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On July 1, 2025, a federal court of appeals held that the SEC's regulation of proxy advice exceeded its authority and the SEC's 2020 proxy advisor regulations are not valid. The court closely tracks the district court's...more
In a decision sure to have reverberations for employment law for years to come, the Supreme Court just significantly limited the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions – now coined...more
A federal judge in Texas issued a decision on May 15, 2025, striking down portions of the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on protections against employment discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation....more
Federal officials just postponed enforcement of the Click-to-Cancel rule, which requires businesses offering subscriptions or memberships to provide a cancellation process as straightforward as the sign-up procedure. The...more
Mississippi Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, and three banks are seeking a preliminary injunction blocking the CFPB from implementing the...more
The CFPB has issued its long-awaited final rule that covers overdraft policies at financial institutions with at least $10 billion in assets. The final rule offers those financial institutions three options for designing...more
On November 14, a coalition of 18 states, led by Utah Attorney General (AG) Sean Reyes, the outgoing chairman of the Republican AGs Association, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and...more
On November 5, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the president lacks the authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (FPASA or Act) to impose a $15 minimum wage on federal...more
In Subway Franchise Systems of Canada ULC v. Subway Developments 2000 Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York addressed whether an arbitrator exceeded her authority when ordering that one of the...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA). The CTA,...more
A group of 18 Republican AGs, joined by a nonpartisan policy group, have filed a lawsuit contesting the SEC’s enforcement authority over digital assets, including cryptocurrency. In the complaint, the coalition alleges that...more
On Thursday, in two separate decisions, a federal district court in Texas struck down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that expanded the definition of “dealer” to include proprietary traders and some...more
Inline Plastics Corp. (“Inline”) filed a lawsuit against Lacerta Group, LLC (“Lacerta”), alleging infringement of several patents related to tamper-resistant containers and methods of making such containers using thermoformed...more
On November 12, the Kentucky attorney general (AG) issued a formal opinion, concluding that the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy lacks the authority to regulate nonresident pharmacists beyond what is specified in KRS Chapter 315....more
In a major decision issued on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that raised the minimum salary threshold required for executive,...more
In Marin Audubon Society v. FAA, the D.C. Circuit held the White House Council on Environmental Quality ("CEQ") lacks authority to issue binding regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA")....more
A rule that was set to dramatically boost the salary threshold for the so-called “white collar” overtime exemptions was just halted by a federal judge less than two months before the full effective date. The U.S. Department...more
On November 12, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision that goes to the heart of how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented. In Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated an Arizona federal court’s decision denying a request by several western states to enjoin President Joe Biden’s executive order increasing the minimum hourly wage...more
The Federal Trade Commission has appealed two federal trial court decisions – one in Texas and one in Florida – that prevented the agency from enforcing its near-total ban on non-compete agreements. The Texas appeal, filed on...more
On October 7, 2024, two groups of plaintiffs challenged the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) April 26, 2024, rule that established Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl...more
Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Final Rule outlawing nearly all noncompete agreements between employers and employees. That Final Rule, however, was overturned at the end of August 2024....more
Welcome to the fall issue of SuperVision, our labor and employment e-newsletter. In this edition, we cover the current status of the FTC’s attempts to ban noncompetes, OSHA’s proposed heat standard, how to handle political...more
As we previously reported, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced their final rule banning most “non-competition” agreements. The FTC determined non-competition agreements were an unfair method of...more
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a letter on September 6, 2024, to all general acute care hospitals clarifying the scope of practice for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) following...more