10/1/2026 5:25:20 PM California Governor Signs Legislation Curtailing CIPA Website Claims By Melody McAnally Businesses operating websites and mobile applications have faced a growing wave of lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act...
10/1/2026 1:39:30 PM TDEC Adopts Amendments to its Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit (ARAP) Regulations Providing Clarity and Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Development in Tennessee. By J.W. Luna Hart Knight Timothy Roth On June 16, the Tennessee Board of Water Quality, Oil and Gas (“Board”) formally adopted proposed amendments to the State’s Aquatic...
9/25/2026 1:17:50 PM How OIG Used Data Analytics and Extrapolation in a $12.4 Million Hospital Audit By Jonathan Werne The HHS Office of Inspector General’s (“OIG”) September 2026 audit of Methodist Hospital located in San Antonio, Texas (“Hospital”) shows...
9/23/2026 5:43:59 PM When Can You Go to Court Before the Texas Agency Process Is Over? By J.R. Johnson When a Texas regulator takes a position with serious consequences for a business, the administrative proceeding may not be the only place...
9/18/2026 5:21:52 PM Out of the Office, But at the Bargaining Table: Remote and Hybrid Work Move Into Collective Bargaining By Keith Mier David Block Employers have often treated remote work as a flexible workplace policy, or something that can be expanded, modified or withdrawn as...
9/17/2026 1:35:36 PM Before the Storm: Four Steps Businesses Should Take Now to Protect a Future Standard Flood Insurance Policy Claim By Butler Snow September is peak hurricane season. Even in a quieter year, the best time to address flood-claim documentation and insurance issues is...
9/10/2026 1:35:10 PM When AI Reviews Your Legal Bills, What Else Is It Learning? By Melanie Jayashankar Corporate legal departments increasingly use third party platforms and managed billing services to review outside counsel invoices. In...
9/10/2026 1:34:25 PM Litigation Financing in Tennessee: Five Things In-House Counsel Should Know By Austin Hord For many years now, third-party litigation financing has become an increasingly relevant consideration for parties to litigation...
9/4/2026 1:28:12 PM Seeking to recuse a judge is risky, but at times, it’s a risk that must be taken By Craig Enoch “When you strike at a king” begins the legendary admonition by Ralph Waldo Emerson to a young Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.[1] The young...
8/31/2026 5:41:16 PM FinCEN Finalizes Changes to the Corporate Transparency Act By Doug Weissinger Randy McClanahan We previously wrote about the Treasury Department and FinCEN’s issuance of an interim rule declining to enforce penalties or fines...
8/31/2026 5:39:11 PM NIH Proposes New Requirement to Share Study Results with Research Participants By Cara Baer On August 27, 2026, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Request for Information seeking public comment on a draft policy...
8/25/2026 1:23:29 PM Texas Data Center Policy: What Has Changed and What to Watch By Esme Thoman Key Takeaways Texas’ approach to data center development continues to evolve. As Butler Snow previously reported, Governor Greg Abbott’s...
8/21/2026 1:54:24 PM Montgomery v. Caribe Transport By Art Spratlin Nicole Broussard For years now, state and federal courts have been split over a simple, yet complex question: Does federal law preempt state law claims...
8/20/2026 5:14:50 PM Winning $23.8 Million Is One Thing. Collecting It Is Another: Van Leeuwen v. Rebel Meets Chapter 11 By John Dollarhide A nearly $24 million trademark judgment tends to get attention. But Van Leeuwen Ice Cream LLC v. Rebel Creamery LLC is quickly becoming...
8/19/2026 1:20:58 PM Louisiana’s Behind the Counter Protection Act Expands Workplace Violence Protections By Angelle Crochet The Louisiana Behind the Counter Protection Act (“LBCPA”), which took effect on August 1, 2026, aims to deter workplace violence against...
8/19/2026 1:20:42 PM Mississippi Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Claims Arising from Withdrawn Medical Consent By Rebecca Hamilton On August 6, 2026, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Brown v. Davey-Sullivan that establishes a framework...