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DOL Won’t Fight Final Motion for Final Judgement in Second Fiduciary Rule Case

After choosing not to defend the regulation in an earlier case, the Department of Labor has again declined to oppose a motion for final judgment in a second legal challenge to the fiduciary rule.
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The LDT Final Rule Bites the Dust: Examining the Repercussions of the Federal Court’s Vacatur and What the Future May Hold

On March 31, 2025, Judge Sean D. Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks the statutory authority to regulate ...
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Final Means Final: Supreme Court Reaffirms Strict Limits on Post-Judgment Amendments

When is a final judgment not final? In an opinion by Justice Thomas unanimously reversing the Second Circuit, the Supreme Court reaffirmed on June 5 that the bar for reopening a final judgment under ...
Law

Final Judgment Stands in Ripple Case Despite SEC Enforcement Shift

Parties failed to show grounds to unwind the final judgment under Rule 60(b). Judge Torres said final judgments are not private property but public legal assets. The judge emphasized that public ...
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FDA scraps ‘Final Rule’ classifying LDTs as medical devices

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has chosen to axe its ‘Final Rule’ from May 2024, bringing to an end a long-running agency-industry dispute around the proposed classification of ...
Law

Semantics of Order, Final Judgment: State Appellate Court Declines to Consider Attorney Fee Challenge

"In other words, Missouri law is clear that a motion that is expressly declared by Supreme Court Rule to be an independent action must be resolved by an independent judgment that meets the ...