Compliance

  • March 25, 2025

    Jenner & Block Latest BigLaw Firm Targeted In Trump Order

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at Jenner & Block LLP, suspending security clearances for its employees and taking other actions in response to the firm's pro bono work and a former partner's role as a top deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller.

  • March 25, 2025

    No Caprice In OSHA's Work Citation Rules, 11th Circ. Hears

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration urged the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday to ignore a Georgia roofing contractor's claims that it can't be on the hook for a $158,000 fine under the agency's "capricious" multiemployer citation rule, alleging the company's counsel told it to avoid being caught on the work site to dodge liability.

  • March 25, 2025

    Judge Orders HUD To Reinstate $30M In Housing Grants

    A Massachusetts federal judge temporarily revived $30 million in housing anti-discrimination grants slashed by the Trump administration, explaining that his hands are essentially tied by a First Circuit ruling in a separate case reinstating teacher training grants.

  • March 25, 2025

    Quarles & Brady Adds Data Privacy Atty From Baker Donelson

    Quarles & Brady LLP is continuing to uplift its intellectual property group, announcing Monday that the team has welcomed a former Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC attorney who advises on data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence governance.

  • March 24, 2025

    Wells Fargo Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over $300M Ponzi Scheme

    A Florida federal judge on Monday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to deny Wells Fargo's bid to toss two retirees' putative class action accusing the bank of aiding and abetting a $300 million Ponzi scheme that deceived more than 1,000 investors, mostly elderly investors.

  • March 24, 2025

    Wash. Bill Pay Biz Can't Exit FTC Consumer Protection Suit

    A Washington federal judge has declined to throw out a Federal Trade Commission consumer protection suit against a Seattle-based online bill pay platform, rejecting the company's stance that disclaimers on its website absolve it claims of deceptive business practices.

  • March 24, 2025

    Bank Groups Take Aim At Fed's Stress-Test Methodology

    Top bank trade groups are pressing their Ohio federal court challenge to the Federal Reserve Board's stress tests of big banks, asking for a ruling that would force major changes to the way the annual assessments of firm resilience are designed and executed.

  • March 24, 2025

    Live Nation Inks $20M Deal Over Swift Tour-Tied Investor Suit

    Investors suing Live Nation Entertainment Inc. have asked a California federal judge to approve a $20 million deal ending claims that the company made misleading statements about its operations when news of alleged anticompetitive practices with Ticketmaster caused stock prices to drop following the tickets sales debacle for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.

  • March 24, 2025

    FINRA Fines Pa. Broker-Dealer $1M Over Muni Bond Sales

    A Pittsburgh-based brokerage has agreed to penalties and disgorgement totaling over $1 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims it got undue order priority for certain new municipal bond orders by failing to mention those orders were for its own dealer account.

  • March 24, 2025

    T-Mobile, Customers Push Dish For Docs In Sprint Merger Suit

    T-Mobile and the customers suing over its 2020 merger with Sprint are both asking an Illinois federal judge to force Dish to turn over discovery documents, with the plaintiffs claiming the documents are key to showing why Dish never became an effective competitor in the wireless market.

  • March 24, 2025

    NC Urges Court To Rule Fla. Realty Co. Duped Homeowners

    The North Carolina Attorney General's Office has urged a state business court to find that a Florida real estate company targeted homeowners and tricked them into signing long-term predatory agreements in exchange for small cash advances, saying it is undisputed that the law was broken.

  • March 24, 2025

    'Enough Is Enough': Tornado Cash Users Demand Judgment

    Challengers to the Treasury Department's now-dissolved sanctions of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Monday urged a Texas federal judge to make clear that the designation was unlawful despite the government's claims that the case is moot now that it has removed Tornado Cash from its blocked persons list.

  • March 24, 2025

    Visa Ducks Antitrust Suit Rife With 'Elementary Mistakes'

    A California federal judge took a credit card transaction middleman to task Monday for "muddled" antitrust claims supported by "elementary mistakes" and tossing its proposed class action against Visa Inc.

  • March 24, 2025

    Mass. Wants Info On Robinhood's March Madness Contracts

    Massachusetts' secretary of state has issued a subpoena to Robinhood Markets Inc. related to the trading platform's sporting event contracts tied to this year's March Madness tournaments, officials said Monday.

  • March 24, 2025

    4th Circ. Halts Removal Of PFAS Suits Against 3M

    The Fourth Circuit agreed on Monday to halt a panel's split decision allowing 3M to remove to federal court lawsuits brought by Maryland and South Carolina alleging environmental contamination from forever chemicals, while it considers their request for rehearing.

  • March 24, 2025

    Ex-Pioneer CEO's Federal Case Against FTC Paused

    A Texas federal court agreed Monday to pause a lawsuit from the former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources accusing the Federal Trade Commission of violating his constitutional rights by barring him from serving on Exxon's board until there's a decision in the administrative case.

  • March 24, 2025

    Prudential Settles Trauma Surgeon's Disability Benefits Suit

    Prudential agreed to end a surgeon's lawsuit claiming the insurer unlawfully cut off her disability benefits after erroneously determining that she could return to work in a different capacity, according to a filing Monday in Texas federal court.

  • March 24, 2025

    Feds Argue That Medicare Extrapolation Audits Are Valid

    Humana Inc.'s challenge to a federal rule that revamps how Medicare Advantage organizations are audited would send the government "back to where it started more than six years ago," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told a federal court Friday.

