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January 14, 2026
Calif. Again Asks 9th Circ. To Unleash Kids' Privacy Law
California's attorney general was back before the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday, urging the court to vacate a new preliminary injunction blocking a landmark law requiring tech giants to bolster privacy protections for children, and arguing the lower court wrongly found the entire statute likely implicates the First Amendment.
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January 14, 2026
Groups Seek Records On ICE 'Ankle Monitoring For All' Policy
Two immigrant legal groups have sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Carolina federal court Wednesday to pry loose records about the agency's purported blanket use of ankle monitors in its Alternatives to Detention program, which they said is intended to induce self-deportation.
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January 14, 2026
Fla. Tribe Urges 11th Circ. To Uphold Detention Center Block
A federally recognized Florida tribe has asked the 11th Circuit to uphold a lower court's preliminary injunction halting operations of an immigrant detention center in the Everglades, arguing that environmental safeguards are at stake rather than immigration policy.
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January 14, 2026
Pharmacy Wields Antitrust Law In Challenge To GLP-1 Giants
Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk are using their dominant positions in the market for weight loss and diabetes medications to squash potential competitors, including through unlawful exclusivity agreements with telehealth providers, a compounding pharmacy alleged Wednesday in what it calls a landmark antitrust lawsuit.
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January 14, 2026
Kaiser Entities Settle Medicare Fraud Claims For $556M
Five Kaiser Permanente affiliates agreed to a $556 million settlement resolving allegations they defrauded the government by submitting invalid medical diagnoses for Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
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January 14, 2026
EPA's Cost Analysis U-Turn May Invite Courtroom Inquiries
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to no longer put a dollar value on health benefits when crafting certain air pollution rules could be scrutinized in lawsuits, which could force the agency to justify departing from its long-standing practice.
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January 14, 2026
SEC Gets Mixed Marks On Handling Shareholder Proposals
Shareholders, companies, directors and professional advisers generally have low to moderate satisfaction with how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission handles the shareholder proposal process, according to a wide-ranging report on proxy proposals released Wednesday.
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January 14, 2026
Military Fraud Case Against Fluor Moves To Trial
Litigation brought by former military officers accusing Fluor Corp. of overcharging the U.S. Army is headed to trial, after a South Carolina federal judge couldn't rule out Wednesday whether the company willfully failed to comply with its contractual obligations.
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January 14, 2026
Office Depot Spars Over Class Cert. In Wash. Pay Scale Suit
Office Depot LLC and a plaintiff accusing the company of violating a Washington state pay-transparency law clashed over class certification in separate motions in Seattle federal court, with the office supply giant attacking the proposed class as "unidentifiable and uncertifiable."
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January 14, 2026
Swedbank Says DOJ Has Closed AML Probe Without Action
Swedbank, one of the biggest banks serving Europe's Baltic region, said Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice has released it from a long-running anti-money-laundering-related investigation, removing another U.S. legal cloud hanging over the lender.
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January 14, 2026
Freight Broker Tells Justices Negligence Claims Preempted
Broker and logistics giant C.H. Robinson told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that federal law unequivocally shields freight brokers from state-based negligence and personal injury claims, saying the plaintiffs bar is pushing for patchwork liability standards that would upend interstate commerce and the supply chain.
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January 14, 2026
FTC Finalizes GM And Onstar Ban On Location Data Sharing
General Motors and OnStar finalized a non-monetary deal with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, agreeing to a five-year ban on disclosing geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies, to end the regulator's allegations the companies didn't get drivers' consent before sharing.
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January 14, 2026
SEC To Lean On Congress As Defense In High Court Case
The U.S. Supreme Court is once again stepping into the debate over when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can demand that alleged fraudsters give up ill-gotten gains, but this time the agency plans to argue a 2021 government spending bill should save it from further limits to its disgorgement powers.
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January 14, 2026
Senate Banking Committee Postpones Crypto Bill Markup
The Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday night postponed a highly anticipated mark-up of a bill to regulate the cryptocurrency industry, hours after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong voiced his opposition to the latest draft, saying his firm would "rather have no bill than a bad bill."
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January 14, 2026
Calif. AG Probes 'Avalanche' Of Grok-Created Sexual Deepfakes
California is looking into the "avalanche" of nonconsensual sexually explicit materials, including "deepfake" images used to harass women online, that are reportedly being produced by Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI Inc., the state's attorney general announced Wednesday.
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January 14, 2026
JPMorgan's Tobacco-Use Health Fee Is Illegal, Employee Says
A JPMorgan Chase & Co. employee has hit the financial giant with a proposed class action in a New York federal court accusing it of issuing health insurance plans including fee requirements for tobacco users that violate the antidiscrimination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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January 14, 2026
Texas Justices Seem Open To Judicial Review Of Hemp Rule
The Texas Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the Texas Department of State Health Services' argument that the judiciary lacks authority to review a decision to make delta-8 THC a controlled substance, asking Wednesday why the court should not have authority to enforce an existing law.
