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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
January 14, 2026
Biotech Co. CytoDyn In Talks To End Investor Class Action

A federal judge has given the green light for biotech company CytoDyn Inc. and its former leadership to move forward with a potential settlement of a proposed class action that accused the company of misleading shareholders over the alleged approval of its COVID-19 and HIV drug.
January 14, 2026
'The Work Has Changed': How White-Collar Attys Are Coping

The Trump administration's dramatic policy enforcement changes over the past year, along with turmoil and turnover at the U.S. Department of Justice, has tilted the white-collar world on its axis, forcing lawyers and firms to abruptly shift focus and expand their practices, sometimes beyond traditional white-collar criminal defense matters.
January 14, 2026
Vizient Beats Spurned Medical Tape Supplier At 5th Circ.

A Fifth Circuit panel refused to revive an antitrust suit accusing medical supplies group purchasing giant Vizient of locking in hospital customers, agreeing with a district court that a spurned would-be supplier failed at the threshold question of showing a market in which Vizient could be dominant.
January 14, 2026
SG Asks High Court To Reshuffle Sides In AT&T Fine Case

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to realign the parties' designations in a combined case over the Federal Communications Commission's penalty powers after the justices recently granted review.
January 14, 2026
Poultry Co. Reaches $5M Deal In Okla. Water Pollution Suit

A poultry producer found to have polluted waters in Oklahoma reached a settlement with the state Wednesday, agreeing to pay $5 million for remediation and conservation projects, according to Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
January 14, 2026
MoFo Taps Ex-FTX GC, Associate Counsel As Fintech Partners

The former top lawyer and another former in-house counsel at imploded cryptocurrency exchange FTX have joined Morrison Foerster LLP as partners in its financial services and fintech industry groups, the firm announced on Wednesday.
January 14, 2026
$9.6M Deal Over Capital One 401(k) Forfeitures Gets 1st OK

A New York federal judge preliminarily approved Capital One Financial Corp.'s $9.6 million settlement to end a proposed class action alleging it improperly used $42.65 million in forfeited employee funds that were paid into the company's retirement plan to reduce its own contributions instead of curtailing administrative costs.
January 14, 2026
IRS Clarifies 1st-Year 100% Depreciation Deduction Eligibility

The IRS unveiled guidance Wednesday governing the eligibility for and calculation of a retooled tax deduction for the additional first year of depreciation of an asset-producing property, including sound recording production machines, reflecting changes enacted in the July budget reconciliation law.
January 14, 2026
NY High Court Upholds Manhattan Artist Loft Conversion Fee

New York's highest court has decided to keep in place a fee that New York City charges for converting designated artists' lofts in Lower Manhattan into regular residential units, rejecting arguments from a neighborhood group that the charge amounts to an unconstitutional uncompensated taking.
January 14, 2026
NJ High Court Says Inmate Record Ban Violates Constitution

The New Jersey Supreme Court said in a reversal Wednesday that the state's parole board cannot bar the disclosure to inmates of medical, psychiatric and psychological records used to determine their parole eligibility, finding that withholding this information from them is unconstitutional and against state law.
January 14, 2026
Wholesaler Admits To $2.5M Opioid Diversion Scheme

A Miami-based pharmaceutical wholesaler has signed on to a two-year deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors over a charge that it knowingly diverted opioids to "pill mill" pharmacies, bringing in more than $2.5 million.
January 14, 2026
Pharma Co. Consultant Charged With Insider Trading

A New Jersey man is facing securities fraud charges after using his access to drug trial results for a Boston-area pharmaceutical company to make nearly $500,000 in profits, federal prosecutors say.
January 14, 2026
Alternative Asset 401(k) Investing Rule Sent To OMB

The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm related to fiduciary duties involved with alternative asset investing in 401(k)s, marking the last hurdle before the regulations' release for public comment.
January 14, 2026
Boeing Settles Latest 737 Max Ethiopian Air Case Before Trial

Boeing has agreed to settle the wrongful death case of a man who lost his parents and sister in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash of 2019, striking a deal following the selection of a jury and just ahead of planned opening arguments in the Chicago trial on Wednesday morning.
January 13, 2026
Sen. Crypto Bill Tees Up DeFi, Stablecoin Yield For Key Hearing

The Senate Banking Committee's latest proposal to regulate crypto markets takes on issues like decentralized finance, stablecoin interest and customer protections not addressed in previous versions, but experts said the text is far from final and much is to be hammered out at a key hearing this week.
January 13, 2026
States Lose Bid To Freeze EPA Solar Grant Funds, For Now

A Seattle federal judge Tuesday denied a coalition of states' bid to preliminarily block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from cutting solar power grant programs as they challenge the agency's termination of its $7 billion Biden-era "Solar for All" program.

Expert Analysis

How OECD Tax Update Tackles Mobile Workforce Complexity

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recently updated model tax convention — a recalibration of international tax principles in response to an increasingly mobile workforce — should prompt companies to reevaluate cross-border operations, transfer pricing policies and tax controversy strategies, say attorneys at Eversheds.
Reviewing 2025's Most Pertinent Wiretap Developments

2025 was a remarkable year in the world of web tracking wiretapping litigation, not only for the increased caseload but also because of numerous developing theories of liability, with disputes expected to continue unabated in 2026, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
M&A Midmarket Shows Resilience Amid 2025 Challenges

Midmarket mergers and acquisitions showed a slight decline in volume but climbed in value for much of 2025, particularly in the private equity space, indicating that the middle market M&A environment is cautious but steady heading into 2026, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.
Series

Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.
2025 Brought A New Paradigm For Federal Banking Regulation

A series of thematic shifts defined banking regulation in 2025, including a fundamental reform of prudential supervision, a strategic easing of capital constraints, steps to streamline merger reviews, and a new framework for fair access and entrants seeking to offer banking services, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
What 2025 Transpo And Logistics Legal Trends Mean For 2026

2025 was challenging for the transportation and logistics sector, with emergent trends including dramatic federal policy shifts, developments in tort risk, and a host of mergers and acquisitions — but a review of these themes offers a useful playbook for where the industry is headed in 2026, says Jonathan Todd at Benesch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.