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Hillary A. Taylor - Portland - OR
Hillary Taylor is an accomplished appellate lawyer with an acclaimed record of success in high stakes litigation. She is the leader of the firm’s appellate practice with nearly twenty years of experience and the Managing Shareholder of Keating Jones Hughes, PC. Hillary’s practice focuses on professional liability defense in state [...]Second Circuit Affirms Fair Use By Jimmy Kimmel
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a precedential opinion inSantos v. Kimmel, No. 24-2196 (Oct. 6, 2025), affirming the Southern District of New York’s Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of former Congressman George Santos’s copyright claims against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney. The suit arose after Kimmel, using fictitious names, submitted requests to Santos for video [...]
DC Circuit Reinstates Title v Emergency Affirmative Defense
Why Did EPA Remove the Emergency Affirmative Defense Under Title V in 2023? In 2023, the EPA issued a rule removing emergency affirmative defenses from Title V operating programs. 88 Fed. Reg. 47029 (Jul. 21, 2023). EPA promulgated this rule following two D.C. Circuit opinions, NRDC v. EPA (2024) and U.S. Sugar Corp. v. EPA (2016), which found that SSM affirmative defense provisions under [...]
