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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a June 18th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Diamond Investments of TN Inc. (“Diamond”) addressing an alleged violation of underground storage...more
A court has struck down the Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to extend its regulatory authority to clinical laboratory testing services. On March 31, 2025, in the consolidated cases American Clinical Laboratory...more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 28th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Clear Development, LLC (“CD”) alleging violations of an air permit....more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The nine judges that finally coalesced over the decision of affirmance voted for two inconsistent judgments and provided no explanation for this result. The judges held that, under Laidlaw, civil penalties which must be...more
In yet another attempt to avoid arbitration agreements, plaintiffs’ lawyers in the wake of the blockbuster court decisions in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana and Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. began filing so-called...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an October 29th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Om Ganganath, Inc. (“OGI”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court held that PAGA does not apply to public entity employers....more
On August 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a significant opinion that clarifies the requirements for pleading a reverse false claim under the False Claims Act (FCA). - The Second Circuit joined...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an April 15th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Peters Hollow Water System, Inc. (“Peters Hollow”). See Case No. DWS23-0189. The...more
The Tennessee Department Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a February 27th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Walnut Creek Timber, LLC (“Walnut Creek”). The Order provides that Walnut Creek operates a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the December 1st Federal Register proposed amendments to the Clean Air Act National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the oil and gas...more
In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed a...more
Eleventh Circuit Adopts “Totality of the Circumstances” Test for Showing Protected Activity Under SOX and Denies Whistleblower Petition for Review - In Ronnie v. Office Depot, LLC, --- F.4th ----, 2023 WL 6210623 (11th Cir....more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an August 11th proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to West Point Utility District (“West Point”) alleging violations of the Tennessee...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a May 4th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to AZZ Galvanizing – Chattanooga LLC (“AZZ”) addressing an alleged violation...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an April 12th proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Ultra Tech Extrusions of Tennessee, Inc. (“Ultra Tech”) addressing alleged...more
On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court afforded defendants the ability to directly challenge the structural constitutionality and existence of the Federal Trade Commission (and the Securities and Exchange Commission) in...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board ("Board") issued a proposed Technical Secretary's Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty ("Order") on March 15th to Hommel Concrete Company ("HCC"). See APC22-0192. The Order...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a November 1st proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Assurance Operations Corporation d/b/a AOC Metal Works (“Assurance”)....more
One of the bellwether price gouging cases from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic was recently reversed and remanded by New York’s First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division. New York Attorney General...more
Most of California’s Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) wage orders mandate that employees “shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” The California Court of...more
On May 18, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) dealt a major blow to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) enforcement program. In Jarkesy v. SEC, the Fifth...more
On May 17, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued an opinion in a False Claims Act suit, narrowly interpreting the so-called “government-action bar.” The government-action bar, 31 USC § 3730(e)(3), forecloses...more