ArticleNixing Discovery On Foreign Regulatory SubmissionsThe cases we typically write about focus on events after medical products have made their way through the applicable regulatory process and been marketed in the United States. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleSpecial Water Supply Edition: California Environmental Law & Policy UpdateCalifornia faces mounting water challenges as Lake Mead and Lake Powell reach historic lows, prompting innovative solutions like interstate water sharing and desalination programs. Meanwhile, state lawmakers debate how to balance the water demands of AI-driven data centers with conservation needs, and regulators advance major infrastructure projects including the controversial Delta Conveyance Tunnel and Sites Reservoir amid environmental concerns. United StatesEnvironmentAllen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
ArticleEighth Circuit Upholds Businesses' Discretion To Control Their Own BrandsIn a recent decision, the Eighth Circuit held that a retailer could, consistent with the National Labor Relations Act, terminate an employee who displayed a political message on the company-branded uniform. United StatesEmployment and HRWiley Rein
ArticleThe Impact Of Covid-19 On Property Damage ClaimsThe COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause unprecedented disruption to businesses and has seen widespread disquiet for insurers faced with challenges to cover interpretation and criticism...United KingdomCoronavirus (COVID-19)BLM
ArticleState AGs In The News - April 24th, 2014Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Mid-Year Report on Student Loan Complaints Reveals Reports of Auto-Default When Co-Signer Dies or Files Bankruptcy.United StatesPrivacyBlank Rome
ArticleCriminologists call for divestment in police and prisons to end First Nations injusticeAn letter to the government calls for an end to the overcriminalisation and overincarceration of indigenous Australians.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleCalifornia Legislature Sends Fracking Bill To Governor’s DeskOn September 11, 2013, California moved significantly closer to adopting a statewide regulatory framework for hydraulic fracturing operations after both the State Assembly and the Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 4. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBingham McCutchen
ArticleTrump Issues Sweeping Executive Order on Energy, Environment, and Climate ChangeOn March 28, 2017, President Trump issued his long-awaited Executive Order, entitled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" (EO), outlining his plan to reconsider and withdraw actions taken by President Obama to address global climate change.United StatesEnvironmentArnold & Porter
ArticleTrump Administration's Budget Blueprint Calls For Significant Impacts To Environmental ProgramsThe Trump Administration unveiled significant rollbacks in funding for federal agencies when it released its Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again on March 16, 2017. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesHolland & Knight
ArticleTrump Administration's Budget Blueprint Calls For Significant Impacts To Environmental ProgramsThe Trump Administration unveiled significant rollbacks in funding for federal agencies when it released its Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again on March 16, 2017.United StatesEnvironmentHolland & Knight
ArticleFederal Courts Undertake Choice Of Law AnalysesUnder Fed. R. Evid. 501, federal courts sitting in diversity apply their host jurisdiction's choice of law principles in determining which state's privilege law applies. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMcGuireWoods LLP
ArticleMining Laws And Regulations USA 2025The U.S. legal system consists of many levels of codified and uncodified federal, State, and local laws. The government's regulatory authority at each level may originate from constitutions, statutes, administrative...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMayer Brown
ArticleOne Size Does Not Fit All: Courts Exercise Discretion In Addressing The Need For Remote Depositions In The Wake Of COVID-19As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, courts across the country are responding by modifying their standard procedures in the hopes of mitigating the spread of the virus.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
ArticleEnhanced COVID policing is fast becoming the new normSince COVD-19 appeared, police forces nationwide have been turning up the volume against any public demonstrations.AustraliaCriminal LawSydney Criminal Lawyers
ArticleBiden Administration Begins Comprehensive Review Of Trump-Era Environmental RulesOn his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order titled "Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis."United StatesEnvironmentWilmerHale
ArticleDepartment Of The Interior Recognizes Colosseum Mine's Continuing Right To Mine Gold And Explore For Rare Earth ElementsThis week, the U.S. Department of the Interior ("DOI") publicly confirmed the ongoing rights of Colosseum Rare Metals, Inc. ("CRM") to continue mining operations at the Colosseum Mine...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesJeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP
ArticleWilmerHale ENsights - December 13, 2016President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to lead his energy, environment and natural resources teams are proving the old adage "Personnel is policy" true. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesWilmerHale
ArticleCourt Overturns Biological Opinion For Relying On Unenforceable Conservation MeasuresIn Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, decided by the Ninth Circuit on October 22, the court overturned a Biological Opinion issued by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for the Ruby Pipeline Project.United StatesEnvironmentPerkins Coie LLP
ArticleDefendant Wipes Out After Getting Caught In The Riptide And Is Sanctioned For Ill-Conceived Motion To Compel In Surf Tech LitigationThis case presents an example of a district court's use of the "proportionality" requirement of Rule 26 to limit overbroad discovery.United StatesIntellectual PropertyAkin
ArticlePTAB Denies Petition Overlooking Objective Indicia Of Non-ObviousnessThe submission of so-called "objective indicia of non-obviousness" at the PTAB is rarely effective, especially in the predictable arts (i.e., mechanical/electrical). United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP