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Aligning Business Goals with Legal Strategies Amid Regulatory Change – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast

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When businesses face regulatory uncertainty, how can they effectively adapt, respond, and, if necessary, challenge government action? In this episode of Speaking of Litigation, Epstein Becker Green attorneys Mike Brodlieb,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Commercial Division Moves Towards Adopting Additional Initial Disclosure Requirements

While the Commercial Division Rules are closer to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure than any other set of court rules in New York (including the base requirements of the CPLR), they are far from identical. One area where...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Argues for Remand of Final Rule Amending Risk Evaluation Framework

On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral argument in a case challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) May 3, 2024, final rule amending the procedural...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Potential Changes Ahead: Texas Supreme Court Considers Rule Amendments to Petition for Review Process

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On February 7, 2025, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice James D. Blacklock asked the Supreme Court Advisory Committee (the “Committee”) to “study and make recommendations on eliminat[ing] [ ] the Court’s current practice of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Preparation Is Everything: Commercial Division Advisory Council Proposes New Model Pre-Trial Order for Trials in the Commercial...

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Regular visitors to this blog no doubt are aware that the rules of practice for the Commercial Division are centered on innovation, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and predictability.  This includes the rules governing trial...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

You Got a Friend in Me: Commercial Division Seeks to Adopt New Rule Governing the Filing of Amicus Curiae Briefs

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As recently highlighted by my colleagues, the Commercial Division Advisory Council (“Advisory Council”) has been hard at work striving to implement and amend certain rules and regulations to enhance practice in the Commercial...more

Foley Hoag LLP

The End of Chevron?—What it Would Mean for Lower Courts, Federal Agencies, and Regulated Industry

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To invalidate or eviscerate? Before turning to the January 17, 2024 arguments, here’s a quick recap of Chevron’s two-step framework and when it applies: Courts may rely on the Chevron doctrine only when agency action carries...more

McDermott Will & Emery

What Makes a Patient a “Patient”? Court Rejects Restrictive 340B Definition

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On November 3, 2023, the US District Court for the District of South Carolina issued a landmark order in Genesis Health Care, Inc. v. Becerra, a case analyzing the definition of a “patient” under the 340B Program Statute. The...more

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

Florida Appellate Practice Update: Florida Supreme Court amends 9.130 to provide for interlocutory appeals of orders granting or...

On January 6, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court started the new year off with a bang, to wit: the Court amended Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130 to allow for appeals of nonfinal orders granting or denying motions to...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Florida Supreme Court Rewrites The Rules, Lifting Restrictions On The Immediate Appeal Of Orders Denying Absolute, Qualified, Or...

Florida Supreme Court rewrites the rules, lifting restrictions on the immediate appeal of orders denying absolute, qualified, or sovereign immunity. For those who have kept abreast of the latest opinions issued by the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Three New Rule Amendments Proposed by the Commercial Division Advisory Council

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The Commercial Division Advisory Council (the “Advisory Council”) has proposed three new amendments to the Commercial Division Rules: (1) a proposed amendment to Rule 1, which will allow counsel to participate in court...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Meaningful attorney involvement: the CFPB’s new proposed “safe harbor” standard

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As part of our continuing discussion of the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rules, we focus in this blog post on a provision that occupies very little real estate in the proposal, but could have tremendous significance: a new...more

Nossaman LLP

Shutdown Prompts Requests to Extend Comment Deadline for Proposed Changes to FOIA Regulations

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On December 28, 2018, the Department of the Interior (DOI) published proposed changes to its rules governing how it processes requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and provided a 30-day timeframe in...more

Jones Day

DOJ Limits the Use of Agencies' Guidance Documents in Civil Enforcement Actions

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The Department of Justice ("DOJ") recently issued a memorandum limiting the ability of its litigators to use agency guidance documents in civil enforcement actions against private parties. The memo expands on a directive...more

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“Brand Memo” Prohibits US DOJ From Converting Agency Guidance Into Binding Legal Obligations In Civil Enforcement Actions

On January 25, 2018, Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand issued a memorandum (the “Brand Memo”) limiting the use of agency guidance documents in affirmative civil enforcement cases. The memorandum builds on Attorney...more

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DOJ Issues Memorandum Precluding Reliance on Agency Guidance in Enforcement Cases

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On Jan. 25, 2018, the Associate Attorney General issued a memorandum limiting use of agency guidance documents in affirmative civil enforcement cases brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In a move which could have...more

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