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Endangerment Finding Reconsidered as Clean Air Waivers Are Targeted

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California's unique ability to set its own vehicle emissions standards under Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) is facing unprecedented legal and political challenges. At the center of the controversy is Congress's...more

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US Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Rules Under the Clean Air Act

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The US Supreme Court in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport clarified where challenges to certain US Environmental Protection Agency actions under the Clean Air Act must be filed. The Court split the difference between competing...more

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State AGs Seek to Intervene in EV Fuel Economy Case

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AGs from Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, and West Virginia—joined by the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and several corn-grower associations—have moved to intervene in a lawsuit brought by California and other states...more

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Client Alert: Jurisdictional Win Shields Businesses From Texas State Securities Board Overreach

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The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) set aside an Emergency Cease Order issued by the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) against Billionico Academy, Auratus, and related respondents in Texas State...more

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FTC Requests Additional 60 Days to Consider Dropping Defense of Noncompete Ban

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A reconstituted Federal Trade Commission (Commission) has asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant it a 60-day continuance to consider whether to drop the defense of its rule banning noncompetes. As previously...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Supreme Court restricts universal injunctions, but plaintiffs find a “workaround”

At the end of its 2024-25 term, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that federal district courts do not have equity power to issue so-called “universal” (also known as “nationwide”) injunctions. At issue in...more

Ice Miller

Unpacking Major Hemp Litigation Matters: From California to Virginia

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In 2018, Congress enacted the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, referred to as the 2018 Farm Bill, legalizing the production and sale of hemp-derived cannabinoids at the federal level. Since doing so, the sale of food and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB union submits amends its proposed order for preliminary injunction

On March 19, the union representing CFPB employees filed its notice of amended proposed preliminary injunction order in its suit against the CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the union...more

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Help to Protect the Rule of Law

Everyone who works with our court systems, including those who work in civil litigation, are invested in the idea of rule of law. Whether our case has to do with governmental powers or not, whether it involves civil rights or...more

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Standard of Review for Challenges to Regulations: Important Guidance from the Supreme Court of Canada

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The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in two recent companion decisions, Auer v. Auer (“Auer”) and TransAlta Generation Partnership v. Alberta (“TransAlta”), has clarified that the reasonableness standard as set out in Canada...more

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