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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

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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

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

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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

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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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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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The First Amendment and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Prescription Drug Ads

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made no secret of his disdain for television advertisements for prescription drugs. As a presidential candidate, he promised to ban those ads by...more

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U.S. Visa Restrictions Signal New Era of Cross-Border Data Governance Challenges for Legal and Compliance Professionals

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The intersection of international diplomacy and digital governance has reached a critical inflection point with the U.S. State Department’s groundbreaking visa restriction policy announced May 28, 2025. Under Secretary of...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Federal Court Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to New Jersey’s Telehealth Law

On May 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts radiation oncologist and a Pennsylvania neurosurgeon, which claimed New Jersey’s...more

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Court Finds Requiring Prop. 65 Warnings for Acrylamide in Food is Unconstitutional

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On May 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a landmark ruling in California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, Case No. 2:19-cv-02019, holding that Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) warning...more

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Judicial Burn: Court Declares Proposition 65 Acrylamide Warning Unconstitutional

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Acrylamide, a Proposition 65-listed substance that naturally forms in the cooking and heating of many plant-based foods, has been the focus of court action over the past six years. However, companies will no longer be...more

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Court Overturns Prop 65 Acrylamide Warning

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On May 2, a federal district court in Sacramento permanently enjoined the Prop 65 warning for acrylamide in food, finding it to be unconstitutional. At issue in the case, California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta (E.D. Cal. No....more

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Court Permanently Blocks DOL from Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

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In our previous post, we discussed the nationwide temporary restraining order issued by the United States District Court for the North District of Illinois that temporarily prevented the Department of Labor from requiring...more

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FCC Takes Aim at Media Companies’ IE&D Efforts

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr recently revealed in a social media post the agency’s latest probe into various media entities’ inclusion, equity, and diversity efforts....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

California’s Assembly Bill 587 Loses Key Provisions After Legal Challenge from X

California’s attempt to impose content moderation transparency requirements on social media platforms has suffered a significant setback. Last month, the state reached a settlement with X Corp. (formerly Twitter), effectively...more

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Laws Regulating Minors' Access to Social Media Face First Amendment Scrutiny in the Courts

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Last month, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas enjoined parts of the state's Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, a law requiring certain digital service providers...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Legal Battle Over California’s Climate Disclosure Laws Continues as Plaintiffs File a Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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Paramount to the ruling in the upcoming May 5, 2025, hearing is the likelihood that strict scrutiny will apply to the plaintiffs’ First Amendment claims against SB 253 and SB 261....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Judge Denies Government’s Motion to Stay Injunction of Anti-DEI Executive Orders

On March 3 Judge Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District or Maryland denied the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the preliminary injunction halting the termination of equity-related federal grants...more

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Client Alert: The Future of Pharmaceutical Advertising on Television: Legal and Regulatory Considerations

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The debate over pharmaceutical advertising on television has resurfaced with renewed vigor, among populist conservatives and activists, such as Charlie Kirk, who have advocated for regulatory intervention, and from Robert F....more

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California’s Climate-Related Disclosure Laws Live To Fight Another Day

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On February 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss filed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), dismissing plaintiffs’ claims that SB 253 (the Climate...more

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