/publicpolicy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Public Policy Copyright 2025 sa国际传媒. en-US Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:03:28 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2420165?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2420165 As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:32:36 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425466?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425466 A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday refused to block聽the Trump administration's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, ruling in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit challenging the fee that President Donald Trump has "broad authority" to restrict noncitizens' entry. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:05:50 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425454 An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:39:27 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425446?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425446 Washington state apple and hops producer Cornerstone Ranches and associated companies will pay $1 million to resolve claims by Attorney General Nick Brown that the farm fired local agricultural workers in favor of hiring temporary, foreign employees, according to a consent decree announced by the attorney general's office on Tuesday. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:20:12 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425381?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425381 Philadelphia on Tuesday sued drug manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, along with several pharmacy benefit managers, joining multidistrict litigation in New Jersey federal court accusing the companies of illegally inflating the price of insulin. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:04:46 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425413?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425413 LivCor LLC, a subsidiary of Blackstone, has agreed to a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that would resolve allegations the landlord used RealPage's revenue management software to fix rent prices, according to a proposed consent decree filed in North Carolina federal court Tuesday. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:01:43 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425316 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has unveiled a pair of proposals aiming to, among other things, preempt state laws requiring banks it regulates to make interest payments for escrow accounts connected to certain types of residential mortgage loans, calling it a "critical tool for reducing unnecessary burden." Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:52:02 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425426 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Tuesday said it is moving to amend its heightened standards guidelines for insured national banks to decrease the number of lenders subject to the toughest standards from 38 to eight. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:35:36 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425177?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425177 A group of Democratic U.S. senators has asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick not to move forward with a proposed overhaul of the U.S. patent fee system that reportedly would implement fees based on a patent's value, saying such changes would create a "prohibitive bar to innovation for start-ups and other small-to-mid-size businesses." Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:47:03 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2419001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2419001 Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that erected stricter boundaries on federal environmental reviews and permitting highlighted an action-packed 2025 for energy and environmental litigation. Here, Law360 looks back at this year's most consequential court decisions in energy and environmental law. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:37:46 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2424822?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2424822 Right-leaning institutions are lining up behind Google before an Ohio appeals court to argue that the state is trying to "skirt the First Amendment" by fighting to have the internet titan classified as a common carrier and a lower court was right to rebuff the attempt. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:31:05 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425315?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425315 To align with objections set by the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is turning its attention to "debanking" moving forward and has closed all open investigations that were based on disparate impact liability or unintentional discrimination. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:04:41 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2424135?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2424135 From a landmark settlement that looks to reshape the future of college athletics to an eye-popping victory for a golf legend, the sports legal world was teeming with cases that commanded attorneys' attention throughout 2025. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:54:39 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2424728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2424728 The Kansas City Chiefs are leaving their longtime home in Missouri to play in a new, $3 billion stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, that state's governor and the NFL team announced. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:20:12 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2424691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2424691 Alaska is fighting opposition to its Supreme Court bid to reverse a Ninth Circuit order that barred it from opening part of the Kuskokwim River to all fishers, telling the justices that the U.S. and tribal associations are urging them to "just look the other way." Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:57:44 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425105?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425105 The Trump administration finalized changes to the H-1B lottery Tuesday, unveiling a final rule it said will favor higher-paid and higher-skilled positions and tamp down on employers exploiting the program to hire low-wage workers and depress the wages of U.S. workers. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:52:18 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425141 The U.S. government urged the Ninth Circuit to stay a court order barring agencies from laying off workers through next month under the shutdown deal, saying the court intruded on federal labor panels' territory and the funding resolution didn't bar layoffs agencies had in the works. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:37:54 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2425343?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2425343 Chicago's mayor said Tuesday that he will neither sign nor veto the City Council's $16.6 billion budget, which does not contain the $33-per-employee monthly tax on larger employers he sought, meaning it will take effect without his signature. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:35:01 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2424984?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2424984 The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 holding in the controversial eminent domain case Kelo v. New London remains intact despite multiple challenges to urban development projects, but its unpopularity has spurred most states to spend the past 20 years reshaping their land-taking laws. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:27:28 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2418969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2418969 New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney.