Public Policy
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Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday took advantage of a recent Trump administration policy change to launch a multimillion-dollar suit under the Helms-Burton Act, alleging two Cuban companies have made use of property seized from the oil and gas behemoth since Fidel Castro came to power… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s “gag rule” barring federal-funded health care providers from giving abortion referrals from taking effect in the Golden State, a day after a judge in Washington issued a nationwide injunction… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The National Rifle Association of America says Los Angeles violated the Constitution by passing a local ordinance this year requiring prospective city contractors to reveal any contracts with or sponsorship of the gun rights group, according to a suit filed Wednesday in California federal court. Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday waived a slew of environmental protection and conservation laws that it said could hinder the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, repeating a move that previously landed the agency in federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Attorney General Bill Barr can work on a Justice Department probe of an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme involving the 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund, despite his former employer Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s involvement in the case, according to an Office of Government Ethics waiver… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 