  • March 24, 2025

    Judge Won't Stop Calif. Offshore Lease Fight For Gov't Redo

    A California federal judge has refused to pause litigation challenging extensions for offshore oil and gas leases in the area of a 2015 pipeline spill, saying she wasn't convinced that the U.S. Department of the Interior would seriously reconsider its decision.

  • March 24, 2025

    Ga. Clinic Hit With Retaliation, Confidentiality Allegations

    A former employee of a Georgia sexual assault survivors' clinic filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the organization Friday claiming that she was forced out of her position after refusing to help cover up allegations that the clinic was violating victim confidentiality laws.

  • March 24, 2025

    Energy Giants Urge Puerto Rico Judge To Nix RICO Suit

    A group of energy industry giants have asked a Puerto Rico federal district judge to toss racketeering and antitrust claims filed by municipalities alleging they misrepresented the climate dangers of fossil fuel products.

  • March 24, 2025

    Groups Press DC Judge To Unfreeze EPA Climate Funds

    Three nonprofits awarded billions of dollars under climate change investment initiatives established under the Inflation Reduction Act have asked a federal judge to restore their access to grant funds that they claim the Trump administration has unlawfully blocked.

  • March 24, 2025

    Texas High Court Revives Developer's Floodplain Takings Suit

    The Texas Supreme Court has said a developer can again argue at trial court that Houston's new floodplain system thwarted its planned community and amounted to a regulatory taking, even though the ordinance was a valid exercise of police power.

  • March 24, 2025

    American Airlines Seeks Dismissal of Investor Fraud Claims

    American Airlines told a Texas federal judge that jaded investors want to spin a simple earnings guidance adjustment into a securities class action, saying the company was transparent when its 2024 sales strategy foundered.

  • March 24, 2025

    SEC, FINRA Enforcement Heads Say Crypto Still A Focus

    Heads of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority indicated Monday the agencies are keeping their eyes on cryptocurrency, even as the former has backed off of various cases and investigations involving crypto.

Expert Analysis

  • National Bank Act Rulings Facilitate More Preemption Analysis

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    Two recent National Bank Act preemption decisions from an Illinois federal court and the Ninth Circuit provide the first applications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s May ruling in Cantero v. Bank of America, opening the potential for several circuit courts to address the issue this year, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • It Starts With Training: Anti-Harassment After 'It Ends With Us'

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    Actress Blake Lively's recent sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, director and producer, Justin Baldoni, should remind employers of their legal obligations to implement trainings, policies and other measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • Preparing For Stricter Anti-Boycott Enforcement Under Trump

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    Given the complexity of U.S. anti-boycott regulations and the likelihood of stepped-up enforcement under the new administration, companies should consider adopting risk-based anti-boycott compliance programs that include training employees to recognize and assess potential boycott requests, and to report them expeditiously when necessary, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Opinion

    New DOJ Leaders Should Curb Ill-Conceived Prosecutions

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    First-of-their-kind cases have seemingly led to a string of overly aggressive prosecutions in recent years, so newly sworn-in leaders of the U.S. Department of Justice should consider creating reporting channels to stop unwise prosecutions before they snowball, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • Tips For Pharma-Biotech Overlap Reporting In New HSR Form

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    While there’s no secret recipe for reporting overlaps to the Federal Trade Commission in the new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act form, there are several layers of considerations for all pharma-biotech companies and counsel to reflect on internally before reporting on any deal, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Complying With Calif. Price-Gouging Law After LA Fires

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    The recent tragic Los Angeles fires have brought attention to the state's sometimes controversial price-gouging protections, and every California business should keep the law's requirements in mind, despite the debate over whether these statutes help consumers, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • How Cos. Can Use Data Clean Rooms To Address Privacy

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    Implementing comprehensive administrative controls, security processes and vendor management systems are vital steps for businesses leveraging data clean rooms for privacy compliance, especially given the Federal Trade Commission's warnings of complicated user privacy implications, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • What Day 1 Bondi Memos Mean For Corporate Compliance

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    After Attorney General Pam Bondi’s flurry of memos last week declaring new enforcement priorities on issues ranging from foreign bribery to diversity initiatives, companies must base their compliance programs on an understanding of their own core values and principles, says Hui Chen at CDE Advisors.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • SEC Motion Response Could Reveal New Crypto Approach

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    Cumberland DRW recently filed to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement action against it for the unlawful purchase and sale of digital asset securities, and the agency's response should unveil whether, and to what extent, the Trump administration will relax the federal government’s stance on digital asset regulation, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • Steel Cases Test Executive Authority, Judicial Scope

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    Lawsuits challenging former President Joe Biden’s order blocking the merger of Japan's Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel may shape how future administrations wield presidential authority over foreign investment in the name of national security, says Hdeel Abdelhady at MassPoint Legal.

  • 5 Things For Private Employers To Do After Trump's DEI Order

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    Following President Donald Trump's recent executive order pushing the private sector to narrow, and even end, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, employers should ensure DEI efforts align with their organization's mission and goals, are legally compliant, and are effectively communicated to stakeholders, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • 3 Ways Trump Can Nix SEC's Climate Disclosure Rules

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    Given President Donald Trump's campaign statements and agency appointments, it's likely that his administration will try to annul the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure rules, but his options for doing so present unique opportunities and challenges, with varying levels of permanence and impact, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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