New Jersey District Court Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled last Wednesday on Mahmoud Khalil’s petition for a preliminary injunction, one that, if granted, could have seen Khalil freed from the Louisiana prison in which he is now…
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DOJ Declines to Defend Party Coordinated Expenditure Limits Before Supreme Court, Urges Court to Invalidate Limits -
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) responded to the petition for writ of certiorari filed…
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/ Civil Procedure, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
On March 28, 2025, the New York State Senate Elections Committee met and voted to approve seven bills..…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics
Jan Baran speaks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) legal expert. lawyer and teacher, Oliver Roberts, to speak about AI, its birth, its forms, and how people have historically used and are currently using the ever-changing…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Elections & Politics, Electronic Discovery, Law Practice Products & Services
In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's Monthly Round-Up In the April 2025 In-Compliance recap, we cover the following topics:
President Trump Directs Attorney General to Investigate ActBlue -
FEC Commissioner Allen Dickerson…
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In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's Monthly Round-Up In this March 2025 issue of In Compliance, we cover the following topics:
President Trump Issues Executive Order on Election Integrity -
Treasury Department Eliminates…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Elections & Politics, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In this episode of Early Returns, Jan Baran speaks with Brody Mullins, co-author of “The Wolves of K Street” and Pulitzer Prize winning Wall Street Journal journalist, about the historical, present and future world of lobbyists…
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On March 25, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS.” This far-reaching Executive Order requires federal and state authorities to implement numerous…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
The New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) approved and released its 2025 list of legislative proposals..…
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In a letter dated January 31, 2025, President Trump informed FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub that she is "hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission, effective immediately.” Weintraub made the letter public in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
In a 4-3 decision, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of New York State’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG). The commission’s constitutionality had been challenged by former…
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On January 30, 2025, the Appellate Division Second Department handed down a decision regarding the constitutionality of the New York State Voting Rights Act. The case, Clarke v. Town of Newburgh, concerned a challenge under the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
Supreme Court Lifts Fifth Circuit’s Corporate Transparency Act Injunction; Second District Court Enjoins Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule and Requirements Remain Fluid -
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Today, the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) released increased contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle. The increased limits apply to contributions from individuals and non-multicandidate PACs to federal…
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In this episode, Jan Baran speaks with the Vice Chair of the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”), Trey Trainor. Born and raised in Texas, Commissioner Trainor discusses his career, his route to the FEC, the tracking of campaign…
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