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February 07, 2025
SF, Other Sanctuary Cities To Sue Trump Over Threats
A nationwide coalition of sanctuary jurisdictions led by San Francisco plans to file a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's threats to defund these localities and prosecute officials.
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February 07, 2025
Wash. AG Sues To Block 'Hateful' Trump Transgender Edict
Washington, Minnesota and Oregon, along with three unnamed doctors, seek to block President Donald Trump's order targeting transgender youth and their medical providers, arguing in a complaint filed Friday in Seattle federal court that the Trump edict is unconstitutional, discriminates against transgender people and interferes with lifesaving healthcare.
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February 07, 2025
Trump Admin Freezing EV Charging Station Funds
The Federal Highway Administration told state transportation department directors it is freezing a $5 billion initiative aimed at helping states deploy electric vehicle charging stations — a move the Sierra Club called both "illegal and terrible."
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February 07, 2025
NJ Supreme Court Snapshot: Paterson Police, Immigrant Pay
The New Jersey attorney general's takeover of the embattled Paterson police department and a dispute over how undocumented migrants are treated under the state's wage law are among the matters the Garden State high court recently agreed to tackle.
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February 07, 2025
Judge In Ga. 2020 Election Fraud Case To Retire
Chief Judge Timothy Batten Sr. of the Northern District of Georgia, who presided over one of the many lawsuits alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election, has informed the president he will retire May 23.
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February 06, 2025
State AGs To Sue Over DOGE Access To Payment Systems
Over a dozen state attorneys general are set to file suit challenging Elon Musk and Department of Government Efficiency staffers' access to people's sensitive personal information through government payment systems, New York Attorney General Letitia James' office announced Thursday.
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February 06, 2025
Fed. Worker Reps Slam 'Unfathomably Cruel' USAID Shutdown
The Trump administration's illegal decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development has caused a global humanitarian crisis, cost thousands of Americans their jobs and threatens U.S. national security, groups representing federal employees and foreign service workers alleged in a federal lawsuit Thursday in Washington, D.C.
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February 06, 2025
Doctors Org. Wants Health Agency Website Info Restored
An advocacy organization representing physicians asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge Thursday to require federal agencies to restore public-health related web pages and data that were taken down after the Office of Personnel Management directed the agencies to root out references to "gender ideology" on their websites.
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February 06, 2025
Wash. Tribe Can't Open 50-Year-Old Fishing Rights Dispute
The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe cannot open a new subproceeding in a 50-year-old case about tribal fishing rights, a Washington federal judge has ruled, finding that the tribe's request is "dead on arrival."
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February 06, 2025
House Bill Aims To Ban DeepSeek On Gov't Devices
A pair of U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday rolled out bipartisan legislation that would prohibit the installation of Chinese company DeepSeek's chatbot app on government-issued devices, citing "alarming" national security threats similar to those that have propelled efforts to ban video app TikTok nationwide.
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February 06, 2025
States Say NY Climate Act 'Wrings Funds' From Energy Cos.
A coalition of 22 states sued New York state Thursday over its recently signed Climate Superfund Act, saying it constitutes an attack on U.S. energy producers that will be felt by consumers.
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February 06, 2025
Bipartisan US Senators Reintroduce Tribal Public Safety Bill
Two Republican U.S. senators have joined two Democratic senators in reintroducing a bipartisan bill that would support the recruitment of Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officers and improve efforts to resolve missing persons cases.
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February 06, 2025
House GOP Floats Stablecoin Bill Amid Debanking Buzz
House Financial Services lawmakers unveiled a discussion draft of a bill to regulate stablecoins Thursday evening, joining a separate effort introduced in the U.S. Senate earlier this week.
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February 06, 2025
NCAA Bans Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports
The NCAA announced Thursday it will ban athletes who were not assigned female at birth from competing in women's sports at its member colleges, one day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from institutions that allow it.
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February 06, 2025
Air Traffic Control System Upgrade In Spotlight After DC Crash
In the week since a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River left 67 people dead, the Trump administration signaled Thursday that it's looking to expedite overhauling the nation's air traffic control system.
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February 06, 2025
Dem Sens. Re-Introduce Bill To Stop Algorithmic Price-Fixing
A group of Democratic senators has re-introduced a bill that would prevent companies from using common software and shared data to set prices through algorithms, an issue that's been the subject of mounting litigation in the rental housing market and other sectors.
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February 06, 2025
Illinois Judge Extends Hold On Swipe Fee Law To More Banks
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday expanded a preliminary injunction against Illinois' controversial swipe fee law, adding out-of-state banks to the list of financial institutions shielded from having to comply with the law when it takes effect later this year, while declining to add federal credit unions to the list.
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February 06, 2025
Ala. Tribe Fights Bid To Renew Burial Grounds Row
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is asking a federal district court to deny a bid by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to renew a complaint in a dispute over an Alabama burial site, arguing the new claims should have been added to the original lawsuit more than a decade ago.
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February 06, 2025
Trump Creates DOJ Task Force Targeting 'Anti-Christian Bias'
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a U.S. Department of Justice task force to root out "anti-Christian bias" within federal agencies and prosecute vandalism and violence targeting churches and related religious organizations.
