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Public Policy

  • August 25, 2025

    Ticket Resellers Flag Case Challenging FTC's Bots Probe

    Ticket brokers accused by the Federal Trade Commission of bypassing Ticketmaster limits to buy and resell hundreds of thousands of concert tickets, including for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, have a previously pending case that seeks to block the agency's enforcement action.

  • August 25, 2025

    Stewart Overrules 3 PTAB Discretion Decisions On Dir. Review

    Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart freed WSOU Investments and Nutanix from challenges where the Patent Trial and Appeal Board had already instituted review, but then revived an inter partes review Nike had originally dodged.

  • August 25, 2025

    Wash. Judge Clears Feds In Navy Vet's VA Negligence Suit

    A Washington federal judge said Monday that the federal government is not liable for medical malpractice in a U.S. Navy veteran's case blaming a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist for her December 2011 psychotic episode that turned violent, finding the doctor made no missteps when treating her in the weeks before the incident.

  • August 25, 2025

    Texas Stock Exchange Wants In On Proxy Advisory Lawsuit

    The Texas Stock Exchange and Texas Association of Business have moved to intervene in two lawsuits that proxy advisory firms have filed against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a state law restricting the firms, aiming to back up the law known as Senate Bill 2337.

  • August 25, 2025

    Pa. Worker Who Quit After Public Insults Can Get Benefits

    A Pennsylvania township supervisor's verbal abuse of an employee and her husband at an open meeting was harsh enough that the employee's resignation did not disqualify her from getting state unemployment benefits, a split Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel has ruled.

  • August 25, 2025

    Texas Wants To Back Trump In Calif. Vehicle Waiver Fight

    Texas has told a federal court that California shouldn't be allowed to adopt vehicle emissions standards that are stricter than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's because other states essentially have to go along with them even if they disagree.

  • August 25, 2025

    Fired CTA Worker Faced Bias Over Vax Refusal, Jury Told

    A former Chicago Transit Authority electrician was unlawfully fired from his job after he refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to his Catholic faith, even if he also had medical and scientific concerns with the shot, an Illinois federal jury heard on Monday.

  • August 25, 2025

    Judge Presses Gov't On Aid Plan As Sept. 30 Deadline Looms

    Attorneys for foreign aid nonprofits called for the Trump administration to detail exactly how it plans to distribute aid funding under a D.C. federal judge's injunction Monday, saying the government had been dragging its feet to comply with the February order as a Sept. 30 fiscal year deadline looms.

  • August 25, 2025

    Kari Lake Ordered Deposed In Voice Of America Closure Row

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge flirted Monday with finding U.S. Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake in contempt of an order blocking what workers allege is the dismantling of broadcasting service Voice of America, but instead ordered her and other officials to sit for expedited depositions.

  • August 25, 2025

    More Than 1,200 Telcoms Booted From Phone Networks

    More than 1,200 voice service providers have been blocked from U.S. phone networks after "shirking" their obligations to use a database that tracks unwanted call traffic, the federal government said Monday.

  • August 25, 2025

    5th Circ. Nixes SEC's Biden-Era Short-Selling Rules

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday vacated a pair of Biden-era regulations aimed at bolstering transparency in the short-selling market, ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had failed to consider the economic impact of adopting both rules at once.

  • August 25, 2025

    Economists Say FCC Copper Line Phaseout Needed

    Several outside economists told the Federal Communications Commission that its plan to phase out legacy copper telecommunications lines represents a rare chance to modernize FCC rules and should rank as a top priority.

  • August 25, 2025

    Mich. Judge Backs 125% Recovery In Tax Foreclosure Deal

    A Michigan federal judge has given the initial approval to a settlement between a proposed class of former property owners and two counties over allegations that the counties unlawfully kept surplus proceeds from the sales of their tax-foreclosed properties, a deal similar to one the same judge OK'd last week.

  • August 25, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Plans To Limit Nonbank Supervision With Rule Proposal

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to propose a rule that would rein in the use of the agency's power to designate individual nonbanks for supervision, according to a notice of rulemaking scheduled to publish in the Federal Register on Tuesday.

  • August 25, 2025

    DOD Limits Awards For Cos. Consulting For Foreign Enitities

    The U.S. Department of Defense finalized a rule Monday barring companies that provide consulting services to certain foreign entities from securing contracts for management, scientific and technical consulting services, unless they have a conflict-of-interest mitigation plan.

  • August 25, 2025

    Alaska Looks To Reopen Tribal Gaming Lease Dispute

    Alaska is asking a D.C. federal court to reopen a dispute that rejected an Indigenous tribe's bid to secure the right to open a bingo hall, alleging that the tribe is now claiming governmental powers over the land and treating it as Indian Country under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

  • August 25, 2025

    Epic's 9th Circ. Case Against Apple Draws Amicus Support

    Epic Games has received backing from state enforcers, Microsoft, Spotify and others as the Fortnite developer opposes Apple's Ninth Circuit appeal challenging an order blocking commissions on purchases made outside of Apple's own app payment system.

  • August 25, 2025

    Battle Over NJ US Atty Appointment Lands In 3rd Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday it will appeal a Pennsylvania federal judge's ruling that interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba is not lawfully serving as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor.

