Missouri’s Republican-dominated legislature gave final approval to new congressional lines endorsed by President Donald Trump and designed to wrest a House seat from Democrats in the 2026 election.
NEW YORK’S LABOR LAW asserting state authority over private-sector labor disputes and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) earlier this month is the target of a soon-to-be-filed lawsuit from the general counsel’s office for the National Labor Relations Board.
The California legislature has tabled a bill that would have restricted the scope of Los Angeles’ tax on property sales over $5 million.
The Justice Department along with Republican-led states, senators, and former attorneys general implored the US Supreme Court to keep cases from Louisiana parishes accusing fossil fuel companies of coastal destruction in federal court.
The Trump administration’s move to rescind the Biden-era Public Lands Rule eliminates a nascent plan to use conservation to limit oil and gas development on 245 million acres of federal land before it gets underway.
Delaware recently changed its corporate laws to make them more favorable to companies being sued by their shareholders and the mega-firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz was deeply involved in that process. On this episode of our podcast, On The Merits, Bloomberg Law’s Jennifer Kay and Roy Strom talk about what firms like Wachtell did in Delaware and what they stand to gain.
A federal judge has again rejected business groups seeking to pause California’s corporate emissions disclosure law.
The Second Circuit on Friday concluded that New York State’s gun license requirements are likely constitutional and declined to prohibit the state from enforcing its licensing law.
The House is expected to vote next week on a bill that would grant the president sole authority to nominate judges to Washington’s busiest local court, eliminating the city’s 52-year-old commission used to identify candidates for the bench.
Democrat Derek Tran won the Nov. 5 election in California’s 45th Congressional District over Rep. Michelle Steel (R), who conceded Wednesday.
Republican Nick Begich unseated Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, the Associated Press said Wednesday.
Democrat Janelle Bynum unseated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th District, the Associated Press said Thursday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked a federal court to prevent special counsel Jack Smith from destroying documents related to his investigation and prosecution of president-elect Donald Trump.
The idea of injecting more politics into filling state supreme court seats through partisan elections has taken hold in some Republican circles, and momentum could pick up after the party’s success this week in North Carolina and Ohio.
A convicted felon in New York may help determine whether Republicans hold all the levers of government in Washington next year.
