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September 19, 2025
Agri Stats Looks To Nix DOJ Antitrust Case Ahead Of Trial
Agri Stats is asking a Minnesota federal court to toss the government's antitrust case ahead of trial, arguing that enforcers still lack evidence to support their information-sharing claims despite scrutinizing the agricultural data firm's industry reports for more than a decade.
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September 19, 2025
Texas AG Appeals Ruling That Blocked ESG Proxy Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing to the Fifth Circuit a federal judge's order temporarily blocking a new state law requiring proxy advisory firms to disclose when their advice stems from factors such as diversity and inclusion.
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September 19, 2025
Trump Administration Takes TPS Fight Back To Supreme Court
The Trump administration took its fight to end temporary protected status for Venezuela back to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, urging the justices to stay a district court decision that found the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's attempt to unwind those protections unlawful.
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September 19, 2025
Google Search Judge Values Storytelling, Not 'Denigrating'
The federal judge who found Google liable for monopolizing search and ordered it to prop up rivals had advice in New York City remarks Friday for attorneys trying to sway courts: Write "plain," tell a story without "denigrating" the opposition, and back up economic analysis with business reality.
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September 19, 2025
Foreign Entity Rules Begin To Shape Clean Energy Deals
The recently enacted federal budget that attaches stricter foreign supply chain and business ownership rules to clean energy tax credits has started to take practical effect, with project developers rewriting agreements to avoid getting snagged in the new regulatory regime.
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September 19, 2025
Dems Want Answers On Delayed FinCEN Adviser Rule
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other congressional Democrats have pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the department's decision to postpone a rule they said addresses a money laundering vulnerability of the U.S. investment adviser sector, saying the decision puts national security and the economy at risk.
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September 19, 2025
Satellite Biz Bristles At Idea Of Tougher FCC Enviro Oversight
Satellite companies say the Federal Communications Commission should exempt their operations from review under the National Environmental Policy Act because they are "inherently extraterritorial" projects.
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September 19, 2025
Calif. Official Questions FCC Power To Trim Historic Reviews
The head of California's Office of Historic Preservation has criticized the Federal Communications Commission's decision to weigh regulatory changes that would streamline environmental and historic reviews for wireless broadband infrastructure projects.
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September 19, 2025
Feds Say Court Can't Stop Voice Of America Layoffs
The U.S. government agency that runs broadcaster Voice of America urged a D.C. federal judge not to hold that an order to fulfill its mandate as a news source blocks it from carrying out imminent layoffs, opposing an enforcement bid by unions and employees including VOA's director.
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September 19, 2025
Ky.-Based CBD Co. Sues Tenn. Regulators Over New Law
A Kentucky-based hemp products manufacturer is looking to block Tennessee officials from enforcing a new state law that would both ban direct-to-consumer sales and all health-related marketing labeling, according to a federal lawsuit that claims the statute violates the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause and the First Amendment.
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September 19, 2025
NC Judge Creates Bail Task Force, Citing 'Disturbing' Events
The chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court has ordered that a task force be created to study whether pretrial release policies comply with relevant state laws, and help develop a new suite of court rules governing when trial judges may release defendants.
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September 19, 2025
Hotel Settles Ga. Minor's Sex Trafficking Suit
A settlement has been reached in a 17-year-old girl's lawsuit accusing an Atlanta-based hotel and its management company of doing nothing to help when managers and hotel employees knew she and others were being sex trafficked.
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September 19, 2025
EU Finalizes Pact To Block Intra-EU Energy Charter Claims
Lawmakers in the European Union have adopted a decision agreeing that the Energy Charter Treaty's arbitration clause "cannot and never could serve as a legal basis for intra-EU arbitration proceedings."
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September 19, 2025
Bills Would End Emergencies For Tariffs On Brazil, Canada
A national emergency underpinning U.S. tariffs imposed on Canada and another one justifying most American tariffs on Brazil would be ended under a pair of resolutions introduced with bipartisan support by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
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September 19, 2025
ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Union Drops Suit Over DOGE Access To Worker Data
The National Treasury Employees Union on Friday dropped a lawsuit seeking to block Department of Government Efficiency access to personnel data at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a move that comes as the union assesses next steps in its other, higher-profile challenge to the consumer agency's downsizing.
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September 19, 2025
Ore. Tax Court Must Defer To Dept.'s Rules, Justices Say
The Oregon Tax Court erred when it failed to defer to the Department of Revenue's assessment rules and decided to use a different valuation method in valuing a utility company's property, the state Supreme Court ruled.
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September 19, 2025
Fla. Entrepreneur Urges 1st Circ. To Remand RI Pot Regs Suit
A Florida entrepreneur on Friday urged the First Circuit to remand to Rhode Island federal court his constitutional challenge to Rhode Island's cannabis retail licensure scheme, now that the cannabis regulations at issue have been made public and the license application process is open.