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January 14, 2026
Enviro Groups Sue Feds Over Montana Fire, Grazing Plans
Conservation groups are asking a federal district court to block a Bureau of Land Management decision that will allow vegetation management treatments that include widespread prescribed fires and target grazing on 905,000 acres in southwest Montana, arguing the federal agency authorized the project without a specified time frame.
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January 14, 2026
FCC Still Weighing 39% Broadcast Cap, Carr Tells Lawmakers
The Federal Communications Commission hasn't decided whether the law gives it wiggle room to lift the 39% cap on national audience share controlled by a single broadcast chain, a move that would let Nexstar merge with Tegna, the FCC's chief told lawmakers Wednesday.
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January 14, 2026
Miami Man Admits To $250K Zelle Scam In Connecticut
A Florida man has pled guilty to a conspiracy charge in Connecticut federal court over his role in scams that ripped off victims including Zelle users for more than $250,000, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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January 14, 2026
Senate Bill Would Give FCC One Year For Satellite Licensing
A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill unveiled Wednesday would speed up satellite applications by limiting their review at the Federal Communications Commission to one year.
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January 14, 2026
Driver Says Sinclair Oil, Gas Stations Sold Contaminated Fuel
Sinclair Oil distributed gasoline contaminated with diesel fuel to major gas stations, damaging scores of vehicles, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court.
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January 14, 2026
NJ Judge Orders Mediation In Merck-Cencora Indemnity Fight
Cencora Inc. can't derail a Merck third-party complaint arguing a prior settlement between the parties requires the drug wholesaler to indemnify Merck in antitrust litigation by Humana, a New Jersey federal court ruled Wednesday, ordering the parties to go to mediation over the dispute.
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January 14, 2026
Trump Admin Drops Appeal In Transportation Funds Suit
The Trump administration has dropped its First Circuit appeal of an order blocking it from tying billions of dollars in federal transportation funding to states' cooperation with its immigration crackdown.
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January 14, 2026
Alito Denies Bid To Avoid Depos In Texas Hair Bias Suit
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday shot down a bid from a Texas school district seeking to stave off depositions of two district officials in a case alleging the district discriminated against Black students who wore their hair in locs.
Expert Analysis
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How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules
Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving
Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.
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Crypto In 2025: From Federal Deregulation To State Action
The cryptocurrency enforcement landscape evolved in 2025, marked by federal deregulatory trends and active state attorney general enforcement, creating both opportunity and risk for businesses navigating the digital asset market, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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How CFTC Enforcement Shifted In 2025 And What's Next
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pivoted sharply under acting Chairman Caroline Pham in 2025, resulting in a pared-back enforcement docket, sweeping policy changes intended to provide greater transparency, and a renewed focus on fraud prevention and maintaining market integrity for the CFTC's core markets, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Learning From 2025 FCA Trends Targeting PE In Healthcare
False Claims Act enforcement trends and legislative developments from this year signal intensifying state and federal scrutiny of private equity's growing footprint in healthcare, and the urgency of compliance, says Lisa Re at Arnold & Porter.
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Reviewing 2025's State And Federal AI Regulations
In light of increasing state and federal action to oversee the use of artificial intelligence, companies that develop or deploy the technology should keep abreast of current and forthcoming AI laws and consider their applicability to their business activities, says Jessica Brigman at Spencer Fane.
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How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape
As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy, industrial and data-hosting facilities, the effects of evolving technology and persistent labor shortages are reshaping real estate dealmaking, immigration policy debates and government contracting risk, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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4 Privacy Trends This Year With Lessons For Companies
As organizations plan for ongoing privacy law changes, 2025 trends that include a shift of activity from the federal to the state level mean companies should take an adaptive and principle-based approach to privacy programs rather than trying to memorize constantly changing laws, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Opinion
A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court
To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.
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Investment Advisers Should Stay Apprised Of New AI Risks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently issued annual examination priorities reiterate a host of regulatory implications for investment advisers using artificial intelligence tools, highlighting that meaningful ongoing due diligence can help mitigate both operational and regulatory surprises amid AI's rapid evolution, says Christopher Mills at Sidley.
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New Rule Shows NRC Willing To Move Fast To Reform Regs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to forgo public comment and immediately rescind certain rules governing adjudicatory procedures, federal tort claims and disclosure of licensee information signals the agency's intent to accelerate the regulatory streamlining efforts ordered by the president this spring, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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AG Watch: Texas Junk Fee Deal Shows Enforcement Priorities
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.
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Calif. AG's No-Poach Case Reflects Tougher Antitrust Stance
This month, California’s attorney general resolved the latest enforcement action barring the use of no-poach agreements, underscoring an aggressive antitrust enforcement trend with significant increases in criminal and civil penalties, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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A Look At The Wave Of 2025 Email Marketing Suits In Wash.
Since the Washington Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Old Navy in April, more than 30 lawsuits have alleged that a broad range of retailers across industries sent emails that violate the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act, but retailers are unlikely to find clear answers yet, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.
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2025 Noncompete Developments That Led To Inflection Point
Employers must reshape their approaches to noncompete agreements following key 2025 developments, including Delaware's rejection of blue-penciling and the proliferation of state wage thresholds, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.