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Federal Judge Adam B. Abelson has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against key parts of two DEI executive orders, citing constitutional concerns. The orders were challenged for vagueness and First Amendment violations, particularly regarding viewpoint discrimination.

On February 5, 2025, her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued two memos explaining steps being taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 14173 of January 21, 2025 entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity.”Read More

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This EO revokes longstanding Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment Opportunity), originally signed by President Lyndon Johnson, which mandated...Read More

The recent Florida appellate case of Bandklayder Development, LLC v. Sabga, provides an important lesson regarding damages for construction defects – that damages for construction defects must be proven based on costs of repair measured as of the date of the breach, not current repair costs as of the time of trial. ...Read More

President-elect Donald Trump recently stated on November 25, 2024, his intention to impose tariffs of 25% on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada on his first day in office unless those countries do more to stop the flow of migrants and the opioid fentanyl into the United States. Among other commodities, significant amounts...Read More

This past Friday, employers scored a victory when a Texas federal judge struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule which increased the salary levels for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated employee overtime exemptions. The court’s ruling...Read More

Shutts & Bowen would like to inform you that earlier this week the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced a temporary postponement of the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting deadlines for companies impacted by recent hurricanes and other major storms. This extension aims to...Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau recently announced its first Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act (“TIFIA”) loan for transit-oriented development projects.  Such loans support transportation development with a variety of financing structures, including...Read More

On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Texas issued a final order in the pending case, Ryan v. FTC, holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) exceeded its authority in issuing a ban on noncompete clauses. This ruling effectively halts nationwide the implementation of the FTC’s controversial new rule (the...Read More

In April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a Rule banning most non-compete provisions in the employment setting, with an effective date of September 4, 2024. Thus far, there have been three major federal decisions on the Rule, two halting its enforcement — currently as to the parties to the cases only — and the...Read More