  • August 25, 2025

    Wyden Urges Independent Review Of Courts' Cybersecurity

    U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a cybersecurity hawk, urged Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday to commission an independent study of the federal judiciary's cybersecurity practices in light of two significant hacks in the last five years.

  • August 25, 2025

    Feds, Wind Farm Backers Duel For Wins In Permitting Fight

    As the Trump administration moves to halt work on multiple offshore wind projects, the government and wind farm backers have blasted each other's bids for quick wins in litigation challenging the stoppage of all federal reviews of wind projects.

  • August 25, 2025

    Advocate Orgs. Ask DC Circ. To Stop IRS Sharing Info With ICE

    Immigrant advocacy groups urged the D.C. Circuit to stop the IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with immigration authorities, saying the court should consider the substance of their challenge to an unprecedented information sharing deal rather than toss their case on procedural grounds put forward by the government.

  • August 25, 2025

    Ex-TSA Attorney Among 3 New Lawyers At Kaplan Kirsch

    A former Transportation Security Administration attorney is among three lawyers who recently joined Kaplan Kirsch LLP, a Denver-based law firm that specializes in representing state, local and tribal government agencies on projects such as airport expansions and new rail lines.

  • August 25, 2025

    Connecticut Court Backs Ouster Of Tax Atty Over Rogue Email

    Connecticut's former tax legal director was properly terminated after she used her work computer to send unauthorized draft legislation from her personal email account to a lobbyist who assumed that it was the state tax department's official position, a Connecticut appeals panel has ruled.

  • August 25, 2025

    Alabama Pot Co. Fights Dismissal Bid In Retaliation Suit

    A would-be medical cannabis business is urging an Alabama federal court to deny state regulators' bid to dismiss its suit alleging they wrongly denied the company a license in retaliation for lawsuits over the licensing process, saying the company adequately pleaded its retaliation claims.

  • August 25, 2025

    NJ Court Upholds Most Claims In Judicial Privacy Suits

    Lawsuits filed by a data privacy group representing judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials may continue against companies and groups that published their home addresses and unlisted phone numbers after a New Jersey federal judge on Monday denied the defendants' motions to dismiss.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

  • Opinion

    PFAS Reg Reversal Defies Water Statute, Increasing Risks

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent moves delaying the deadlines to comply with PFAS drinking water limits, and rolling back other chemical regulations, violate the Safe Drinking Water Act, and increase the likelihood that these toxins could become permanent fixtures of the water supply, says Vineet Dubey at Custodio & Dubey.

  • New Federal Worker Religious Protections Test All Employers

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    A recent Trump administration memorandum expanding federal employees' religious protections raises tough questions for all employers and signals a larger trend toward significantly expanding religious rights in the workplace, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • FTC Focus: Surprising Ways Meador And Khan Sound Alike

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    Since becoming a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, Mark Meador's public comments, speeches and writings reveal a surprising degree of continuity with former Chair Lina Khan's approach, in an indication that differing philosophies might have comparable practical effects, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review

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    Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders

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    So far, 2025 has introduced state and federal regulatory turbulence that is pressuring mortgage lenders to reevaluate the balance between competitive and compliant employee and customer recruiting practices, necessitating a compliance recalibration that prioritizes five key strategies, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.

  • Noncompete Forecast Shows Tough Weather For Employers

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    Several new state noncompete laws signal rough conditions for employers, particularly in the healthcare sector, so employers must account for employees' geographic circumstances as they cannot rely solely on choice-of-law clauses, say lawyers at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    Privacy Bill Must Be Amended To Protect Small Businesses

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    While a bill recently passed by the California Senate would exempt a company's use of legally compliant website advertising and tracking technologies from the California Invasion of Privacy Act, it must be amended to adequately protect small businesses, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Opinion

    Budget Act's Deduction Limit Penalizes Losing Gamblers

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    A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that reduces the deduction for gambling losses is unfair to professional and recreational players, risks driving online activity to offshore sites, and will set back efforts to legalize and regulate the industry, says Walter Bourdaghs at Kang Haggerty.

  • Even As States Step Up, They Can't Fully Fill ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Shoes

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    The Trump administration's efforts to scale down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have prompted calls for state regulators to pick up the slack, but there are also important limitations on states' ability to fill the gap left by a mostly dormant ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • The Int'l Compliance View: Everything Everywhere All At Once

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    Changes to the enforcement landscape in the U.S. and abroad shift the risks and incentives for global compliance programs, creating a race against the clock for companies to deploy investigative resources across worldwide operations, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Opinion

    Calif. Must Amend Trade Secret Civil Procedure

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    A California procedural law that effectively shields trade secret defendants from having to return company materials until the plaintiff can craft detailed requests must be amended to recognize that property recovery and trade secret analysis are distinct issues, says Matthew Miller at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots

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    New York, Nevada and Utah have all recently enacted laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence to deliver mental health services, offering early insights into how other states may regulate this area, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • 6 Questions We Should Ask About The Trump Trade Deals

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    Whenever the text becomes available, certain questions will help determine whether the Trump administration’s trade deals with U.S. trading partners have been crafted to form durable economic relationships, or ephemeral ties likely to break upon interpretive disagreement or a change in political will, says Ted Posner at Baker Botts.

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