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• January 20, 2026

  DC Circ. Doubts If EPA Had To Quantify Costs In PFAS Rule

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday seemed to favor the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's position that public comments were properly solicited before labeling two forever chemicals as hazardous substances, and expressed skepticism that the agency should have done a more rigorous analysis of clean-up costs for businesses.

• January 20, 2026

  Split 11th Circuit Upholds SEC's $1M Penny Stock Victory

  A divided Eleventh Circuit has upheld a nearly $1 million judgment that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won in a penny stock fraud case, finding that the remedy is not time-barred and cannot be overturned based on a question similar to one facing the U.S. Supreme Court.

• January 20, 2026

  Justices To Clarify What's Fair Game With 'Skinny Labels'

  A new U.S. Supreme Court patent case that will require the justices to spell out what generic-drug makers can say when marketing drugs with so-called skinny labels will shape whether and how those companies use the tactic of carving out patented uses from labels, attorneys say.

• January 20, 2026

  Profs Urge Justices To Affirm Cuban Property Seizure Ruling

  Professors with expertise in sovereign immunity law have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a D.C. Circuit decision that a federal act letting U.S. victims of Cuban property seizures seek damages does not automatically void the immunity of state entities targeted in such cases.

• January 20, 2026

  FTC Appeals Meta Loss To DC Circ.

  The Federal Trade Commission gave notice Tuesday that it would seek D.C. Circuit intervention over a federal judge's rejection of its lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of illegally monopolizing personal social media through what the agency described as a buy-or-bury strategy behind the Facebook parent's purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp.

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