Compliance

  • January 22, 2025

    Minn. Operator Fights Tribal Bid To Nix Class III Gaming Suit

    A casino and racetrack operator is fighting a bid to dismiss its lawsuit against two Minnesota tribal casino executives who argue that a recent Ninth Circuit ruling weighs in their favor in the dispute over alleged Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act violations.

  • January 22, 2025

    American, JetBlue Ink $1.9M Atty Fee Deal After Antitrust Loss

    A Massachusetts federal judge signed off Tuesday on a settlement requiring American Airlines and JetBlue to cover $1.9 million worth of legal fees that a group of state attorneys general spent successfully challenging the two airlines' Northeast Alliance joint venture as anticompetitive.

  • January 22, 2025

    Software Co. UiPath Wants Investors' Fraud Claims Nixed

    Automation software firm UiPath Inc. has urged a New York federal judge to toss a consolidated action from investors accusing it of falsely promoting the success of a new development strategy, saying they haven't shown their losses stem from any misleading statements or misreporting from the firm.

  • January 22, 2025

    RFK Filings Show Biopharma Stakes, Millions In Firm Income

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to sell off his stakes in two biopharmaceutical companies and step back from lucrative roles at a handful of law firms if he is confirmed to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to new financial disclosures.

  • January 22, 2025

    Former Pioneer CEO Sues FTC Over Exxon Board Block

    The former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, Scott Sheffield, accused the Federal Trade Commission of violating his constitutional rights by barring him from serving on Exxon Mobil Corp.'s board when the agency cleared a $60 billion merger between Exxon and Pioneer.

  • January 22, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Stays Order Delisting Teva Inhaler Patents

    Federal Circuit judges have agreed to hold off on immediately delisting patents that cover components of a Teva asthma inhaler from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book after the Israeli drugmaker said doing so would have "seismic" legal consequences and should be reviewed by the full court.

  • January 22, 2025

    Equal Rights Org. Sues Illinois Over Demographic Data Law

    A national equal rights organization filed suit Tuesday asking an Illinois federal judge to block the state from enforcing a statute it says unconstitutionally requires its members to publicize their demographic data.

  • January 22, 2025

    Boeing Rips Investors' Class Cert Bid In 737 Max Blowout Suit

    Boeing told a Virginia federal judge that pension funds cannot reverse-engineer sweeping securities fraud claims based on last year's Alaska Airlines midair blowout incident, saying their bid to certify a class of investors who were purportedly misled by Boeing's assurances of the 737 Max jets' safety must be rejected.

  • January 22, 2025

    NYAG Reaches $1B Deal In Merchant Cash Advance Case

    Yellowstone Capital LLC and two top executives have settled with New York's attorney general over claims that they gouged small businesses with ultra-high-cost merchant cash advances, signing on to a more than $1 billion deal unveiled Wednesday.

  • January 22, 2025

    Wayne-Sanderson Flouting Wage-Fix Settlement, DOJ Says

    The Justice Department is accusing poultry giant Wayne-Sanderson Farms of shirking its obligations under a settlement resolving wage-suppression allegations, asking a Maryland federal court to put a freeze on any information sharing by the company through Agri Stats and to impose a multiyear extension on its 10-year consent decree.

  • January 22, 2025

    Madigan Used ComEd As 'Personal Piggy Bank,' Jurors Told

    Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his devoted surrogate Michael McClain conspired to enhance and preserve Madigan's power and line his pockets, both by steering business to the ex-speaker's law firm and rewarding his political allies with do-nothing jobs, prosecutors told an Illinois federal jury during closing arguments Wednesday.

  • January 22, 2025

    Justices Urged To Affirm Texas Nuke Waste Site Ruling

    Several states, Texas politicians and landowner groups threw their support behind the Lone Star State's fight against a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, telling the U.S. Supreme Court the federal government doesn't have the power to authorize the site.

  • January 22, 2025

    FCC Revisits Complaints Against Major Network Broadcasters

    The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday reinstated complaints of alleged news distortion against ABC, CBS and NBC stations that the agency tossed in the final days of the Biden administration.

  • January 22, 2025

    BNY, Mortgage Co. Sued Over Post-Bankruptcy Collections

    Bank of New York Mellon and a mortgage servicing company face proposed class action claims that they unfairly sought to collect on second mortgages held by homeowners who declared bankruptcy amid the 2008 housing crisis.

  • January 22, 2025

    Dubai-Based Exchange Fined $9.2M To End Bank Fraud Probe

    A Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based financial services company has agreed to pay $9.2 million to U.S. prosecutors over a U.K. subsidiary's false claims that it was in compliance with anti-money laundering laws, avoiding criminal charges.

  • January 22, 2025

    Pharma Co. Says Ex-CEO's Alleged Misconduct Is Not Fraud

    Artificial intelligence-driven pharmaceutical company Exscientia PLC has asked a New Jersey federal court to toss a suit alleging it is responsible for share price declines following the termination of its CEO after claims emerged he participated in inappropriate relationships with employees, arguing the alleged misconduct is not securities fraud.

  • January 22, 2025

    Exxon Says Investors Shared Confidential Info With Ex-Worker

    Exxon Mobil Corp. has urged a Texas federal judge to reject investors' broad reading of what confidential information they're allowed to share and with whom in litigation accusing the oil giant of overvaluing its Permian Basin holdings by billions of dollars.

