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February 27, 2025
SEC Ends Coinbase Case As Uyeda Pledges To 'Rectify' Policy
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Thursday that it will walk away from its suit against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to clear the way for its newly created Crypto Task Force to develop digital asset policy "in a more transparent manner."
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February 27, 2025
Family Denies Role In $81M Son-Of-Boss Tax Scheme
The government failed to prove that former shareholders of a family holding company knew the buyer of their company stock was shorting the IRS nearly $81 million and that they should be on the hook for the taxes, family members told a New York federal court Thursday.
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February 27, 2025
DOJ Tells DC Circ. To Keep Apple Out Of Google Case
The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the D.C. Circuit to keep Apple out of its remedies case against Google, arguing that Apple "sat on its hands" for years despite knowing from the outset of the litigation that its default search agreement with Google was at stake.
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February 27, 2025
Calif. Data Broker Gets 3-Year Ban For Not Registering
The California Privacy Protection Agency has notched another settlement in its investigative enforcement of data broker registration compliance, announcing Thursday it had secured a deal that requires a company touting its ability to unearth "scary" amounts of consumer information to cease operations for the next three years.
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February 27, 2025
Lead Testing Co. Director To Admit False Statements
A former quality assurance director for Magellan Diagnostics will plead guilty to making misleading statements to the government about a malfunction in a device that measures lead levels in blood, according to filings in Massachusetts federal court Thursday.
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February 27, 2025
Consensys Says SEC Will Drop Its Crypto Case, Too
The founder of blockchain firm Consensys said on Thursday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to drop its enforcement suit over the firm's MetaMask software, marking the second cryptocurrency firm this month to announce a coming dismissal from the agency as it overhauls its approach to the industry.
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February 27, 2025
Concrete Co. Admits Safety Gaffe Linked To Worker's Death
A Delaware-based construction industry supplier with operations in Ohio has pled guilty to willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations in connection with the 2020 death of an employee, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced.
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February 27, 2025
Conn. Supreme Court Snapshot: Water Rates, Judicial Attacks
An Eversource unit's request to offset inflation and $42 million in new infrastructure projects through rate hikes will top the Connecticut Supreme Court's March docket, with the justices examining another in a list of challenges to state regulators' attempts to keep a lid on customer costs.
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February 27, 2025
Magnet Co. Execs To Plead Guilty For Emailing Info To China
Two magnetics manufacturing company executives have agreed to enter a plea of guilty for their role in emailing schematics from U.S. Department of Defense contractors to Chinese companies and will face three years behind bars.
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February 27, 2025
Energy Co. Sued Over Rent, Radioactive Waste Disclosures
A Brooklyn property owner and two companies accused National Grid of owing rent on the site of a former industrial facility and impeding their businesses by not telling them quickly enough that there were radioactive materials there.
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February 27, 2025
Defunct School's $5M Deal For Students Gets Final OK
A Connecticut judge on Thursday approved a $5 million class action settlement between a shuttered nursing school and students affected by its sudden shutdown, also awarding at least $1.25 million to the Milford firm that spearheaded the litigation.
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February 27, 2025
Del. Corp. Litigation Bill Already Turning Up In Other Cases
A fast-moving legislative push to curb some stockholder litigation and large class attorney fees in Delaware courts is getting more pushback, two weeks ahead of an initial state Senate hearing on the measure.
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February 27, 2025
Winklevoss Twins Say SEC Crypto Probe Over, Attys Must Go
The founders of crypto exchange Gemini are calling on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to fire and publicly call out staff members who worked on crypto enforcement cases under the Biden administration as they announced that the agency has dropped its investigation into the company.
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February 27, 2025
More CFPB Attys Departing Amid Agency Uncertainty
Two more Consumer Financial Protection Bureau litigators are leaving the agency as it faces uncertainty due to the new presidential administration, including an attorney who has been with the agency since its creation in 2011.
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February 27, 2025
Cognizant Execs' Trial Could Test Force Of FCPA Pause
The government's decision to proceed with a trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives despite the Trump administration's retreat from Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement adds a layer of intrigue to a legal saga that has already captivated the white collar bar given the rarity of such cases ever reaching juries.
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February 27, 2025
CFPB Pulls Plug On Rocket Homes Kickback Suit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has abandoned a lawsuit accusing Rocket Homes of offering kickbacks to brokers and agents who referred homebuyers to Rocket Mortgage, one of several enforcement actions the agency abruptly dismissed on Thursday.
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February 27, 2025
How Adams' Latest Move Might Checkmate The DOJ
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' push to permanently dismiss his federal corruption case is a clever legal strategy that appears to have backed the government into a corner, experts say.
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February 27, 2025
Deputy AG And Antitrust Nominations Head To Full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee sent the nominations of Todd Blanche, for deputy attorney general, and Gail Slater, for assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, to the full Senate on Thursday, the latter of whom received bipartisan support.
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February 27, 2025
Relator Fights Discovery Ruling In FCA Suit Against AECOM
A whistleblower accusing AECOM of falsely billing the U.S. Army on a $1.9 billion contract urged a New York federal judge to rethink a decision to deny discovery requests, arguing the company improperly withheld information it's now asserting in a summary judgment bid.
