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It was a busy year for enforcement activity in the cyber, crypto, SPAC, and whistleblower spaces, with several pending actions that will likely have wide-ranging implications in 2024....

Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic submitted an amicus brief in the appellate case United States v. Mackey, aiming to show how civil rights law can prosecute intentionally false statements on voting mechanics.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared hesitant Tuesday to side with consumers who say that Bank of America and other national banks can't claim exemption from state laws in court without first proving "significant" interference from them, signaling practical concerns about what reversing a contrary Second Circuit decision could entail.

The Supreme Court continues to take a close look at major administrative law questions, and its answers have the potential to significantly affect the consumer finance industry.

In compliance with a 2021 Presidential Executive Order entitled "Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis"...

Oil majors are once again taking to the US Supreme Court and asking justices to settle whether state court venues are appropriate to rule on issues of national and global greenhouse gases.

The Autauga-Prattville Public Library’s future turned on a Feb. 8 meeting of its board of trustees. New board members appointed following a mass resignation late last year, most of whom were appointed by county commissioners, wasted little time in refashioning the library in their image — one that suited Clean Up Alabama, a group that […] The post What federal courts have said about local library book bans appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

On February 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in Trustees of IAM Nat'l Pension Fund v. M & K Emp. Sols., LLC, No. 22-7157 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 9, 2024), affirming the district court's decision to vacate an arbitration award for the employer in a pension fund withdrawal liability case.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Second Circuit’s decision in Murray v. UBS and resolved a circuit split in favor of employees, holding that although...

The oral argument in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A. will be heard on Tuesday, February 27 before the US Supreme Court. The Court recently granted the unopposed motion of the Solicitor...