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Federal Court Blocks Prop 65 Warning for Titanium Dioxide in Cosmetics

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In an order filed on August 12, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled that California’s Proposition 65 cancer warning requirement for certain listed forms of titanium dioxide (airborne, unbound...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Dark Skies for Small Businesses Caught in Social Media Net

A new Mississippi law, known as the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, has prompted several companies to block Mississippi IP addresses from accessing their platforms. In fact, social media company Bluesky...more

Kilpatrick

A New Age of Age Verification

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Laws that would require age verification before users can access online platforms are popping up across the county. While some laws have been found constitutional, courts are still drawing lines over what age verification...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Court Declines to Halt Climate Disclosure Laws as CARB Pursues Delayed Rulemaking

New laws take effect January 1 while regulated entities still await implementing regulations from California Air Resources Board....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Right to Have Your Information De-Listed? The Federal Privacy Commissioner Issues Decision

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) issued its findings on August 27 2025 in connection with an investigation regarding the issue of whether individuals have the right to have information about them...more

Carlton Fields

FINRA Raises Curtain on Limits to Membership Expulsion and Denial

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In a dramatic response to a federal appellate court critique, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has rewritten part of its regulatory script. On June 2, 2025 — the same day the U.S. Supreme Court denied...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Climate Reporting Laws: CARB Provides New Guidance

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently held its second virtual public workshop to provide additional guidance on implementing California’s climate disclosure statutes, SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

Haynes Boone

Boxed In? Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Oregon’s EPR Law

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On July 30, 2025, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) filed a lawsuit1 challenging Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act. The Act created Oregon’s sweeping extended producer...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Climate Disclosure Laws Survive Preliminary Injunction on First Amendment Challenge: Reporting Obligations Swiftly...

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by a coalition of business groups seeking to halt implementation of California’s corporate...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

California’s Unique Greenhouse Gas Emissions Laws Remain in Effect—For Now

Relief is not immediately in sight for companies subject to key California greenhouse gas emission laws. A federal court in California recently denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to pause compliance with SB-253,...more

Alston & Bird

California Climate Disclosure Laws Survive First Amendment Challenge

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Two California climate disclosure laws have withstood an attempt to block them in a lawsuit challenging their constitutionality. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group breaks down what the federal court’s...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

First Amendment Push-Me Pull-You: New Hurdles to Examining Digital Content Privately

The digital landscape has always posed a twin challenge: how to protect children online while also preserving robust free speech rights for adults consistent with the First Amendment. This tension reached a logical zenith...more

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Federal District Court Rejects Challenge to California's Climate Disclosure Law

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On August 13, 2025, the challenge to the State of California's mandatory climate disclosure regulations was resoundingly rejected by Judge Wright (C.D. Cal.). The preliminary injunction-- sought by the U.S. Chamber of...more

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New Executive Order Calls for Reforming Federal Grant Oversight

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WHAT: On August 7, 2025, President Trump released an Executive Order (EO), “Improving Oversight Of Federal Grantmaking.” Citing a study from 2024 that claimed more than a quarter of the new National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

Hogan Lovells

Indonesia lowers threshold for mandatory Data Protection Officer appointment

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On 30 July 2025, the Indonesian Constitutional Court (“Court”) issued a landmark ruling, Decision No. 151/PUU-XXII/2024 (“Decision 151”), which significantly broadens the scope of mandatory Data Protection Officer (“DPO”)...more

A&O Shearman

Italian Medical Device Payback: Italy approves 75% reduction on medical device payback to end disputes

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Background: The Payback Mechanism and Its Impact - Italy’s payback system for medical devices has been a source of significant upheaval in the sector, with both domestic and international companies closely monitoring...more

Hogan Lovells

Turnaround of Medical Cannabis in Germany? – Draft bill by new German Government to address alleged missteps

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On June 18, 2025, the Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit - BMG) published a draft bill proposing severe amendments to the German Medical Cannabis Act (Medizinal-Cannabis Gesetz - MedCanG) – just a...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

The Price of Water Just Got More Complicated: San Diego’s Legal Battle Over Tiered Rates

On July 30, 2025, a divided California Court of Appeal issued its long-awaited opinion in Patz v. City of San Diego, affirming the trial court’s judgment that the City’s tiered residential water rates violated Proposition 218...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Oregon EPR Law Challenged by Impacted Businesses on Constitutional Grounds

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On July 30, 2025, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) filed suit against the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Environmental Commission alleging that Oregon’s Plastic Pollution...more

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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

Freeman Law

Surcharges on Credit Card and Debit Card Purchases in Texas

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This Freeman Law Insights blog discusses Chapter 604A of the Texas Business and Commerce Code (“Chapter 604A”) which, as written, prohibits merchants from imposing a surcharge on a buyer who uses a debit card or a credit card...more

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ISS Files Suit Against Texas SB 2337

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Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on July 24, 2025, seeking to end SB 2337, which was recently signed into law in June and will become effective...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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Proposition 12 in the Crosshairs—Again: With Cert Denied in IPPA and a New Federal Lawsuit Filed, the Legal Battle Continues

It has been just over a year since the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 12, which prohibits the sale of certain meat products within the state unless the animals were raised...more

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