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February 27, 2025
CFPB Drops Suits Against Capital One, Rocket Homes, More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday permanently dropped several lawsuits, including ones against Capital One, a Rocket Mortgage affiliate, a major student loan servicer and the finance arm of a Berkshire Hathaway-owned mobile home builder.
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February 27, 2025
NC Pharmacy Settles Feds' Suit Over Opioid Records
A North Carolina pharmacy has agreed to pay $204,000 to resolve allegations that it violated federal recordkeeping requirements for controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced Thursday.
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February 27, 2025
Underdog Sports Runs Disguised Betting Platform, Suit Says
Four users of Underdog Sports, which does business as Underdog Fantasy, have sued the company in New York federal court, alleging it is running an unlicensed sports betting site disguised as a platform for fantasy sports.
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February 27, 2025
DraftKings To Pay $10M In NFT Proposed Class Settlement
DraftKings Inc. will pay $10 million to users of the sports betting site who owned nonfungible tokens offered through its marketplace, according to a proposed settlement in the putative class action.
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February 27, 2025
US Senate Panel Advances Trump's Labor Secretary Pick
A U.S. Senate committee voted Thursday to move forward the nomination of former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the U.S. Department of Labor.
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February 26, 2025
High Court Halts Trump's Wed. Night Deadline To Restore Aid
The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday paused a Washington, D.C., federal judge's late-night deadline ordering the Trump administration to restore nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funding.
Expert Analysis
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Climate Disclosure Spotlight Shifts To 2 Calif. Laws
With Donald Trump's election spelling the all-but-certain demise of the proposed federal climate disclosure rules, new laws in California currently stand as the nation's only broadly applicable climate disclosure requirements — and their brevity is both a blessing and a curse, say attorneys at Davis Polk.
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A Deep Dive Into DOJ's Proposed FARA Shake-Up
The U.S. Department of Justice's recently published and long-awaited proposed amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act's implementing regulations, if adopted, would mark dramatic changes to the commercial exemption and new requirements for labeling informational materials, says Tessa Capeloto at Wiley.
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What's Ahead As Transparency Act Comes To A Crossroads
Synthesizing the contrasting federal district and appellate court rulings on the Corporate Transparency Act’s validity reveals several main areas of debate that will likely remain at issue as challenges to the law continue winding through the courts, say attorneys at Farella Braun.
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What 2024 Tells Us About Calif. Health Transaction Reviews
Looking back at the California Office of Health Care Affordability's first year accepting notices for material healthcare transactions reveals critical lessons on what the OHCA's review process may mean for the future of covered transactions in the state, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Final Hydrogen Tax Credit Regs Add Flexibility For Producers
The recently released final regulations implementing the Inflation Reduction Act's clean hydrogen production tax credit offer taxpayers greater flexibility, reducing risk and creating more certainty for investments in the industry, thus diminishing — but not eliminating — the risk of legal challenges to the regulations, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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Where Payments Law And Regulation Are Headed In 2025
The Trump administration will likely bring significant changes to payments regulations in 2025, but maintaining internal compliance efforts in the absence of robust federal oversight will remain key as state authorities and private plaintiffs step into the breach, say attorneys at Stinson.
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What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025
There are 12 cyber policy questions to keep an eye on as the new administration and Republican control of Congress present an opportunity to advance less regulatory approaches and revisit some choices from the prior administration, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Republican Trifecta Amplifies Risks For Cos. In 3 Key Areas
Expected coordination between a Republican Congress and presidential administration may expose companies to simultaneous criminal, civil and congressional investigations, particularly with regard to supply chain risks in certain industries, government contracting and cross-border investment, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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2 Cases May Signal Where FTC Is Headed On Labor Issues
Two recent Federal Trade Commission challenges to no-hire clauses in agreements between building service firms and their customers include comments by future FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson that may offer insight into the direction the FTC is headed on labor issues, says Michael Wise at Squire Patton.
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5 Evolving Concerns For Family Offices In 2025
Complex regulatory changes and emerging operational risks will force family offices to stay on their toes in 2025, with timely action particularly necessary to address several tax and reporting developments that may affect their investments and business operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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New Law In NY Places Employee NIL Rights In Spotlight
New York recently became the first state to codify name, image and likeness rights for models, but as such protections seemingly expand for individual employees across industries, employers may want to brush up on related case law, and update their handbooks and policies accordingly, says Timothy Bechen at Woods Rogers.
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Updated HIPAA Rule Is A Necessary Step For Data Protection
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' updated rules addressing cybersecurity threats in healthcare will necessitate significant investment in technology, training and compliance infrastructure, but are an essential evolution in safeguarding data in an increasingly digital world, say attorneys at Clark Hill.
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National Trust Bank Charter Can Widen Reach Of Fintech Cos.
U.S. fintech companies that want to expand nationwide are at a competitive disadvantage with foreign companies, which can much more easily branch into the U.S., but setting up a national trust bank charter could offer a path forward, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism
Shareholder activism campaigns in 2024 continued at an elevated pace globally, with activist investors exploiting valuation gaps and pushing aggressively for corporate governance reforms, including the ouster of many companies' chief executives, a trend that could continue once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Expect A Big Shake Up At The EEOC Under 2nd Trump Admin
During President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is likely to significantly shift its focus and priorities, especially where workplace DEI initiatives, immigration enforcement, LGBTQ+ rights and pregnancy protections are concerned, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.