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  • June 11, 2025

    Lighting Co. Strikes Deal To End ESOP Management Suit

    A California-based lighting company and the managers of its employee stock ownership plan agreed to resolve a proposed class action claiming they mismanaged the $25 million sale of company stock that established the plan, according to a filing in federal court.

  • June 11, 2025

    EPA Floats Takedown Of Biden GHG, Mercury Emissions Regs

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said that the nation's power sector's greenhouse gas emissions don't significantly endanger people's health, and that therefore, the Clean Air Act doesn't allow regulations aimed at reducing those releases.

  • June 11, 2025

    VA Contractor To Pay $4.3M To Resolve Overbilling Claims

    Healthcare technology company Omnicell Inc. has agreed to pay more than $4.3 million to settle allegations it fraudulently overcharged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for medical products and software, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

  • June 11, 2025

    FCC Dem's Job Safe For Now As Agency Ranks Shrink

    The Federal Communications Commission is running on a shoestring when it comes to high-level decisions, with only a Republican chair and Democrat left in charge after recent departures that have made the agency's chairman unable to move major initiatives.

  • June 11, 2025

    Senate Commerce Dems Demand Review Of Cruz Budget Bill

    Democrats on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee urged the chair on Wednesday to hold a formal markup for their reconciliation proposal, which includes a spectrum deal, instead of fast-tracking it to the Senate floor.

  • June 11, 2025

    Trump DOJ Clears Path To Shrink Or Abolish Nat'l Monuments

    National monuments protected by past U.S. presidents can be abolished or made smaller by President Donald Trump, according to an opinion from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.

  • June 11, 2025

    BofA, FDIC Seek More Time To Finalize $540M Premiums Deal

    Bank of America has confirmed it won't be appealing an order directing it to pay $540 million to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., asking a Washington, D.C., federal judge for more time to confirm their agreement on calculations related to the payment.

  • June 11, 2025

    HPE Says DOJ Wants 'Unfair' Juniper Merger Trial Advantage

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has asked a California federal judge to evenly dole out time for the July trial challenging its planned $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks Inc., arguing the U.S. Department of Justice wants to "tilt the playing field in its favor" with an uneven allocation.

  • June 11, 2025

    Debt Collectors Push FCC To Shed Consumer Contact Rules

    Debt collectors are adding their two cents to the Federal Communications Commission's request for unnecessary regulations that should be eliminated, calling on the agency to eliminate an upcoming rule that would make it easier for individuals to stop future robocalls and texts.

  • June 11, 2025

    NFL Tells 9th Circ. $4.7B Sunday Ticket Verdict Rightly Nixed

    The National Football League has told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court was right to toss a $4.7 billion jury verdict for claims that the league colluded to raise the price of the Sunday Ticket broadcast package on DirecTV, after the court found testimony from a pair of experts during trial was unreliable.

  • June 11, 2025

    Ga. Hospice Provider Pays $9.2M To End Kickback Case

    A Georgia hospice care provider and its CEO forked over $9.2 million to settle claims that they violated federal fraud laws by participating in a kickback scheme with medical directors who referred hospice patients to the group, prosecutors announced Wedesnday.

  • June 11, 2025

    Cigna Accused Of Misusing $17M In 401(k) Forfeitures

    Retirement plan participants and beneficiaries at Cigna say the company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by using up to $17 million given up by participants who quit early to reduce the company's matching contributions, rather than using it to pay for the plan's administrative costs.

  • June 11, 2025

    Disney, Universal Team Up For IP Suit Against AI Art Co.

    Disney and Universal have teamed up to sue artificial intelligence company Midjourney in California federal court, calling the startup in their Wednesday lawsuit a "copyright free-rider" for training its AI art generator with their protected works from such iconic franchises as "Star Wars," Marvel's "Iron Man," "Shrek" and "The Simpsons."

