Outgoing Chief Justice: ‘We Can’t Just Assume We Have The Public’s Trust’
As he reaches Hawaiʻi's age limit to serve, Mark Recktenwald calls for more transparency “so the public can see what we are doing.” ...
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Beneficial Ownership Interest Reporting To Go Forward
The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed the preliminary injunction in the Texas Top Cop Shop case, allowing FINCEN Beneficial Ownership Interest Reporting to proceed.
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Supreme Court lifts injunction on Corporate Transparency Act
The Supreme Court lifted an injunction on the Corporate Transparency Act and its beneficial ownership information reporting requirement that had been imposed by a federal appeals court.
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Courts continue weighing Georgia's political maps, with potentially broad implications for Voting Rights Act
The long-running fight over Georgia's district lines for Congress and the state legislature could have broader implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act.
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The US Supreme Court Addresses the Standard of Proof for Exemptions Under the FLSA
The Supreme Court of the United States rejected a higher standard of proof for employers to demonstrate that an employee is exempt under the ...
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Legal Fights Highlight Clashes Over Transgender Students’ Pronouns in Schools
A federal court weighs the case of a teacher who refused to use students' chosen names and pronouns, as similar questions arise elsewhere.
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Red states urge Supreme Court to block suits against big oil
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...
Supreme Court Reinstates Corporate Disclosure Law Pending Challenge
The law requires potentially millions of local businesses to disclose their “beneficial owners,” or anyone with at least a 25% interest or who controls the business, to a federal regulator.
Georgia asks federal appeals court to tighten Voting Rights Act
The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act. The state asked a federal appeals court to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make it much harder to ...
Supreme Court reinstates federal anti-money laundering law
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reinstate a federal anti-money laundering law at the federal government’s request as a legal challenge proceeds in a lower court. The court’s ...
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Second Circuit Joins Other Circuits with AKS One Purpose Test
On December 27, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided United States ex rel. Camburn v. Novartis ...
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Business filing rules on hold as courts weigh Corporate Transparency Act
Off-again, on-again requirements for businesses to report ownership information to federal regulators are now off again, while provisions of the anti-money laundering U.S. Corporate Transparency Act ...