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  • May 19, 2026

    NJ Plans To Take 3rd Circ. Kalshi Loss To US Supreme Court

    New Jersey plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a recent Third Circuit decision that upheld an injunction on the state's attempt to ban sports prediction markets, according to a joint status report filed by the state and KalshiEx LLC in New Jersey federal court. 

  • May 19, 2026

    What Model Risk Guidance Update Means For Banks

    Federal prudential regulators recently issued new model risk management guidance for banks that is designed to reduce prescriptive supervisory expectations and instead focus more on material financial risk, so banking organizations should reassess their model inventories, apply the new materiality framework and update their internal policies, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • May 19, 2026

    Panel Says Solar Cos. Lack Standing Over Grid Upgrade Bill

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday tossed solar development companies' claims that a regional transmission organization's flawed methodology led to an assignment of $311 million in grid upgrade costs to facilitate their grid connection requests, finding the developers lack standing.

  • May 19, 2026

    SunZia, Feds Say Claims Can't Upend Built Ariz. Power Line

    SunZia Transmission LLC and the U.S. Department of the Interior are asking an Arizona district court to dismiss a challenge to the construction of a 520-mile power line route through the San Pedro Valley, saying the "late-breaking" litigation is one of the greatest threats to completing needed energy infrastructure.

  • May 19, 2026

    DC Urges Panel To Uphold National Guard Injunction

    The District of Columbia said neither federal law nor the D.C. Code authorizes the president's deployment of the D.C. National Guard for law-enforcement activities in the district, urging the D.C. Circuit to uphold an injunction barring the deployment.

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