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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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2024 Post-Election Analysis

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Following a hotly contested election, Donald Trump is once again the president-elect and will return to the White House on January 20, 2025. He will do so with a dominant electoral college win, potentially a win of the...more

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SEC Argues That Climate Disclosure Regulation Survives Demise of the Chevron Doctrine

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Earlier this year, the SEC issued its long-awaited regulation concerning mandatory climate disclosures.  As expected, this climate disclosure rule was immediately challenged in the courts by, among others, conservative states...more

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Regulatory Roundup for July 2024

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SEC Loses in ALJ Case, DOL’s Latest Fiduciary Rule Put on Hold, and SEC Reconsiders AI and Custody Rule Proposals - Welcome to our July Regulatory Roundup, where we provide a quick look at the latest regulatory developments....more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2024

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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Two U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Will Affect the Securities Industry

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently issued two opinions that are likely to have a longer-term effect on the way securities industry matters are handled. Juries, not the Securities Exchange Commission...more

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Ripple Effects Of SEC Adjudication Ruling May Be Momentous

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Suppose that your nemesis has a legal beef with you, and you learn that the law allows him to appoint one of his employees to judge the case. Shocked? You should be. Yet federal agency adjudication works the same way. How...more

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[Commentary] A Trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Empower Regulated Entities to Challenge Agency Regulations and Actions

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In a trilogy of cases decided at the end of this term, the United States Supreme Court made significant changes to the administrative law terrain by: eliminating Chevron deference....more

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A Look at the Whistleblowers Who Made Lasting Impacts

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As seen in the previous article, whistleblowing cases regularly make the news headlines. And while some of the names of the reporters or the cases are well known, it’s worthwhile to take a closer look at the people behind the...more

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SCOTUS Predictions: Supreme Court Set to Limit Labor Board’s Reach Over Employers in Surprising Way

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An impending Supreme Court decision is poised to transform how the National Labor Relations Board decides cases and may fundamentally alter the course of labor relations as we know it. We predict that a SCOTUS decision to be...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Sides with SOX Whistleblower in Murray v. UBS Securities

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On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that an employee who blows the whistle under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) does not need to show that their employer had retaliatory intent to find...more

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Top 10 ESG Developments for 2023

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2023 saw terms like “ESG,” “greenwashing,” and “circular economy” come into common use. We also saw a tsunami of other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related developments at the international, federal, and state...more

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Split Court Decision on Whether a Token Is a Security in SEC v. Ripple Labs

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Key Points - A judge in the Southern District of New York recently held that (i) the crypto asset XRP is not, on its own, a security and, (ii) as a result, the determination of whether an offer or sale of XRP required SEC...more

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Potential Private Sector Implications of the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina upended prior...more

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Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2023

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Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more

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New Case Law Update: Mountain Valleys, Chevron Deference and a Long-Awaited Resolution on the Sacketts’ Small Lot

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This is a brief roundup of recent federal court environmental and regulatory law decisions from the federal courts over the past few months, including the much anticipated ruling in Sackett, et ux., v, Environmental...more

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Supreme Court Securities Law Roundup - The Axon Decision and Oral Argument in Slack v. Pirani

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Our Securities Litigation Group analyzes the impact of the Axon and Cochran decisions on the use of administrative law judges (ALJs) and gleans clues about the future of direct listings from the Slack oral argument....more

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SCOTUS Unanimously Holds That Respondents in FTC and SEC Administrative Law Proceedings May Challenge the Constitutionality of...

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On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in two related cases, Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. Cochran (No. 21-1239), holding that respondents may challenge the constitutionality of...more

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Supreme Court Deals Latest Setback to Government’s Use of ALJs in Consolidated Axon Enterprise v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran Decision

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In a setback to the SEC’s and other federal agencies’ use of administrative law judges (“ALJs”) to conduct in-house enforcement proceedings, the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc....more

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Will Stakeholder Objections and Legal Uncertainty Slow an ESG Revolution?

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According to the Securities & Exchange Commission, its proposed revisions to SEC regulations regarding climate change disclosures in May 2022 were intended to provide investors with consistent and reliable information...more

Jones Day

2022 Securities Litigation Year in Review

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During 2022, securities case filings fell for the fourth consecutive year and were down slightly from 2021. The number of announced settlements rose substantially last year, as did total settlement amounts. The 2022...more

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Ten Environmental and Energy Issues to Watch in 2023

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What will happen in the environmental and energy space in 2023? The last year saw transformative changes in the environmental and energy space in the form of historic spending through the federal Inflation Reduction Act, a...more

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Blockchain Meets Morrison: Court Rejects Blockchain Class Settlement Because of Concerns About Adequacy of Representation

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently rejected a proposed settlement of a securities class action involving purchasers of digital tokens due to concerns about whether the lead plaintiff had...more

White and Williams LLP

A Changing Climate: the Rising Tide of ESG Liability and Implications for D&O Coverage

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The latest legal buzzword, ESG, represents the environmental, social and governance factors that many corporations are now required to consider and disclose alongside traditional financial information such as operating...more

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Cryptocurrency Regulations and How They May Impact Private Investment Funds

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Over the last five years, decentralized finance (DeFi), especially cryptocurrencies and other digital assets are a space that continues to grow at an exponential rate, not only for retail investors but also for private...more

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Cozen Currents: Are Republicans Able to Have Trumpism Without Trump?

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The Cozen Lens- •Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is running for reelection this year. But all eyes are on what he does two years later, as DeSantis presents the most formidable challenge to a third presidential election cycle...more

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