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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Red Tape Rollback: DOJ’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force

As we predicted before the inauguration, Trump 2.0 antitrust enforcers have shown continued support for the pro-worker, anti-tech antitrust agenda that has permeated recent antitrust enforcement through the last two...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court receives amicus brief against CFPB and defendants’ motion to vacate a final judgment

On April 4, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois received an amicus brief from multiple nonprofits opposing a joint motion to vacate a final judgment in a case involving the CFPB and a mortgage...more

Cozen O'Connor

Bipartisan AGs At Attention on Veterans’ Education Benefits

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A bipartisan coalition of 52 AGs filed an amicus brief in Yoon v. Collins, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, in support of two veterans and their families who challenged the denial of G.I. Bill...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

State AGs Support Effort to Revive TCPA 1:1 Consent Rule

On March 17, a bipartisan group of attorneys general from 27 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the National Consumer Law Center’s proposed...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FCC “One-to-One Rule” Case: States File Amicus Brief in Support of Rehearing

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Last month, we discussed the motion filed by the National Consumers League and four small business owners to intervene in the case of Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited. v. FCC. This motion aimed to challenge the Eleventh...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Hospice Insights Podcast - Psychedelics and End of Life Care: Understanding the Legal Landscape

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There has been a lot of buzz around psychedelics, and particularly their potential usefulness in treating existential suffering at the end of life. Husch Blackwell was the first law firm in the country to establish a...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Venezuela TPS Update: 18 State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Plaintiffs Challenging TPS Termination

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On Feb. 19, 2025, the National TPS Alliance, an advocacy group for immigrants who have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and seven Venezuelans living in the United States, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Amicus Brief Filed Urging Georgia Supreme Court to Uphold Wrongful Death Award Statutory Cap

On behalf of two of the state’s largest healthcare associations — the Georgia Hospital Association (“GHA”) and the Medical Association of Georgia (“MAG”) — AGG Healthcare attorneys Jason Bring, Jerad Rissler, and Lisa Churvis...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court allows CFPB to withdraw its amicus brief, but requires it to remain on docket

On February 20, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New Jersey granted the CFPB’s motion to withdraw its amicus brief, but denied the Bureau’s request to strike the brief from the record. The CFPB submitted...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs File Amicus Brief Supporting CFPB Funding

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief supporting a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to prevent the CFPB’s Acting Director from declining to draw additional funds on behalf of the agency....more

BakerHostetler

NBA Teams Support Challenge to Discovery Rule in Copyright Litigation

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Eight NBA teams recently filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a petition that asks the Supreme Court to reject application of the discovery rule to copyright cases. The discovery rule starts the clock for bringing a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. SDNY retains restrictions on DOGE’s access to Treasury payment systems

Recently, the U.S. SDNY left in place a temporary restraining order that was imposed on DOGE from accessing Treasury payment systems. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the U.S. SDNY blocked DOGE temporarily from accessing...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Amicus Brief Filed for 10 National Industry Organizations to Uphold District Court’s Order Setting Aside the FTC Noncompete Ban

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The fight to resurrect the FTC’s Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) banning noncompetes continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In August 2024, mere days before the Final Rule was to take effect, Judge...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

You Got a Friend in Me: Commercial Division Seeks to Adopt New Rule Governing the Filing of Amicus Curiae Briefs

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As recently highlighted by my colleagues, the Commercial Division Advisory Council (“Advisory Council”) has been hard at work striving to implement and amend certain rules and regulations to enhance practice in the Commercial...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 01.23.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Bipartisan AGs to Disposable E-Cigarette Companies: You’re...more

Mayer Brown

CFPB Takes a Stance on Home Equity Contracts

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On January 15, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CPFB” or the “Bureau”) took three coordinated actions related to home equity contracts (also referred to as “home equity investments,” “home equity agreements,”...more

Cozen O'Connor

Bipartisan AGs Support Universal Service Fund

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A bipartisan coalition of 22 AGs and the Maine Office of the Public Advocate filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in consolidated cases FCC v. Consumers’ Research (No. 24-354) and Schools, Health & Libraries...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Enough is (Apparently) Enough - Part IV

It has been a remarkable feature of the Federal Circuit's suspension of the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman that few have taken a stand publicly on the propriety of the suspension (something the Judge herself recently...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Enough is (Apparently) Enough - Part III

It has been a remarkable feature of the Federal Circuit's suspension of the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman that few have taken a stand publicly on the propriety of the suspension (something the Judge herself recently...more

Sunstein LLP

Wavy Baby Waves Goodbye to its Attempt at Humor

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In August, Vans, a globally-known footwear and apparel company, and MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based art collective, settled their trademark and trade dress dispute, entering an agreement that permanently enjoins and restrains MSCHF...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Enough is (Apparently) Enough - Part II

It has been a remarkable feature of the Federal Circuit's suspension of the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman that few have taken a stand publicly on the propriety of the suspension (something the Judge herself recently...more

ArentFox Schiff

Does Your Neck Hurt? — Fifth Circuit Reverses Itself on Corporate Transparency Act Injunction

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Adding yet another chapter to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) saga, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 26 issued an order vacating its stay of the Texas federal district court’s preliminary...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Whiplash: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Preliminary Suspension of Deadline Pending Merits Ruling

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On December 3, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), less than a month before the deadline. The ruling temporarily...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Never-Ending Revolving Door: The Corporate Transparency Act Is On Ice (Again)

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On December 26, 2024, the merits panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating the earlier motions panel’s order from December 23, 2024, that had granted a stay of the nationwide...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Enough is (Apparently) Enough - Part I

The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief in Newman v. Moore et al. It has been a remarkable feature of the Federal Circuit's suspension of the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman that few have taken a stand publicly on the...more

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