Public Policy

  • California authorities announced on Friday that the state’s entertainment industry can get up and running again by next week, laying out some basic guidelines for restarting production amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The Fifth Circuit on Thursday upended a district court order won by Texas Democrats that directed the Lone Star State to allow all voters to use mail-in ballots, with the appeals panel saying the lower court’s decision “will be remembered more for audacity than legal reasoning”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday called for a probe into the recent revelation that the Trump administration turned over information submitted by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applicants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite promises to keep the information private… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday vacated a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing the herbicide dicamba to be used on cotton and soybean crops, saying the regulator “substantially understated” the risks associated with the weedkiller produced by several major agrochemical companies… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A group of entertainment industry organizations and companies sent a proposal on Monday to the governors of California and New York setting forth guidelines for how to safely get motion picture productions up and running again amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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