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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on January 8, 2026, rejected arguments by two former investment advisers that they could be permanently banned from the securities industry only after a jury trial....more
On January 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the SEC’s motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to its follow-on administrative proceeding brought by two California-based investment advisers....more
On December 29, 2025, xAI, the developer of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok, filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate California’s Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency Act (TDTA). ...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently issued a significant ruling in City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, et al. v. Christopher Wright, addressing constitutional constraints on executive agency conduct in...more
In the wake of a Dec. 2, 2025, analysis by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of race-based programs awarded by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), educational institutions receiving or administering federal education...more
In re Motorola Solutions, Inc., No. 25-134, 2025 WL 3096514 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 6, 2025) - If you were hoping a Sotera stipulation would bulletproof your Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) petiton from a discretionary denial, the...more
Mandatory notices related to immigration actions. Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of five blog posts focusing on new compliance challenges for entities with employees in California. One of the most...more
On October 28, 2025, the Ninth Circuit, in a unanimous, published decision, rejected three key constitutional attacks on the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), some of which have gained favor in other circuit...more
In Edmondson Community Organization, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland recently applied the Supreme Court’s 2023 landmark decision in Tyler v. Hennepin...more
In a significant development for lenders and borrowers alike, on October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Fox decision, leaving unresolved questions about the retroactive application of the Foreclosure Abuse...more
Due to "special security reasons," the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has imposed a temporary flight restriction (the TFR) over most of Chicago, IL — through at least October 12, 2025 — prohibiting the operation of...more
On August 18, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision in King v. United States, affirming that reductions in multiemployer pension benefits authorized by the Multiemployer Pension Reform...more
The old adage that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich” has long symbolized the government’s near-total control over the charging process. For decades, the data confirmed that grand juries almost...more
A quick overview of Eminent Domain and its use in Texas The power of eminent domain originates in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution (Takings Clause). A State’s eminent domain authority is delegated by...more
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Sept. 11, 2025, issued a significant decision addressing the standard for government liability under the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause in the context of federal wildfire suppression...more
County tax sales of real property are rarely a topic of conversation for the average American homeowner. In the twentieth century, the United States Supreme Court was no different, having only addressed substantive issues...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in five cases - Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A., No. 24-699: This case concerns the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996...more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. 255 (2017) (Bristol-Myers) determined that the trial court lacked specific jurisdiction over the claims of nonresident...more
The Third Circuit’s recent decision in United States v. Curry, 2025 WL 2647753, (Sept. 16, 2025) limits the scope of a defendant’s Fifth Amendment protections in the digital age. The Court addressed whether evidence seized...more
The Ninth Circuit finds that courts must analyze opt-in plaintiffs’ individual claims for jurisdiction in cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Since the U.S. Supreme Court in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior...more
Rooted in the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, Brady requires the government to disclose exculpatory evidence, that is, “evidence favorable to the accused” which is “material to either guilt or...more
If you are the type to be preoccupied with the drudgery nuances of federal statutory and regulatory interpretation, or if you have a fetish for acronyms, I recommend that you read all 41 spellbinding pages of W&T Offshore v....more
A Texas federal court recently declined to enjoin an administrative action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) against Asbury Automotive Group (“Asbury”), one of the largest automobile dealer groups in the United...more
29 Greenwood, LLC v. City of Newton, 128 F.4th 1 (1st Cir. 2025) In 29 Greenwood, the Newton Historical Commission (the “Commission”) issued a permit to 29 Greenwood, LLC (“Greenwood”) for restoration of the Gershom Hyde...more
On August 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the U.S. Department of Education violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the U.S. Constitution when it did not follow proper...more