amazon.com Services, Inc., 354 Conn. 151 (2026), that, under Connecticut’s wage and hour laws, Amazon’s warehouse employees must be compensated for time...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Importers Need to Know as the Supreme Court Decides the Fate of IEEPA Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering consolidated cases that will determine whether President Trump has authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to unilaterally impose tariffs....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Court of Appeal Rulings Find Actual Damages Not Required to Litigate Consumer Reporting Violations in California

Two California Courts of Appeal recently held that plaintiffs need not prove actual harm to bring a claim under the state’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA). These holdings expose California employers,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

A Sirius Shift: Fifth Circuit Overrules The Tax Court In Defining “Limited Partner” For Self-Employment Tax Purposes

On January 16, 2026, the Fifth Circuit decided Sirius Solutions, L.L.L.P. v. Commissioner, which vacated a prior decision of the Tax Court that had denied limited partners in a state law limited partnership the benefit of the...more

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Brownfield/Transitional Renewable Energy Certificates: New Jersey Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Application Denial

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“Court”), considered in a December 29th Opinion an issue under New Jersey’s Transition Incentive Program. See Matter of Kober Solar Auto Parts, Inc., No. A-0424-24, 2025...more

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Building Safety Act - Remediation Contribution Orders - Respondents’ Appeal Dismissed in Vista Tower

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In Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) and others, the Upper Tribunal has dismissed the respondents’ appeal against the First Tier Tribunal decision granting a remediation contribution order (“RCO”) under s124...more

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Georgia Court of Appeals holds only material terms required to form a settlement agreement are those within statute

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A recent opinion from the Georgia Court of Appeals enforced a settlement agreement under the 2024 version of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1. The underlying facts of this case arise out of a motor vehicle accident involving Abriel...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Allen v. Cooper (4th Cir. 2026)

Dickens’s Bleak House has long stood as an exemplar for the perils of interminable litigation where no one benefits (except, perhaps, the lawyers; see Jarndyce v. Jarndyce). In a case already somewhat notorious for its...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Federal Contractor EEO‑1 Reports Set for February Release After FOIA Litigation

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Following the Ninth Circuit’s July 2025 decision holding that EEO‑1 workforce data is not protected “commercial” information under FOIA Exemption 4, and the court’s subsequent December 29, 2025 mandate requiring the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Website Tracking in Limbo: SCOTUS to Clarify Video Privacy Protection Act as California Privacy Law Remains a “Total Mess”

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A sharp contrast in the speed of obtaining appellate review is emerging between two key privacy statutes. While the U.S. Supreme Court is set to resolve a circuit split over the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), litigants...more

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First Discussion of Coercive Control in a Reported Appellate Decision Since it Was Added to the Domestic Violence Statute

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The topic of coercive control is one that rightfully has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years. It is coming up more and more as part of custody cases. Moreover, in January of 2024, New Jersey’s Domestic...more

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Stacking: A Lawnmower, a Lawsuit, and a Lesson in Insurance Limits

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Stacking refers to combining coverage limits across one or more insurance policies to increase the total amount available for a single covered loss. With automobile insurance, the issue of stacking arises with regard to...more

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Colorado Appellate Court Interprets State’s Insurance Disclosure Statute to Apply to Policy Not in Effect on Date of Underlying...

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On February 5, 2026, a divided panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals determined that an insurer that refused to produce an auto insurance policy issued after the subject accident in response to a statutory...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

B.C. Court of Appeal Confirms Owner Payment Obligations After Notice of Subcontractor Lien

In Lonsdale Quay Market Corporation v. Klondike Contracting Corporation (Lonsdale Quay Market), the British Columbia Court of Appeal issued a clear caution to owners who receive notice that a subcontractor has filed a lien....more

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Crude Oil Traders Fend Off the Tax Man

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It’s hardly a win for the little guy against The Man, but in San Patricio County Appraisal District v. Gunvor USA LLC (consolidated with a similar suit against Devon Gas Services, agent for Glencore Ltd.), a Texas court...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects the Opportunity to Overturn McDonnell Douglas

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to visit the legal soundness of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), a seminal decision that has outlined the burdens of proof in employment discrimination cases,...more

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ODDBALL: Three Quick Take Aways You Might Have Missed from the Ninth Circuit’s Huge Ruling in Howard

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So the biggest new TCPA decision of 2026 so far is definitely Howard v. RNCC out of the Ninth Circuit. In that case the court held cold call video messages sent by Republicans to potential voters did NOT violate the TCPA...more

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Denies Attorney’s Fees to Former NFL Player Who Had Failed to Timely Appeal

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The United States Fifth Circuit recently reversed a district court ruling awarding attorney’s fees to a former NFL player seeking disability benefits from the NFL Player Retirement Plan in Cloud v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies When a FOIA Request Is “Received” If Quarantined by Email Security Software

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Takeaway: Public bodies should treat a FOIA request as “received” the moment it enters their email system, not when it is discovered after being quarantined, filtered, or otherwise delayed internally. To avoid missing...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

2025 FMG Insurance Coverage Annual Report

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A summary of the year’s important insurance coverage and extra-contractual cases within FMG’s footprint across the country. State Farm Automobile Ins. Co., v. Orlando - In vacating the Court of Appeals’ opinion, the...more

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Who Counts as a "Consumer"? Supreme Court Set to Decide Key Privacy Law Question

In a move that could reshape privacy law nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on January 26, 2026, that it will take up a challenge to the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision affirming the dismissal of a case under the...more

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When an active well doesn’t hold a lease: MBI Oil & Gas, LLC v. Royalty Interests Partnership, LP, No. 24-2031 (8th Cir. July 25,...

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In MBI Oil & Gas, LLC v. Royalty Interests Partnership, LP, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, applying North Dakota law, affirmed summary judgement that an oil and gas lease expired at the end of its primary term where the...more

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