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Jury Trials for Environmental Enforcement: What Now After 'SEC v. Jarkesy'?

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, holding that the SEC cannot assess civil penalties for securities fraud through an administrative tribunal.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Views From Two Trenches: Supreme Court Limits SEC's Ability to Use Internal Proceedings

Without its home-court advantage, the SEC will have to litigate its cases in federal court—a process that is more complex and resource-intensive. But the SEC has been preparing for this eventuality for years.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Top 10 Tips for the 2024 Hurricane Season

"This season is particularly concerning as it has been well covered in the media that FEMA could run out of readily available disaster aid during the height of this hurricane season," write Wendy Huff Ellard, Danielle M. Aymond and Jordan Corbitt.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

'I'd Send a Clear Message': Nominee Wants to Change FDIC's Toxic Culture

The law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton released an independent report in May on the FDIC, finding that the agency failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct. Last month, Goldsmith Romero was nominated to succeed Martin Gruenberg, who has come under fire for the FDIC's reportedly toxic work culture.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Paul Weiss Alleges US Education Dept. Unlawfully Closed Penn Antisemitism Probe

Liz Magill resigned as the University of Pennsylvania's president last December after providing controversial testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education. Magill suggested "context" would determine whether calling for the "genocide of the Jewish people" violates Penn's code of conduct.
3 minute read

Law.com

Simpson Thacher, ACLU Seek Expedited Preliminary Injunction Against Law Requiring 10 Commandments Be Posted in Classrooms

Jonathan Youngwood, a partner and global co-chair of Simpson Thacher's Litigation Department, which took on the case pro bono, told Law.com that the plaintiffs have asked U.S. District Court Judge John W. deGravelles to consider their preliminary injunction on an expedited basis.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

EPA Chief Defends Agency Regs Amid GOP Questions Regarding Statutory Authority, Financial Impact

"Our partnership and our open and transparent dialogue with Congress is key to ensuring that my agency can carry its mission of protecting public health and the environment," EPA Administrator Michael Regan said.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Senators Grill Judicial Nominee Over Articles Touching on Political Topics

Republicans questioned Noёl Wise—a state court judge who is the White House's choice to serve on the Northern District of California federal bench—over her writings, which some argued veered into political commentary.
6 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Denies Family's En Banc Request in Nazi-Looted Art Case

Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Barrett said the Cassirer family may take its quest to recover a Pissarro painting back to the U.S. Supreme Court.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Don't Fall Into the Trap': Lawyer for Menendez Urges Jurors to Remain Skeptical

Paul Hastings partner Adam Fee argued that key witnesses in the case, including former New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and cooperating witness Jose Uribe, did not inculpate Menendez.
3 minute read

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