The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the securities industry were effectively “separated by a common language.” Giving...more
7/11/2025
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Corporate Governance ,
Institutional Investors ,
Judicial Authority ,
Proxy Voting ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Shareholders ,
Statutory Interpretation
In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451 (U.S. June 28, 2024), the United States Supreme Court (Roberts, J.) held that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires courts to independently determine whether an...more
8/22/2024
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Ambiguous ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Statutory Interpretation
In this case, the Federal Circuit determined the sufficiency of evidence to rebut a nexus between objective evidence and non-obviousness; and to establish the objective indicia of copying....more
Effective January 1, 2025, a new California law will prohibit 24 ingredients from use in cosmetic products. California’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act [Assembly Bill (“AB”) 2762] was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on...more
3/22/2023
/ California ,
Chemicals ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) ,
Cosmetics ,
Governor Newsom ,
New Legislation ,
Product Labels ,
Public Health ,
State Legislatures ,
Toxic Chemicals
In Crest v. Padilla, No. 19STCV27561, 2022 WL 1565613 (Cal. Super. May 13, 2022), the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles (Duffy-Lewis, J.) issued a decision following a bench trial finding that Senate...more
5/24/2022
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Business Litigation ,
California ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Gender Equity ,
Legislative Agendas ,
State Constitutions ,
State Legislatures ,
Woman Board Members
In Crest v. Padilla, No. 20STCV37513 (Cal. Super. Apr. 1, 2022), the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles (Green, J.) declared that Section 301.4 of the California Corporations Code is unconstitutional...more
4/13/2022
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Board of Directors ,
California ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporations Code ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Governor Newsom ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Constitutions ,
Summary Judgment