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September 19, 2025
Fed Workers Can Telework For Religious Reasons, DOJ Says
Federal employees should be allowed to telework occasionally for religious reasons, even after President Donald Trump's January executive order requiring in-person attendance for government workers, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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September 19, 2025
Lawmakers' Exit Puts Court, Judicial Security Funds In Limbo
Congress left for recess Friday afternoon after the Senate failed to pass a stopgap spending measure that includes funds for judicial security and the courts.
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September 19, 2025
DC Circ. Sides With FERC On Puerto Rican Gas Pipeline
The D.C. Circuit on Friday unanimously rejected challenges to a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Puerto Rico built after hurricanes battered the island's electrical grid, saying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision not to stop the project fell under its unreviewable enforcement discretion.
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September 19, 2025
Fla. Bar Must Conduct Bondi Ethics Probe, State Justices Told
An attorney has doubled down on his attempt to force the Florida Bar into investigating U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, arguing to the state Supreme Court that the bar has a clear legal duty to do so.
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September 19, 2025
FTC Restructuring Its Non-DC Offices Under Single Banner
The head of the Federal Trade Commission's Competition Bureau said in New York City remarks Friday that the agency is restructuring its offices outside its Washington, D.C., base so that those satellite units operate as a single division under an "easier, cleaner, more efficient reporting structure."
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September 19, 2025
Builder Not Covered In Conn. Park Dispute, Insurers Tell Court
Two insurers have no duty to defend or indemnify a developer and two of his companies against a suit accusing them of unlawfully encroaching on and destroying public land because the claims do not trigger their policies' insuring agreements, the insurers told a Connecticut federal court.
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September 19, 2025
Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts
In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.
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September 19, 2025
Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit Gets Trimmed In Fla.
A Florida federal judge has trimmed multiple counts from a former immigration judge's discrimination lawsuit, finding that she failed to back up her bias claims.
Expert Analysis
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A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far
The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.
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Reform Partly Modernizes Small Biz Stock Gains Exclusion
Changes to the Internal Revenue Code in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act update the qualified small business stock gains exclusion to reflect inflation, but the regime would be more in line with current business realities if Congress had also made the exemption available to additional business structures, says Mark Parthemer at Glenmede.
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Breaking Down Novel Va. Social Media Law For Minors
While a Virginia bill passed in May is notable for setting a one-hour daily limit on minors' use of social media, other provisions create compliance burdens for social media operators and app store providers, and increase privacy and security risks associated with the collection of sensitive information to prove identity, says Jenna Rode at Hunton.
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Lessons From Crackdown On Mexican Banks With Cartel Ties
Recent U.S. Treasury Department orders excluding three major Mexican financial institutions from the U.S. banking system for laundering drug cartel money and processing payments for fentanyl precursor chemicals offer guidance for companies in reviewing their procedures and controls to ensure they are not the next targets, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ
New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.
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FDA's Hasty Policymaking Approach Faces APA Challenges
Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has abandoned its usual notice-and-comment process for implementing new regulatory initiatives, two recent district court decisions make clear that these programs are still susceptible to Administrative Procedure Act challenges, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.
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DOJ Crypto Enforcement Is Shifting To Target Willfulness
Three pending criminal prosecutions could be an indication of how the U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital assets memo is shaping enforcement of the area, and show a growing focus on executives who knowingly allow their platforms to be used for criminal conduct involving sanctions offenses, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Legal Considerations Around Ibogaine As Addiction Therapy
Recent funding approval in Texas pertaining to the use of ibogaine for the potential treatment of substance use disorders signals a growing openness to innovative addiction treatments, but also underscores the need for rigorous compliance with state and federal requirements and ethical research standards, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Unpacking DOJ's Suit Against Maryland Federal Bench
Political hoopla aside, the Trump administration’s suit naming the Maryland federal district court and all of its judges, which challenges a standing order that delays deportation upon the filing of a habeas petition, raises valid questions about both the validity of the order and the DOJ’s approach, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.
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What Calif. Insurance Ruling Means For Smoke Damage Limits
As California continues to grapple with an increasing number of wildfire claims, a state court's recent Aliff v. California FAIR Plan decision serves as a clear directive to insurers that policy language that narrows the scope of fire coverage below the California Insurance Code's minimum standards is impermissible, say attorneys at Wood Smith.
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Wash. Law Highlights Debate Over Unemployment For Strikers
A new Washington state law that will allow strikers to receive unemployment benefits during work stoppages raises questions about whether such laws subsidize disruptions to the economy or whether they are preempted by federal labor law, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O'Connor.
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Why SEC Abandoned Microcap Convertible Debt Crackdown
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently dismissed several cases targeting microcap convertible debt lenders, a significant disavowal of what was a controversial enforcement initiative under the Biden administration and a message that the new administration will focus on clear fraud, say attorneys at O'Melveny.
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Justices' Resentencing Ruling Fortifies First Step Act Tools
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hewitt v. U.S. ruling clarifies that resentencing after vacatur must reflect the law in effect at the time of the new sentencing, ultimately strengthening the strategic tools available to defense attorneys under the First Step Act, says Benson Varghese at Varghese Summersett.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.