First Republic Executives Fail in Attempt to Recover Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan Assets
A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Reduction in Force (RIF) announced by the Department of Education (DOE). The complaint alleges that the DOE’s RIF usurps legislative authority in...more
Co-Author Jesse Long The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (“Court”) addressed in an August 22nd Opinion a riparian rights issue. See Clott et al., v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2024 WL...more
11 Republican AGs filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the Department of Education (ED) alleging that they exceeded executive and agency authority in implementing the SAVE Plan, which provides student loan...more
Policy debates normally focus on substance. Is climate change real? How can business entities weigh environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their decision-making? ...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) has issued a detailed and complicated Order in the case Banco San Juan Internacional, Inc. v. Fed. Reserve Bank of New York, denying a...more
The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“SCT”) addressed in a December 8th Opinion a judicial challenge to a revision of the Washington Department of Ecology’s (“WDE”) Water Quality Program Permit Writer’s Manual...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) - In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit...more
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and its corresponding regulations prohibit sex discrimination in education programs or activities conducted by educational institutions that receive federal financial...more
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a reminder to important federal agencies that they must take care to adhere to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when they issue...more