The tariffs enacted and proposed by the Trump administration have created a cause for concern among industries worldwide, and the construction sector is no exception. Imported goods are often essential to a construction project,…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, International Law & Trade
Do plaintiffs’ experts get to put junk science before juries more often than their opinions are excluded? The answer is a resounding “probably.” Even in light of the December 2023 amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence and its…
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/ Health, Products Liability, Science, Computers, & Technology, Toxic Torts
Identifying junk science is merely the first step of the battle when considering argument approach and courtroom strategy. With this in mind, the main goals are to keep junk science out of the courtroom and, of course, win the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Law Practice Products & Services, Products Liability, Science, Computers, & Technology, Toxic Torts
Trial lawyers, especially defense lawyers in the pharmaceutical and medical device arena, strive to ensure that “junk science” stays out of the courtroom. Unfortunately, that is often wishful thinking.
When I spoke with an…
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/ Health, Law Practice Products & Services, Science, Computers, & Technology, Toxic Torts
On February 17, 2025, the Delaware General Assembly introduced a bill seeking to amend two sections in the General Corporation Law: Sections 144 and 220 of Title 8. On March 12, 2025, the Senate introduced a substitute for…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
As the March 14, 2025, bill filing deadline approaches in the Texas Legislature, several legislative initiatives have been introduced to reform Chapter 392 and Chapter 394 of the Texas Local Government Code, which govern Housing…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
The Treasury Department announced on March 2nd that it does not intend to enforce any penalties or fines against either U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies and their beneficial owners under the Corporate Transparency…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, a Federal district judge in Texas lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. U.S. Dept. of Treasury, which means that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its reporting…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
The last quarter of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 saw multiple amendments to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure that will impact Mississippi practitioners. The three primary Rule changes are: (1) third-party complaints…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Law Practice Products & Services
Last month the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) delivered a pro-employer ruling on the standard of proof required under certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Introduction: The Challenge -
Forecasts of growth in electricity consumption (“load”) across the United States are increasing remarkably. In just over the last few years, those forecasts have doubled and tripled. Much of…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “[E]nding Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” rescinding Executive Order (“EO”) 11246 – which required federal government…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
In the flurry of executive orders issued shortly after being sworn for a second term, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders and one presidential action dismantling all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)…
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/ Civil Rights, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
In April of this year, the United States Department of Labor the (“DOL”) announced a final rule (the “2024 Rule”) that had a dramatic effect on whether employers can legally exempt employees from overtime pay under the Fair…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In August of this year, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar shared a Housing Affordability Challenge report, which examines the factors contributing to the housing affordability crisis across the U.S., how the crisis is affecting…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Taxation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
