/compliance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Compliance Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:32:35 +0000 /compliance/articles/2361089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2361089 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be laying the groundwork to approve increasingly innovative crypto exchange-traded products with a staff statement on disclosure expectations and the recent approval of a novel fund, but experts said the commission's openness comes with a focus on fulsome disclosure. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:04:24 +0000 /compliance/articles/2361167?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2361167 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. hit banks with a surge of consumer protection-related enforcement actions in the final year of the Biden administration, issuing the largest total dollar amount of fines in almost a decade, according to a new report from the agency. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:15:42 +0000 /compliance/articles/2361154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2361154 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insight into this week's reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, how states are approaching energy demand for data center projects, and where the commercial and residential real estate sectors stand at the midyear. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:09:14 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360914 The alleged co-CEO of purported crypto projects accused of duping investors out of tens of millions of dollars with false promises of returns has filed a motion to escape the suit, arguing he was not involved with the formation of the projects. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:26:17 +0000 /compliance/articles/2361077?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2361077 Top Democratic lawmakers are questioning major banks on how they're protecting customers from "significant scams and fraud" on Zelle, in light of JPMorgan Chase's recent decision to block transactions that originate from social media on the peer-to-peer payment platform. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:24:16 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360699 A group of youths is asking the Ninth Circuit to revive its lawsuit alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget are violating the youngsters' constitutional rights by not properly protecting them from climate change. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:24:12 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360585 The steep funding cut that Republicans have passed for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could strengthen the Trump administration's position in its court fight to resume downsizing the agency, even if it doesn't directly resolve the legal questions at play. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:08:32 +0000 /compliance/articles/2357536?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2357536 The first half of 2025 saw the U.S. Supreme Court impose limitations on water permit requirements, as well as key decisions in lower courts in climate change and environmental justice cases. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest environmental law rulings of 2025. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:52:09 +0000 /compliance/articles/2361199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2361199 Netflix's streaming services in Colorado are tangible personal property subject to sales tax, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, reversing a district court's finding that the subscriptions were not taxable under state law because they were not tangible physical items. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:18:10 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360982 The city of Detroit has sued Real Token LLC, a cryptocurrency real estate company, alleging it allowed hundreds of properties to fall into severe disrepair while incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid blight fines and property taxes. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:11:24 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360989?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360989 The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote this month on whether to employ a fast-track procedure to remove regulations that are deemed obsolete without having to go through the typical process of first issuing a public notice and soliciting comment. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:56:42 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360987 A plumbing subcontractor told a California federal court that its primary insurer was improperly limiting its coverage in an employee stock ownership plan dispute, hindering its ability to tap into its full $25 million tower of management liability coverage. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:52:05 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360762 Management-side attorneys are expecting a shakeup at the U.S. Department of Labor if President Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency's employee benefits arm wins Senate confirmation. Here, Law360 looks at four issues that employee benefits experts say they'll be monitoring at the DOL in the latter half of the year. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /compliance/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:24:17 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360419 Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:13:08 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360937?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360937 States accusing generic-drug makers of fixing prices are continuing to object to a $10 million settlement struck between Florida and Sandoz, arguing that it limits their ability to negotiate deals while letting the Sunshine State benefit without participating in the litigation. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:06:29 +0000 /compliance/articles/2361078?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2361078 The Fourth Circuit has tossed an appeal challenging the U.S. Naval Academy's consideration of race in its admissions, deeming it to be moot after a Trump administration executive order spurred the academy to change its policy. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:51:20 +0000 /compliance/articles/2354715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2354715 The Treasury Department has emerged as an important facilitator of the Trump administration's financial policies affecting banks, which are now facing deregulation domestically and the use of international economic authorities in cross-border trade and investment, say attorneys at Davis Polk. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:32:26 +0000 /compliance/articles/2360703?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2360703 The Center for Food Safety and Wild Fish Conservancy hit Pacific Seafood Aquaculture LLC with a Clean Water Act citizen suit alleging it has failed to comply with permit terms for three Columbia River net pen facilities, each producing more than 20,000 pounds of rainbow trout annually.