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June 06, 2025
Auto Industry Questions Update To FCC Connected-Tech Ban
With the automotive technology players saying they need more time to assess their supply chains, the Federal Communications Commission is giving the public an additional 18 days to comment on a proposal that would add to the list of vehicle connectivity technologies banned from Russian and Chinese manufacturers.
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June 06, 2025
FCC Says Texas Telecom Must Pay Back $5M In Federal Support
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that a West Texas telecom will have to pay back $5.5 million in federal support because it didn't follow commission rules when documenting its eligibility for the money.
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June 06, 2025
Feds Tee Up Redo Of Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday that vehicle fuel economy standards issued by the Biden administration improperly factored electric vehicles into the calculus, resulting in overly stringent standards that the Trump administration will soon revise.
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June 06, 2025
GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
In corporate legal news from the past week,​ in-house lawyers' use of alternative legal service providers remains low, and the top Justice Department merger official said that the Trump administration welcomes "fix-it-first proposals," where merging companies arrange to sell off overlapping business lines.
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June 06, 2025
Dems Urge FHFA To Halt Trump's Fannie, Freddie Plans
A group of 13 Democratic U.S. senators, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders, urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency to put on hold efforts from President Donald Trump to end government conservatorship for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, stating in a letter that reprivatizing the entities "could dramatically increase costs for families seeking to purchase a home."
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June 06, 2025
4th Circ. Stays Ruling Restoring Frozen Federal Grant Funding
A split Fourth Circuit panel has blocked a South Carolina federal judge's order directing the federal government to restore 32 congressionally funded grants that were frozen by the Trump administration, while casting doubt on nonprofits' and cities' legal challenge.
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June 06, 2025
Gemini Confidentially Files For IPO Amid Crypto Listings Buzz
Crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. said Friday it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, marking a first step toward going public amid growing enthusiasm for crypto-related listings following stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc.'s blockbuster IPO.
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June 06, 2025
European Soccer Org. Under Fire For Stifling 'Super League'
Spain's competition watchdog opened an investigation into European soccer's governing body on Friday, focusing on a series of agreements it struck with top flight clubs to prevent them from joining the so-called Super League project backed by promoter A22 Sports Management.
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June 06, 2025
Goldberg Segalla Adds Toxic Torts Expert In NY
Civil litigation firm Goldberg Segalla LLP has added a trial lawyer who is an expert in complex asbestos litigation, product liability, personal injury and commercial litigation matters to its toxic torts and environmental law group in Garden City, New York.
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June 06, 2025
Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Exits Paul Weiss For Jenner & Block
Just months after rejoining Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is leaving the firm to join Jenner & Block LLP.
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June 05, 2025
FTC Chair Calls On Congress To 'Reform' Kids' Privacy Model
The longstanding framework for protecting children from online privacy harms is no longer working as Congress intended, the head of the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday, in urging federal lawmakers to take steps to empower both the agency and parents to more effectively tackle these growing risks.Â
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June 05, 2025
'Sparse' OPM Record On Mass Firings Backs Win, Unions Say
A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday.
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June 05, 2025
FINRA Panel Awards More Than $2M Over Mismanaged Stocks
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors and two representatives must pay more than $2 million and rescind the sale of thousands of shares of Microsoft and Google over claims that they sold off a client's blue-chip investments and told her to invest heavily in an allegedly fraudulent Indian media company, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel has held.
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June 05, 2025
Calif. Adviser, CEO To Pay $21M To End SEC Theft Claims
A California investment adviser and its CEO have agreed to pay over $21 million to end U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims they misappropriated over $15.3 million from a cannabis industry client — including $4.6 million used to buy a home — and overstated its assets under management in regulatory filings.
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June 05, 2025
AI Co. Sues French Tech Biz Over $20M Graphics Content Deal
An artificial intelligence company is suing a French technology business in California federal court over a more than $20 million deal giving it access to a platform that creates graphics content, accusing it of committing acts of bad faith "at every stage" of their relationship.
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June 05, 2025
Infant Cushion Maker Urges DC Circ. To Vacate CPSC Rule
A company that manufactures infant support cushions has told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission overstepped its authority by issuing a rule regulating the products as "durable" and thus skirting congressional limits on its ability to issue mandatory product safety standards.
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June 05, 2025
Colo. Gov. Faces Suit Over Order To Comply With ICE Info Bid
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was accused in court Wednesday of forcing government employees to violate a state law by requesting they honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests for information about 35 sponsors of unauthorized immigrant children.
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June 05, 2025
SEC Wants 8th Circ. To Remand 'Dealer' Suit After Dismissals
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked the Eighth Circuit on Thursday to send a $12 million case it won against Carebourn Capital back to the district court in light of its recent decision to take a less expansive approach to the definition of "securities dealer."
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June 05, 2025
Crypto.com Says Nevada Can't Sue Over Sports Contracts
The derivatives platform owned by Crypto.com on Thursday urged a Nevada federal judge to block the state's gaming regulators from taking action over its sports event contracts, arguing the federal court has already granted similar relief to trading platform Kalshi.