  • June 11, 2025

    DOJ Seeks Green Light For Landlord Deal In RealPage Suit

    The federal government has asked a North Carolina federal judge to sign off on a consent decree reached with landlord Cortland Management LLC in antitrust litigation targeting RealPage Inc. and the landlords it alleges used the company's software to collude on rental prices.

  • June 11, 2025

    Health Network Strikes Deal In Retirement Plan Forfeiture Suit

    A Pennsylvania health system has settled a suit claiming it failed to tamp down on unnecessary expenses in its $1.1 billion retirement plan and used forfeited funds to cover its own contributions to the plan instead of using the abandoned cash to reduce fees.

  • June 11, 2025

    Lockheed Not Liable For Reporting Employee To Government

    Lockheed Martin is shielded from a former employee's defamation and other claims that were based on the defense contractor's mandatory reporting of suspected misconduct, a Massachusetts intermediate appellate court ruled Wednesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    House Ag Committee Advances Crypto Market Structure Bill

    The House Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday advanced a bill to regulate digital asset markets with broad bipartisan support despite concerns from Democrats that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will need more funding to accomplish the broad crypto mandate contemplated by the bill.

  • June 10, 2025

    Tech Recruiter Settles DOJ Claims It Favored Visa Workers

    A San Francisco Bay Area-based technology recruiting company agreed Tuesday to pay civil penalties and change its recruiting practices to resolve allegations it illegally preferred H-1B visa holders over U.S. workers, marking the government's renewed push under the Trump administration to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act against companies favoring foreign workers.

  • June 10, 2025

    10th Circ. Affirms Toss Of USPS Contractor's $500M Suit

    The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a U.S. Postal Service contractor's $500 million lawsuit accusing USPS of misappropriating its confidential business information and wrongfully terminating their long-running relationship, affirming a lower court's toss of tort and contract claims.

  • June 10, 2025

    Vertex Says Tax Software Rival Purposely Destroyed Evidence

    Tax compliance software company Vertex Inc. told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday that Avalara intentionally destroyed and failed to preserve "key sources of electronically stored information crucially relevant" to Vertex's lawsuit accusing its rival of poaching workers to steal trade secrets.

  • June 10, 2025

    Chamber Calls On Justices To Hear Auditor Fraud Case

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is among the parties calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case accusing BDO USA LLP of securities fraud, telling the justices that allowing a Second Circuit ruling to stand could lead to more lawsuits against accountants, lawyers and underwriters.

  • June 10, 2025

    Feds Reboot FCPA Agenda With Narrower Enforcement Focus

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released new and tightened guidelines for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act after a four-month pause on such prosecutions, centering prospective investigations on situations that affect U.S. competitiveness and national security as well as transnational cartels.

  • June 10, 2025

    First Republic Brass Beat Investor Suit Over Bank Failure

    A California federal judge dismissed for good a shareholder suit against the former directors and officers of now-failed First Republic Bank and its auditor over the lender's 2023 collapse, finding that the plaintiffs failed to first exhaust their required administrative remedies and, therefore, the court does not have jurisdiction to hear the case.

  • June 10, 2025

    Senate Dems Seek To Slow GOP Roll On ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Defunding Bill

    Senate Banking Committee Democrats are demanding a hearing on GOP budget legislation that would defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and make other financial agency cuts, arguing that its "sweeping" plans should be scrutinized before going to the floor.

  • June 10, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Legal Co.'s $1.7M Chase Check Suit Is Too Late

    The Ninth Circuit affirmed a California federal court's ruling dismissing a suit by legal support company Nationwide Legal against JPMorgan Chase, saying its suit claiming Chase Bank acted negligently when it allowed a Nationwide Legal employee to deposit fraudulent checks was time-barred.

Expert Analysis

  • Russia Sanctions Spotlight: Divergent Approaches Emerge

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    With indications of greater divergence and uncertainty in Russia sanctions policy between the U.K., European Union and U.S., there are four general principles and a range of compliance steps that businesses should bear in mind when assessing the impact of a potentially shifting landscape, says Alexandra Melia at Steptoe.

