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Brasília Em Pauta - Edição Nº 208

O "Brasília em Pauta" é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) e Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), bem como importantes questões a serem votadas pela Câmara dos Deputados e Senado Federal.

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Mayer Brown

Sixth Circuit Affirms Attorney-Client Privilege And Work-Product Protection Over Internal Investigation Materials

Internal investigations have become a relatively normal part of doing business, but that does not mean the fruits of those investigations are discoverable even if they have a "business purpose."

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Foley & Lardner

Failure To Timely Join An Indispensable Party Identified After CEQA Suit Was Filed Mandated Dismissal

The Court of Appeal held upheld the dismissal of a CEQA action for failure to timely name a developer that became a real party in interest during the pendency of the action. Citizens for a Better Eureka v. City of Eureka, 111 Cal.App.5th 1114 (2025).

United States Real Estate

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Perkins Coie LLP

Catch-All Provision In County Application Checklist Violated Permit Streamlining Act

A Court of Appeal held that a provision in the County of Amador's checklist for an encroachment permit requiring "[o]ther information as may be required" violated the Permit Streamlining Act. Old Golden Oaks LLC v. County of Amador, 111 Cal.App.5th 794 (2025)...

United States Real Estate

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Perkins Coie LLP

Federal Court Rules SoundExchange Lacks Standing In SiriusXM Royalty Dispute

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Offit Kurman

Student Lending Legislation And Litigation: 2025 Mid-Year Review (Podcast)

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Litigation Minute: A Year After Loper Bright: Lessons From A Legal Shake-Up

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K&L Gates LLP

Seventh Circuit Establishes New Test For Notice To Issue In FLSA And ADEA Collective Actions

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

District Court Refuses To Certify Fair Use Decision For Early Appellate Review

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Merchant & Gould

Restoring Integrity: Leadership Strategies In Times Of Crisis (Podcast)

United States Criminal

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Podcast - The Godfather Of Houston

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Holland & Knight

From Enhancement To Dependency: What The Epidemic Of AI Failures In Law Means For Professionals

United States Technology

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Jones Walker

Judgment Entered In Akkawi, Et Al. v. Sadr, Et Al.

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Madison Law

California Supreme Court Saves But Guts Anti-Arbitration Statute

United States Litigation

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Summary - Tax Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill

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Hall Estill

Analysis Of The 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Legislation

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BakerHostetler

Protectionism Or Free Trade?

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Is The Economy Shifting? Ankura's July 2025 U.S. Economic Tracker Reveals Key Trends

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

A Sigh Of Relief For Public Agencies: Existing Permit Conditions Such As Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees, Imposed On Classes Of Development, Can Satisfy The Nollan/Dolan Test

On July 29, 2025, on remand from the United States Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado held that (1) the Takings Clause does not prohibit permit conditions...

United States Litigation

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

For Embattled Bich Family, "Full Membership" Requires Admittance Without Precondition

We've recently written on a number of disputes arising out of posthumous transfers of corporate ownership interests, particularly where the transfer documents in question (often times, an estate planning device, e.g., a will or a trust instrument) ...

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Seventh Circuit Establishes New Standard For FLSA Conditional Collective Certification: How This May Benefit Employers

The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co. et al. (Aug. 5, 2025) marks a pivotal shift in how district courts manage collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act...

United States Litigation

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Foley & Lardner

A Year After Loper Bright: Lessons From A Legal Shake-Up

In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the US Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old doctrine established in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

United States Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

Trump Administration Can Resume Plans To Fire More Than 1,400 CFPB Employees

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Three Key Tips For Drafting Strong Discovery Requests

United States Commercial

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Offit Kurman

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Qui Tam FCA Suit For Failure To Meet Rule 9(b) Specificity

United States Criminal

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Ninth Circuit Affirms Exclusion Of Expert's Differential Etiology Opinion In Glyphosate Litigation And Upholds Summary Judgment For Manufacturer

United States Consumer

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Duane Morris LLP

Recent Developments In The Law Of Federal Property Fraud: It's A Long And Winding Road

United States Criminal

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Judge Dismisses High-profile Case Involving Allegations Of Racial Discrimination In Appraisals