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June 05, 2025
SEC Seeks To Cut Enforcement Staff To 2010 Levels
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could see its lowest level of enforcement attorneys since the first Obama administration if Congress approves the agency's requested budget, with the proposal indicating that even more workers could leave the SEC in the next fiscal year.Â
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June 05, 2025
$1.36B Home Healthcare Deal Dropped Amid FTC Scrutiny
Healthcare solutions company Owens & Minor said Thursday that it's abandoning its $1.36 billion plan to buy home-based care business Rotech Healthcare Holdings after the Federal Trade Commission's scrutiny proved too much to bear.
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June 05, 2025
Fed, OCC Face Bipartisan Call For Leverage Ratio Reform
Republican and Democratic lawmakers teamed up Thursday to urge federal banking regulators to revisit their bank leverage rules "with haste," pointing to U.S. Treasury market liquidity concerns and asking for details about potential adjustments under consideration.
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June 05, 2025
SEC Panel Backs Rules Curbing Advisers' Arbitration Power
An investor-focused committee recommended Thursday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enact rules governing mandatory arbitration clauses between registered investment advisers and their clients, concerned that such clauses can harm investors.
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June 05, 2025
Citi Let Hackers Bleed Med School Of Over $800K, Suit Says
University of Medicine and Health Sciences has sued Citibank in New York federal court, accusing it of letting hackers drain its bank account even after staff repeatedly warned they had been locked out and feared a cyberattack.
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June 05, 2025
DOJ Says Cross-Border Monopoly Member Deserves 11 Years
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking 11 years in prison and a $2 million fine for a man who pled guilty to charges tied to the running of a cross-border used-car transport business, which prosecutors say used violence to keep competition at bay.
Expert Analysis
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EEOC Suits Show Cos. Shouldn't Ax Anti-Harassment Efforts
Companies shouldn't be so quick to eliminate anti-harassment programs in response to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance cautioning against unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion programs, as recent enforcement actions demonstrate that the agency still plans to hold employers accountable for addressing sexual harassment, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method.
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Perspectives
Reading Tea Leaves In High Court's Criminal Law Decisions
The criminal justice decisions the U.S. Supreme Court will announce in the coming weeks will reveal whether last term’s fractured decision-making has continued, an important data point as the justices’ alignment seems to correlate with who benefits from a case’s outcome, says Sharon Fairley at the University of Chicago Law School.
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$38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils
A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.
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Hints Of Where Enforcement May Grow Under New ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ
Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has significantly scaled back enforcement under the new administration, states remain able to pursue Consumer Financial Protection Act violators and the ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ seems set to enhance its focus on predatory loans to military members and fraudulent debt collection and credit reporting practices, say attorneys at MoFo.
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Only Certainty About FAR Reform Order Is Its Uncertainty
The president’s recent order overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which both contractors and agencies rely on to ensure predictability and consistency in federal procurement, lacks key details about its implementation, which will likely eliminate many safeguards that ensure contractors are treated fairly and that procurements are awarded in a reasonable manner, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.
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Maintaining Legal Compliance For GenAI In Life Sciences
As companies continue to implement generative artificial intelligence to enhance all phases of drug discovery, they must remain mindful of legal, regulatory and practical considerations as best practices in this space emerge and evolve, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.
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Series
Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.
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SEC's Crypto Statement Offers Clarity On Disclosures
While the crypto industry awaits a definitive rule from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on whether a crypto-asset is a security, its recent guidance provides a road map for registrants seeking to comply with current disclosure requirements and shows the commission is working toward a comprehensive regulatory framework, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Disparate Impact Theory Lives On Despite Trump Order
Although President Donald Trump's recent executive order directed federal agencies to stop pursuing disparate impact claims, employers may still be targeted by private litigants' claims and should therefore stay alert to the risk that their practices may produce a disparate impact on members of a protected group, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
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Choosing A Road To Autonomous Vehicle Compliance
As autonomous vehicle manufacturers navigate the complex U.S. regulatory landscape, they may opt for different approaches to following federal, state and local rules and laws, as they balance the tradeoffs between innovation, compliance and speed of deployment, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Jurisdictional Issues At Play In 9th Circ.'s FCA Trade Case
A decision by the Ninth Circuit in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp. could result in the U.S. Court of International Trade’s exclusive jurisdiction over trade-related FCA cases, a big shift in the enforcement landscape just as tariffs take center stage in trade policy, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Evolving Federal Rules Pose Further Obstacles To NY LLC Act
Following the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent changes to beneficial ownership information reporting under the federal Corporate Transparency Act — dramatically reducing the number of companies required to make disclosures — the utility of New York's LLC Transparency Act becomes less apparent, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.
A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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4th Circ. 'Actionable Inaccuracy' Finding Deepens FCRA Split
The Fourth Circuit's March finding in Roberts v. Carter-Young Inc. that an actionable inaccuracy under the Fair Credit Reporting Act can be both legal and factual widens an existing circuit split and should prompt furnishers to review their processes for investigating readily verifiable information, say attorneys at Blank Rome.