  • Opinion

    The IRS Shouldn't Go To War Over Harvard's Tax Exemption

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    If the Internal Revenue Service revokes Harvard's tax-exempt status for violating established public policy — a position unsupported by currently available information — the precedent set by surviving the inevitable court challenge could undercut the autonomy and distinctiveness of the charitable sector, says Johnny Rex Buckles at Houston Law Center.

  • Balancing Deep-Sea Mining Executive Order, Int'l Agreements

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive order directing exploration and exploitation of deep-sea mineral resources appears to conflict with the evolving international framework regulating such activities, so companies and investors should proceed with care and keep possible future legal challenges in mind, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • CFTC Memos Clarify When 'Sorry' Still Gets You Subpoenaed

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    A pair of Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisories released in February and April open a new path to self-reporting but emphasize that serious breaches still warrant a trip to the penalty box, prompting firms to weigh whether — and how — to disclose potential violations in the future, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.

  • The Future Of Privacy Enforcement Under Ferguson's FTC

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    Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson's early actions indicate a marked shift toward a more traditional approach to privacy enforcement, so companies should expect the commission to maintain a strong focus on enforcing Section 5 of the FTC Act in the privacy area, says Kandi Parsons at ZwillGen.

  • Parsing The SEC's New Increased Co-Investment Flexibility

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new co-investment exemptive orders simplify processes and reduce barriers for regulated funds — and rulemaking may evolve further to allow investors access to additional investment opportunities and increase available capital for issuers seeking to raise money from fund complexes, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • What Employers Should Know Ahead Of H-2B Visa Changes

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    Employers should be aware of several anticipated changes to the H-2B visa program, which allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers, including annual prevailing wage changes and other shifts arising from recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the new administration, say Steve Bronars and Elliot Delahaye at Edgeworth Economics, and Chris Schulte at Fisher Phillips.

  • Cos. Must Assess And Prepare For Cartel-Related FCPA Risks

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    Given the Trump administration’s strong signaling that it will focus on drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations when it resumes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, global businesses should refresh their risk assessments and conduct enhanced due diligence to account for these shifting priorities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Mitigating Import Risks Around Southeast Asian Solar Cells

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    The U.S. Department of Commerce's recent final determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into solar cells produced in certain Southeast Asian countries make it important for U.S. purchasers to consider risk mitigation strategies, including modifying supply chains and contractually assigning import responsibilities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • AT&T Decision May Establish Framework To Block FCC Fines

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent decision in AT&T v. FCC upends the commission's authority to impose certain civil penalties, reinforcing constitutional safeguards against administrative overreach, and opening avenues for telecommunications and technology providers to challenge forfeiture orders, say attorneys at HWG.

  • Reassessing Corporate Separateness After Explosion Of LLCs

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    Following the dramatic increase of limited liability companies in the U.S., the Corporate Transparency Act's enactment and the Trump administration's subsequent narrowing of that law, it's worth revisiting the underlying legal principles that govern shell companies in order to remedy the problems that initially motivated the CTA, says Jeff Newton at Omni Bridgeway.

  • What Banks Should Note As Regulators Plan To Nix CRA Rule

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    While federal bank regulators’ recently announced intent to rescind a Biden-era Community Reinvestment Act final rule will loosen the framework for evaluating banks’ lending, service and investing activities, the decision means industry innovations and changes will remain unaddressed, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.

  • Fines Against Apple, Meta Set Digital Markets Act Precedent

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    The European Commission's recent fines against Apple and Meta, the first under the Digital Markets Act, send a clear message that the act's reach and influence on regulatory thinking is global, say lawyers at Waterfront Law.

  • Addressing PFAS Risks In Public Company Disclosures

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    As individual lawsuits and class actions over PFAS risks spanning multiple sectors and products increase, and rapidly evolving and often unclear regulatory initiatives on both the federal and state levels proliferate, it's more important than ever for companies to know how and when to complete PFAS-related disclosures, say attorneys at Venable.

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