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Sheetz Loses Again: Legislatively Enacted Fees Satisfy Nolan/Dollan

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In 2024, in what was heralded as a big win for developers in California, the U.S. Supreme Court upended decades of California precedent and held that legislatively enacted development impact fees must satisfy the “essential...more

King & Spalding

NJ Supreme Court Held that Charity Care is Not Unconstitutional Taking

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On July 16, 2025, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state’s charity care requirement—which mandates that hospitals must treat patients regardless of their ability to pay—does not amount to...more

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Arlington Missing Middle Ordinance is Void Again — For Now

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In another twist to Arlington’s Missing Middle saga, on July 8, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals set aside its ruling from two weeks earlier reinstating Arlington County’s Expanded Housing Option (EHO) ordinance and...more

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Federal Court Temporarily Halts Iowa’s PBM Reform Law Amid Legal Challenges

On June 11, 2025, Iowa enacted Senate File 383 (the Act), a comprehensive bill aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with the stated goals of increasing transparency, supporting independent pharmacies, and...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Supreme Court Rules FCC’s Universal Service Fund Is Constitutional

On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court decided FCC v. Consumers’ Research, No. 24-354 (U.S. June 2025), ruling that the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) contribution structure, as administered by the Federal Communications...more

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Texas District Court Vacates HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Rule

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On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order to vacate a large portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Medicaid’s Any-Qualified-Provider Provision Does Not Confer Enforceable Rights

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Medicaid Act’s any-qualified-provider provision does not confer individual rights enforceable under 42 U.S.C. §1983. This decision reverses the Fourth Circuit’s...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

This Week in 340B: June 17 – 23, 2025

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Jones Day

Youth Climate Litigants See Success in One State, Dismissal in Another

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On December 18, 2024, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in the case of Held v. Montana, finding that the Montana Environmental Policy Act ("MEPA") violated the state's constitution. In the midst of great change to the federal...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Cannabis Court Faces Dilemma: To Treat Applicants Fairly or Equally?

“Equal is not fair, and fair is not equal. Equal is obtainable but fair is not.” The Montgomery County Circuit Court overseeing the launch of Alabama’s medical cannabis program has an interesting dilemma on its hands. It...more

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Third District Holds County Could Require Supplemental Environmental Information From Grading Permit Applicant As Condition of...

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Like a gift to land use lawyers that never stops giving, the strange and wondrous interrelationship between CEQA and the Permit Streamlining Act (“PSA”; Gov. Code, § 65920 et seq) continues to inspire litigation and require...more

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Supreme Court Sides with Alabama Plaintiffs Caught in “Catch-22”

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In Williams v. Reed, 145 S. Ct. 465 (2025), the United States Supreme Court reversed an Alabama Supreme Court decision affirming the dismissal of plaintiffs’ Section 1983 claims for lack of jurisdiction, based on the...more

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Ohio House Bill 113, 136th General Assembly, Regular Session

Ohio law empowers real property owners, acting collectively, to petition their local board of county commissioners to annex real property out of a township and into a municipality. If the subject property is less than 500...more

Perkins Coie

VMT Thresholds Must Be Based on Substantial Evidence Specific to Local Conditions

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The County of San Diego’s thresholds for exempting certain projects from vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis were not supported by substantial evidence showing they were appropriate specifically for the County. Cleveland...more

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To Waive or Not to Waive? That Is the 401 Question

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 16, 2025, clarified the conditions under which a state waives its Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certification (WQC) authority. In Village of Morrisville...more

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First Circuit Upholds Denial of Preliminary Injunction Against Massachusetts’ Ban on Assault Weapons and Large-Capacity Magazines

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In April 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decided Capen v. Campbell, a case arising from a challenge to Massachusetts’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. The court affirmed a district...more

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District Court Dismisses Manufacturer Lawsuit Challenging Colorado Price Setting for Prescription Drug

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There are currently six states with active Prescription Drug Affordability Boards (PDABs) — Colorado, Maryland, Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Minnesota....more

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Client Alert: Updates on Developments in “Missing Middle” Housing Policies - UPDATED 4/30/25

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Recent legal and policy developments continue to shape the landscape for “Missing Middle” housing initiatives, impacting developers, municipalities, and communities alike. Arlington County's Expanded Housing Option (EHO)...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Court Voids Alabama Medical Cannabis Awards: What’s Next on This Far Too Long, Too Strange Trip?

On Monday — the day after the holiest of days on the cannabis calendar and just days after a hearing during which the Montgomery County Circuit Court heard arguments about whether an emergency rule promulgated by the AMCC in...more

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Deference Denied to the South Carolina Department of Revenue

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The South Carolina Court of Appeals determined that Duke Energy Corporation (“Duke”) was entitled to claim nearly $25 million in investment tax credits on its 1996 to 2014 South Carolina income tax returns, as the investment...more

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Gains on Sales of Franchises Held Nonbusiness Income in Arkansas

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Consistent with the decisions in several other states interpreting the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act’s (“UDIPTA”) definition of nonbusiness income, an Arkansas Circuit Court concluded that gains from the...more

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Natural Gas Bans: From New York to Washington, Courts Shift the Landscape on Legality of State and Local Gas Bans

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Following the election wins we reported on in November 2024, state and local bans on the use of natural gas remain a highly litigated issue across the country. In this alert, we cover two recent cases dealing with local and...more

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The Need for More Uniformity and Standardization in New Jersey’s Bid Protest Procedures

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Nearly 60 years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court published one of its seminal bidding cases in Commercial Cleaning Corp. v. Sullivan, holding that a trial-type hearing is not required when challenging a bid award....more

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Unclaimed property: Michigan Supreme Court takes steps to curtail endless examinations

In litigation challenging unclaimed property examination findings, the Michigan Supreme Court took a first step towards curtailing the seemingly never-ending examination process, but left open an opportunity for the State to...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Commission’s Approvals of Nominations for Leasing State Lands Are Not Subject to Appeal

Recently, in Save Ohio Parks v. Oil & Gas Land Mgt. Comm., 2025-Ohio-847, Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 119.12 does not provide a right to appeal the decisions of the Oil & Gas Land Management...more

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