  • January 22, 2025

    FCC's New Chair Names Agency Leaders, Staff

    The new Republican head of the Federal Communications Commission has put together his team and named career officials to lead key branches of the agency.

  • January 22, 2025

    Hotel Guests Urge 3rd Circ. To Revive Algorithmic Pricing Suit

    Guests accusing Atlantic City hotel-casino owners of inflating room rates by using the same software have told the Third Circuit that a lower court was wrong to rely on a similar case targeting room rates in Las Vegas when dismissing their claims.

  • January 22, 2025

    Feds Trim Spine-Implant Kickback Case Ahead Of Trial

    A Massachusetts federal judge has granted a motion by prosecutors to drop bribery charges against a maker of spinal implant devices and whittle down the case against two of its former executives.

  • January 22, 2025

    Full DC Circ. Stands By Wipeout Of FERC Pipeline Approvals

    The D.C. Circuit has rejected Williams Cos.' requests to reconsider a panel's decision scrapping Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals of a five-state expansion of the company's Transco pipeline system, despite more than a half-dozen amicus parties backing the rehearing requests.

  • January 22, 2025

    Amazon Drivers Want Class Cert. In Suit Alleging Unpaid Tips

    Amazon Flex delivery drivers urged a Washington federal court to certify a 150,000-member class in their lawsuit accusing the company of violating Evergreen State laws by withholding portions of drivers' tips, saying they were all impacted by the same unlawful practice.

  • January 22, 2025

    Army, SD Tribe Fight For Early Win In Dakota Access Row

    The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers are both asking for early wins in a challenge to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline over alleged violations of federal environmental laws.

  • January 22, 2025

    Husch Blackwell Adds To Growing Consumer Financial Bench

    Husch Blackwell LLP has hired a former Alston & Bird LLP consumer financial attorney who represents auto finance and financial technology companies in regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters before a range of federal agencies, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • January 22, 2025

    White House Shutters DEI Offices, Puts Workers On Leave

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told federal agencies to close offices focused on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by Wednesday evening and lay off staffers by Jan. 31, part of President Donald Trump's larger efforts to combat workplace diversity programs.

Expert Analysis

  • 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny

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    A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.

  • How Fintechs Can Respond To New CFPB Supervisory Rule

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    Even though a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule pulling large payment apps into supervision faces an uncertain fate in the new administration, providers should still examine the rule's definitions and prepare for increased compliance costs and more consumer-friendly practices, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • How FTC Sent A $5.6M Warning Against Jumping The Gun

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent record $5.6 million "gun jumping" action against Verdun Oil, for allegedly exerting control over EP Energy before the mandatory waiting period under U.S. antitrust law expired, warns companies that they must continue to operate independently during review, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • For Accounting Integrity, Start With The Rank-And-File

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    Macy's acknowledgment of an employee's accounting mistake underscores a valuable lesson for company leaders in fostering compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by cultivating a culture committed to strong accounting integrity and robust oversight, say Keerthika Subramanian and Jon Mantis at Winston & Strawn.

  • How Deregulation Could Undermine Trump's Anti-DEI Agenda

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    While rolling back federal agency power benefited conservative policies during the Biden administration, it will likely undermine President Donald Trump's ability to wield agencies like the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives beyond the federal workforce and into the private sector, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method.

  • A Look At Sweepstakes Casinos' Legal Issues In Fla., Beyond

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    Scheduled for trial in Florida federal court this fall, the VGW sweepstakes case underscores the growing urgency for gambling states to clarify and enforce their laws in response to emerging online gaming models, as the expansion of sweepstakes casinos challenges traditional interpretations of gambling regulations, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • 3 Noteworthy Effects Of The 2025 NDAA

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    The 2025 defense budget includes further restrictions on semiconductor sales to Huawei, requiring companies to rethink customer-base oversight, but other provisions are likely to broaden procurement contract opportunities, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.

  • The Blueprint For A National Bitcoin Reserve

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    The new administration has the opportunity to pave the way for a U.S.-backed crypto reserve, which could conceptually function as a strategic asset akin to traditional reserves like gold markets, hedge against economic instability, and influence global crypto adoption, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024

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    In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.

  • Student Loan Entities In Hot Seat After CFPB Goes To College

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    While the direction of student loan servicer oversight in the new presidential administration is unclear, recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau actions still signal heightened regulatory scrutiny at both the federal and state levels of college institutional loan programs, along with their service providers, says attorney Jonathan Joshua.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Takeaways From SEC's Registered Investment Cos. Risk Alert

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations' recent risk alert pertaining to registered investment companies provides a high-level overview of its risk-based approach to selecting RICs for examination — a potential hint that the division is investigating some of the covered topics, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Public Corruption Enforcement In 2024 Has Clues For 2025

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    If 2024 activity is any indication, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely continue to rein in expansive prosecutorial theories of fraud in the year to come, but it’s harder to predict what the new administration will mean for public corruption prosecutions in 2025, says Cathy Fleming at Offit Kurman.

  • Nixing NRC Oversight Of Small Reactors Could Cut Both Ways

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    A lawsuit in a Texas federal court aims to abolish the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's authority over small modular reactors, which the plaintiffs contend will unleash new and innovative technology — but the resulting patchwork of state regulations could increase costs for the nuclear industry, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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