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9.18.25
Takeways On Tuesday, September 16, the Chairman of Michigan’s House Regulatory Reform Committee, Representative Joseph Aragona, introduced a package of bills to address two significant problems…
9.12.25
Takeaways On September 10, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-56 to impose more rigorous regulations on THC products derived from hemp. The order comes amid legislative…
9.04.25
Trending Up/Trending Down: Artificial Intelligence
Trending Up: Liability by Algorithm Lawmakers and courts are shifting from theory to rulemaking as AI takes the wheel, bringing new questions about fault along for the ride. Recent legislation in the…
8.20.25
New CCPA Regulations: Culture Change and the Rise of the ex ante Framework
Takeaways Summary After a tortured process taking years, the California Privacy Protection Agency has finalized the long-awaited amendments to the CCPA Regulations. The final package of regulations,…
8.14.25
Second Circuit Says Social Equity Goals Cannot Justify Discriminatory Application Process
Takeaways On Tuesday, August 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the second federal appellate court to invalidate a state cannabis licensure program that discriminates against…
8.07.25
Welcome to the June/July edition of At the Wheel: An Automotive Roundup. We begin with highlights from our recent Automotive Legal Summit, a one-day event packed with valuable insights and dynamic…
8.06.25
Protect Your License: Dykema Launches Michigan Cannabis Compliance & Risk Mitigation Training
Flat-fee training prepares your team for inspections, reduces risk, and helps avoid penalties Recent reporting showed that in 2024, the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) issued more than twice…
7.24.25
Texas Senate Continues to Push Broad Ban on Hemp-Derived THC in Special Session
Takeaways The Texas Legislature kicked off a special session Monday, July 21, 2025, to address more than a dozen matters, including responding to Governor Greg Abbott’s recent veto of a full THC ban…
7.14.25
The Supreme Court held in Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. that retailers of e-cigarette products are “persons adversely affected” by an FDA denial order under the Family Smoking…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Affirms Rule 60(b)’s High Bar to Reopen Final Judgments
In a unanimous and notable decision, the Supreme Court in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed the strict threshold imposed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6), holding that a party may not…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Clarifies Venue for Environmental Challenges
In a 6-2 decision authored by Justice Thomas, the Supreme Court held in consolidated cases Oklahoma v. EPA and PacifiCorp v. EPA that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s disapprovals of 21…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Clears the Way for Executive Control
A divided Ninth Circuit panel declined to push the pause button on a San Francisco-based district court’s nationwide injunction blocking the government from carrying out President Trump’s executive…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Nondelegation Challenge to FCC’s Universal Service Program
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Universal Service Program (USP) does not violate the nondelegation doctrine. Justice Kagan wrote the…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Rules District Courts Lack Power to Issue Universal Injunctions
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that federal district courts lack authority under the Judiciary Act of 1789 to issue universal (or nationwide) injunctions. Justice Barrett wrote the…
7.14.25
Decision Alert: The Supreme Court Holds That Fuel Producers Have Standing to Sue EPA
The Supreme Court held 7-2 in Diamond Alternative Energy v. Environmental Protection Agency that fuel producers have standing to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s approval of…
7.09.25
The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act Is the Next Evolution in Consumer Privacy Rights
Key Takeaways: Summary: Starting July 31, Minnesota will join the growing list of U.S. states with its own comprehensive consumer data privacy law, but with a key difference. Signed into law in 2024,…
7.07.25
Key Takeaways: As every reader of this blog should know, on June 21, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 3, a measure that would have effectively banned consumable hemp products…
7.01.25
CRA’s July 2025 Updated Disciplinary Guidelines: A Much-Needed Lifeline
Takeaways During last week’s CRA quarterly public hearing, Executive Director Brian Hanna indicated that the agency would be releasing updated disciplinary guidelines that would reflect a change in…
7.01.25
Decision Alert: Retirees Cannot Bring a Claim Under the ADA as a “Qualified Individual”
In Stanley v. City of Sanford, the Court held 7-2 that a retiree is not a “qualified individual” under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as the statute applies only to…
7.01.25
In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the Supreme Court unanimously determined 8-0 that the D.C. Circuit failed to afford the Surface Transportation Board (STB) the…
