Joel S. Nolette

Represented a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress in an amicus brief before the D.C. Circuit in support of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, resulting in a favorable decision affirming the law’s constitutionality under the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, the Bill of Attainder Clause, and the Takings Clause. Subsequently, represented the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the CCP in an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in support of the D.C. Circuit’s decision, which the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed. Defended a data broker in successive privacy and unfair-trade-practices lawsuits, resulting in favorable dismissals of the cases. Defended a tribal corporation in breach-of-contract litigation based on a contract subject to arbitration, resulting in a favorable voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. Defended a beverage manufacturer against commercial tort claims in arbitration, resulting in a favorable settlement of the dispute. Represented an energy company in a product liability dispute, resulting in a favorable settlement of the claims. Represented telecommunications trade associations in an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge to SEC administrative proceedings, resulting in a favorable decision on the scope of the Seventh Amendment right to jury trial in such proceedings. Represented a religious organization in an amicus brief before the First Circuit in support of the Boston City Council’s custom of opening its legislative sessions with an invocation, resulting in a favorable decision affirming the constitutionality of that custom. Counseled corporate clients on potential challenges to federal regulations across a range of subjects. Counseled immigration clients and represented them in federal, state, and immigration courts.

An analysis of the expression "ben adam"​ (HEB)/"bar enosh"​ (ARAM)/"o uios tou anthropou"​ (GR) as employed in the so-called Intertestamental Biblical literature to understand the development and evolution of the apocalyptic figure appearing in the New Testament and elsewhere, particularly with a view to noting how this developing tradition became conflated with intertestamental Jewish messianic expectations, thus informing our understanding of the New Testament use of the expression "Son of Man"

Tariffs have taken center stage in the president's trade agenda during the first few months of the second Trump administration. And recently, several lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade and federal district courts around the country, to challenge as unlawful tariffs the president has imposed.[1]

On January 24, 2025, the Trump Administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause briefing in several cases on the current merits docket. In making the request, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris explained that the new Administration needs to reevaluate prior agency positions in three cases involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and one case involving the U.S. Department of Education.

On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a lengthy opinion, vacated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity rules in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC. The court found Nasdaq’s regulations to be inconsistent with the purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and concluded that the SEC’s decision approving such rules was “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law” under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). This decision, coupled with the coming change in Administration, will likely lead to a realignment of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements in 2025.