Contending that the Trump Administration still intends to dismantle the CFPB, a federal judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction prohibiting the administration from firing employees without cause, prohibiting it from...more
On December 3, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Amos Mazzant, sitting in the Eastern District of Texas, granted a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its implementing...more
On July 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered an order enjoining the enforcement of a rule established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) abolishing the vast majority of employee...more
A U.S. District Court judge in Alabama recently ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is unconstitutional. The CTA, which was enacted on January 1, 2021, directs the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial...more
A California judge recently entered a temporary injunction delaying the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. The trade association, NetChoice, requested the injunction....more
On July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee held in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. that the "rebuttable presumption" of social disadvantage under Small Business...more
On July 31, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas enjoined the CFPB from implementing and enforcing the small business lending rule (Section 1071) requirements pending the Supreme Court’s decision in...more
On July 5, 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals enjoined FINRA from expelling Alpine Securities Corp. through an expedited disciplinary proceeding following an emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal. The...more
A flurry of litigation in federal district and appellate courts has led to an even split between states in which the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may be implemented and...more
On December 16, in the challenge filed by Louisiana, Mississippi, and Indiana to the federal contractor vaccine mandate, the Western District of Louisiana (WD of LA) granted the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction...more
The right of shareholders to elect a corporation’s directors is one of the most valuable rights attendant to share ownership. Election of directors is where shareholders can directly exert their influence on the corporation,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a one-line decision, without explanation, denying the City of Austin’s petition for review of an appellate decision temporarily enjoining the Austin paid sick...more
On April 21, 2020, Wisconsin’s legislature filed suit against Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (“DHS”) Secretary-designee, Andrea Palm, seeking to temporarily enjoin or prohibit DHS or any local law enforcement...more
The corona virus pandemic has presented new opportunities for fraud, particularly against the elderly and vulnerable, and these fraudulent schemes are often carried out through robocalls....more
In Town of Flower Mound v. Eagle Ridge Operating LLC, an operator’s injunction against enforcement of a local ordinance was dissolved. EagleRidge operates gas wells in the Flower Mound. A Town ordinance prohibits work on gas...more