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February 06, 2025
Manager's Work, Not Gaza Posts, Led To Firing, Ill. City Says
A former Evanston, Illinois, employee shouldn't be allowed to go to trial on claims that he was fired for publicly expressing sympathy for Palestinians in Gaza because evidence clearly proves his performance is what cost him his job, city officials argued Wednesday.
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February 06, 2025
EPA Places 168 Environmental Justice Workers On Leave
Scores of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency workers who have been focused on environmental justice issues were placed on leave Thursday, in line with the Trump administration's promise to largely abandon that area of work.
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February 06, 2025
Anti-Legalization Group Vows To Go On 'Offense'
The head of a leading anti-drug nonprofit on Thursday pledged to go on the offensive by lobbying to undo the federal law legalizing intoxicating hemp, fighting a pending proposal to loosen federal cannabis restrictions and attempting to reverse state-level legalization.
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February 06, 2025
Texas County Hit With Race Bias Suit Over Contracting Policy
A landscaping company has sued Harris County in Texas federal court, alleging the county's Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, or MWBE, contracting program unconstitutionally discriminates against white-owned businesses.
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February 06, 2025
Ga. Election Chief Asks Bondi To Drop Voting Rights Suit
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday said he has asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to drop a Department of Justice lawsuit alleging that the state's 2021 election overhaul law disenfranchised Peach State voters.
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February 06, 2025
DOJ To Weigh Criminal Action Against Cos. With DEI Policies
The U.S. Department of Justice will consider bringing criminal and civil investigations against companies over their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to a new memorandum from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Expert Analysis
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Trump's Energy Plans For Generation, Transmission And More
The executive orders and presidential memoranda issued by President Donald Trump on the day of his inauguration, unwinding the Biden administration's energy policies and encouraging development of fossil fuels, may have significant impacts on the generation mix, electric transmission construction and the state regulatory environment, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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Insights For Finance Firms, Regulators From House AI Report
Though a U.S. House of Representatives report encourages the financial sector to embrace artificial intelligence tools, its focus on ensuring high-quality datasets, transparent development and equitable access underscores that firms and regulators must strike a delicate balance between technological innovation and responsible implementation, says Brendan Palfreyman at Harris Beach.
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LA Wildfires' Effect On Calif. Insurer Of Last Resort
Attorneys at Willkie discuss the background of California's insurer of last resort — known as the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan — and examine the process of assessing member insurers and relevant recent property insurance market developments in light of the destruction from the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
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How PAGA Reform Can Inform Employer Strategies In 2025
While recent changes to California's Private Attorneys General Act will not significantly reduce PAGA claims, employers can use the new law to potentially limit their future exposure, by taking advantage of penalty reduction opportunities and more, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.
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Takeaways From FDA's Updated Confirmatory Trial Guidance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's latest draft guidance about accelerated drug approval indicates the FDA's intent to address the significant lag time between accelerated approval and full approval of drugs and may help motivate the industry to complete confirmatory trials, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2025
The critical policy milestones for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances expected in 2025 will not only shape the trajectory of PFAS regulation, but also set key precedents for environmental accountability, potentially reshaping the corporate approach to these "forever chemicals" for decades to come, say attorneys at MG+M.
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Inside New Commerce Tech Restrictions: Key Risk Takeaways
While there are a few limitations on the scope of a new final rule restricting certain foreign adversary products and technologies, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security retains sweeping authority to regulate an array of risk areas, says Peter Jeydel at Troutman.
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The Most Important Schedule I Drug Regulatory Shifts Of 2024
In 2024, psychedelics and cannabis emerged as focal points in medical research, marking a pivotal year in their legal and regulatory journey, but these developments presented both opportunities and challenges within this evolving field, say Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell and Stephen Kim at Avicanna.
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California's New Homeowner Law Could Hamper Foreclosures
While A.B. 2424, which took effect this month in California, gives homeowners in default additional protections, it also provides loopholes that can be used to delay foreclosure auctions, and the cost of these delays will likely be passed on to the borrower, says Stephen Britt at Severson & Werson.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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How Fintechs Can Respond To New CFPB Supervisory Rule
Even though a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule pulling large payment apps into supervision faces an uncertain fate in the new administration, providers should still examine the rule's definitions and prepare for increased compliance costs and more consumer-friendly practices, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Ruling Shows High Court Willing To Limit Immigration Review
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas is the latest demonstration of the court’s readiness to limit judicial review in the immigration space, a notable break from other recent decisions that expanded judicial review of agency decisions in other areas, says Mark Fleming at WilmerHale.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Despite Political Divide, FEC Found Common Ground In '24
The Federal Election Commission, although evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, reached consensus in consequential advisory opinions, enforcement actions and regulations last year, offering welcome clarity on some key questions facing campaigns, PACs and parties, say attorneys at Covington.
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How FTC Sent A $5.6M Warning Against Jumping The Gun
The Federal Trade Commission's recent record $5.6 million "gun jumping" action against Verdun Oil, for allegedly exerting control over EP Energy before the mandatory waiting period under U.S. antitrust law expired, warns companies that they must continue to operate independently during review, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.