The federal government did an “about-face” today, reversing a 2015 proposal to open up stretches of the Atlantic Ocean, including the continental shelf off the coast of South Carolina, for offshore oil drilling as soon as 2021. We previously blogged about the proposal last year, noting that numerous environmental groups as well as local governments had expressed opposition to the idea.

DOJ’s New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: A Shift in Enforcement That Demands a Skilled Defense
By Jim May, Wade Kolb III, and Camden Massingill The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, Civil Division | Report