United States Government

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Trade Secret Plaintiffs Are Not Required To Identify Their Trade Secrets With Particularity Before Beginning Discovery, Says The Ninth Circuit

United States IP

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Foley & Lardner

To Admit Negligence Or Not To Admit Negligence

United States Litigation

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Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy

From Patchwork To Predictability: Missouri's Eviction Rules In 2025

United States Real Estate

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Capes Sokol

Seventh Circuit Richards: A New Flexible Framework For Courts Issuing Notice Of Collective Actions

United States Litigation

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Federal Trade Secret Plaintiffs Are Not Required To Identify Their Trade Secrets With Particularity Before Beginning Discovery, Says The Ninth Circuit

In a recent decision, Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc., No. 23-16093, 2025 WL 2315671 (9th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025), the Ninth Circuit found that a plaintiff...

United States IP

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Foley & Lardner

To Admit Negligence Or Not To Admit Negligence

Civil defense litigators are often faced with the dilemma of whether to admit negligence or contest liability on all issues. In cases where liability is relatively clear, defense counsel...

United States Litigation

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Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy

From Patchwork To Predictability: Missouri's Eviction Rules In 2025

Economic uncertainty continues to put pressure on both tenants and property owners. Rising living costs, higher interest rates, and a cooling job market have led to more missed rent and mortgage payments.

United States Real Estate

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Capes Sokol

Seventh Circuit Richards: A New Flexible Framework For Courts Issuing Notice Of Collective Actions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has provided a new framework for district courts to apply when deciding whether to issue notice to potential plaintiffs...

United States Litigation

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

SCOTUS Spotlight: Navigating Recent Supreme Court Decisions

United States Litigation

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Class Action Decisions Published June 2025

Uninjured Class Members. The Supreme Court had originally granted a writ to decide whether federal courts may certify a Rule 23 damages class that includes both injured and uninjured members...

United States Litigation

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

California Supreme Court Ruling On 30-Day Arbitration Fee Payment Deadline

After several years of conflicting rulings from several Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court has largely settled the dispute as to how a trial court should interpret the California...

United States Litigation

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Madison Law

The Show Can Go On: Second Circuit Analyzes Copyright Grants Involving Play Adaptations Of "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Fans of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, admirers of walk-and-talk screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, Broadway enthusiasts, and devotees of esoteric copyright law recently hit the Venn diagram jackpot.

United States Litigation

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Reavis Page Jump LLP

Non-Compete Fight Yields Mixed Results In Cabrita v. Vitabyte, Inc.

The enforceability of non-compete agreements remains an active issue in New York courts, and a recent Queens County Commercial Division case...

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Preservation Letter Trap

United States Litigation

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Saxton & Stump

Seventh Circuit Adopts More Flexible Standard For Issuing Notice In Collective Actions

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 114: Seventh Circuit Adopts Higher Standard For Certifying Collective Actions (Video)

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

SEC Intensifies Scrutiny Of Chief Compliance Officers

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

Faster Audits, More ADR: IRS Rolls Out Significant LB&I Changes

United States Accounting

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Texas Business Court Jurisdiction Update: HB 40's Limits, Retroactivity, And Aggregation Questions

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Contracting Around Section 1782 Discovery? Second Circuit Rules That Forum-selection Clauses May Weigh Against Discovery Applications Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782

United States Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Nevada Supreme Court Rejects NFL's Bid To Force Coach Jon Gruden Into Arbitration

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

The Constitutional Battle Over False Claims Act Qui Tams And Founding Era History In Zafirov

United States Government

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Permissible Marketing Activity Under EKRA

United States Healthcare

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Holland & Knight

Dismissal Of FCPA Charges Against Ex-Cognizant Execs Sends Early Sign That SEC Will Follow DOJ's Lead

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Switching Sides: When Do Courts Disqualify Expert Witnesses?

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Final Judgment Of Non-Infringement Entered In Alnylam V. Pfizer Vaccine Patent Dispute

United States IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoenas For Epstein Files (Video)

United States Litigation

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Jones Walker

A Recent Fourth Circuit Opinion Signals A Potential Shift In Preliminary Injunction Analysis

United States Litigation

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

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