The Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, 605 U.S. ___ (2025). The Court held that NEPA requires environmental assessments only of the specific project under review, not of side effects caused by separate actions. It also reaffirmed courts must show strong deference to agency decisions on environmental…
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In Moss & Assocs., LLC v. Peterson, 406 So. 3d 344, 346–50 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2025), the Appellate Court for Third District affirmed Florida’s requirement for a pre-suit notice of construction defect, quashing the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s Motion to Stay and, in essence, restarting the pre-suit process. Daystar Peterson owned a…
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Trial Court Proceedings On December 1, 2023, Nucor Harris Rebar South, LLC (Nucor), filed a declaratory complaint seeking to determine whether workers’ compensation benefits were owed to Anthony Chapman. In its complaint, Nucor stated that venue was proper in the St. Clair Circuit Court. On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 8:28 p.m., Chapman filed a…
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In Ortega v. JW Marriott Investment, LLC, — So.3d —-, 2025 WL 610824 (Fla. 3d DCA, Feb. 26, 2025), the Florida Third District Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment ruling in a case with direct implications for architects and engineers working on integrated pedestrian and vehicle infrastructure. The Court held that disputed issues of…
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In Retreat at Charleston Nat’l Country Club Home Owners Ass’n, Inc. v. Winston Carlyle Charleston Nat’l, LLC, 2025 WL 466562 (S.C. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2025) the South Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion clarifying what is required for an indemnity agreement between a contractor and its subcontractors to be enforceable. The case involved…
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In a sweeping policy shift, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins announced a plan to modernize the agency’s regulatory approach to cryptocurrency, signaling a more accommodating stance for digital asset innovation while reaffirming the SEC’s oversight responsibilities. Speaking at a roundtable hosted by the SEC’s crypto task force, Atkins made clear that one…
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In the case of Alabama v. United States Army Corps of Eng’rs, No. CV 15-696 (LLA), (D.D.C. Mar. 31, 2025), a legal dispute between the State of Alabama and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”), with the State of Georgia and other entities as intervenor-defendants, was resolved in favor of the Corps…
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In recent years, salary transparency has evolved from a workplace taboo into a defining feature of modern employment law. Driven by shifting societal expectations and evolving labor market norms, jurisdictions across the United States are codifying pay transparency requirements—fundamentally reshaping compensation practices and imposing new compliance obligations on employers. At its core, pay transparency is…
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In 1955, the Alabama Supreme Court established a rule that loss-of-use damages in vehicle cases were recoverable only if the vehicle was repairable. Hunt v. Ward, 79 So. 2d 20, 25-26 (Ala. 1955) (the “Hunt rule”). This meant that an interested party could not recover “for both [the] total loss of an automobile and loss…
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In a significant Clean Water Act ruling, on March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) authority under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process. The decision in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, 604 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 704 (2025) strikes down…
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