Trump Administration, Regulatory Authority, Appeals

Appeals court puts reinstatement of two Democratic members of NCUA board on hold

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/30/2025

The reinstatement of two Democratic NCUA board members has been put on hold by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia....more

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

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/15/2025

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

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Alpine’s Petition Challenging Constitutionality of FINRA Enforcement Proceedings

Carlton Fields on 6/6/2025

On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Alpine Securities Corp. in Alpine Securities Corp. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. In doing so, the Supreme Court declined...more

Fifth and Eleventh Circuits Grant FTC’s Motion to Stay Appeals Challenging Non-Compete Ban

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 4/14/2025

On March 15, 2025, the Fifth Circuit granted the FTC’s motion for a 120-day stay of the agency’s appeal of the district court decision to block its proposed ban on non-competes. The Eleventh Circuit followed suit on March 20,...more

A Texas Federal Court Sides with Laboratories, But There May Be Unintended Consequences for FDA

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/11/2025

The obvious result of the legal shootout between the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and clinical laboratory trade associations, the American Clinical Laboratory Association and the Association for Molecular Pathology,...more

D.C. Circuit Denies Healthy Gulf’s and Sierra Club’s Petition for Review of FERC Order Authorizing Construction and Operation of...

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/10/2025

On March 28, 2025, the D.C. Circuit denied a joint petition for review brought by Healthy Gulf and Sierra Club (together, “Petitioners”) challenging FERC’s grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to...more

President Trump Ends $15-Per-Hour Contractor Minimum Wage Rate After Filing a Brief Defending Power to Set the Minimum Wage

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/25/2025

On March 14, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14236—“Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions”—revoking eighteen executive orders and actions issued by former president Joe Biden....more

NEPA Regulations Unravel

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/20/2025

The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is in the midst of a major judicial and regulatory shakeup. In the past three months, four major events have thrown the validity of NEPA regulations into doubt ...more

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