Compliance

  • July 01, 2026

    3 NJ Bills On Data Center Regulation Sent To Governor

    The New Jersey Senate and the state's General Assembly recently passed three data center regulation bills that will be considered by Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

  • July 01, 2026

    Amgen Wins Order Blocking Colorado's Enbrel Price Cap

    Colorado is preliminarily blocked from enforcing its price cap on Amgen's rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the biotech company is likely to succeed on its claim that federal patent law preempts the state's effort to limit the price of patented medications.

  • July 01, 2026

    Capital One 401(k) Deal Wins Final OK, $3.2M Atty Fee Award

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday awarded class counsel Capozzi Adler PC $3.2 million in attorney fees and granted final approval to a $9.6 million settlement resolving claims Capital One improperly used forfeited employee funds paid into the company's retirement plan to reduce its own contributions instead of curtailing administrative costs.

  • July 01, 2026

    Ga. Justices Pass On Co.'s Challenge To Workers' RICO Suit

    The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear a construction company's challenge to an appellate ruling that revived a lawsuit from two former human resources directors who claimed they were fired for raising concerns about fraudulent work authorization records.

  • July 01, 2026

    Microsoft Brass Face Investor Suit Over AI Business Hype

    A Microsoft Corp. shareholder has launched a derivative suit against the company's top brass, claiming they misled shareholders about the company's artificial intelligence business strategy and products, and caused it to violate copyright and intellectual property laws by "training its AI software on copyrighted works for which it did not possess lawful licenses."

  • July 01, 2026

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    Getty Images abandoned its plans to buy Shutterstock, Sysco disclosed an in-depth probe into its deal for Jetro Restaurant Depot, Nexstar and Tegna battled challenges to their tie-up, and Paramount Skydance navigated reviews and potential challenges to its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • July 01, 2026

    Calif. Man Gets 21 Months For Sports Memorabilia Fraud

    A California resident has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty in December to one count of wire fraud for knowingly selling counterfeit baseball memorabilia he claimed was from MLB Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

  • July 01, 2026

    Colo. Regulator Says Gas Co.'s Ask For Review Is Too Late

    Colorado utility regulators and a state consumer advocacy office have jointly moved to dismiss a natural gas company's bid for court review of an agency decision, arguing the company missed the required 30-day filing deadline by nearly three weeks.

  • July 01, 2026

    8th Circ. Keeps Missouri's 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Alive

    The Eighth Circuit declined Wednesday to temporarily block a Missouri law that bars drugmakers from imposing restrictions on federally funded providers that contract with pharmacies to distribute discount drugs in the 340B drug discount program.

  • July 01, 2026

    Bojangles Can't Duck Workers' Data Breach Class Action

    Bojangles cannot free itself from a proposed data breach class action alleging the fried chicken fast food chain left employees' personal information vulnerable to Russian hackers, a North Carolina Business Court judge ruled in largely denying the company's bid for an early exit.

  • July 01, 2026

    Watchdog Says DOL Needs Better Info Sharing Controls

    The U.S. Department of Labor's lack of controls over information sharing between subagencies and nongovernmental entities, including law firms and legal advocacy organizations, may have unfairly advantaged those parties with privileged investigative information, an agency watchdog reported, though use of the practice has dropped off. 

  • July 01, 2026

    Resale Ticket Buyers Must Arbitrate Live Nation Claims

    A New York federal court has sent antitrust claims from concertgoers who purchased Ticketmaster tickets on the secondary market to arbitration, after finding an arbitration clause in Live Nation's terms of service is enforceable.

  • July 01, 2026

    Ukrainian Civilian Suit Against Semiconductor Cos. Dismissed

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday dismissed claims that semiconductor manufacturers negligently sold products the Russian government used to build missiles that killed Ukrainian civilians, but gave the Ukrainians civilians who brought the suit another shot at pleading their claims.

  • July 01, 2026

    FCC To Vote On Revamping Space, Earth Station Licensing

    The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday released the order it wants to vote on later this month to overhaul the licensing process for satellite and earth stations by creating an "assembly line" process that the agency says will slash red tape.

  • July 01, 2026

    FTC Upholds Horse Trainer's Ban, Scraps $25K Penalty

    The Federal Trade Commission upheld a horse trainer's two-year suspension on an alleged banned substances violation, but reversed a $25,000 fine after finding an administrative law judge wasn't authorized to impose the civil monetary penalty. 

  • July 01, 2026

    3rd Circ. Says Hidden Bank Accounts Count As Tax Evasion

    The Third Circuit found a Pennsylvania insurance business owner guilty of two counts of tax evasion, affirming Wednesday a lower court jury's conclusion that he willfully concealed a bank account on 2016 tax forms while the IRS was pursuing collection action against him.

  • July 01, 2026

    5th Circ. Says Vape Co. Deserves Jury Trial For $19K HHS Fine

    A split Fifth Circuit panel has thrown out a $19,192 civil penalty against a Texas vape seller issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, saying the company is entitled to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment and recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  • July 01, 2026

    Michigan Launches New, Simplified Court Forms

    For the first time since 1979, the Michigan State Court Administrative Office is rolling out new, simplified court forms meant to increase access to justice.

  • July 01, 2026

    DOL Nears ESG Rule Rollback As White House Review Begins

    The U.S. Department of Labor is gearing up to repeal a Biden-era rule allowing retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, sending the proposed repeal to the White House for review.

  • July 01, 2026

    Amazon To Pay $2.25 Million To Settle FCRA Violation Claims

    Amazon has been ordered to pay $2.25 million in civil penalties to settle allegations that it knowingly violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by refusing to provide customers with transaction records after their personal information was used by identity thieves to commit fraud.

  • July 01, 2026

    Chen Says Herridge Must Name Source Even Under Her Test

    A woman claiming that an FBI agent smeared her by leaking confidential records to then-Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge told the U.S. Supreme Court not to halt Herridge's contempt finding and $800-per-day fine any longer, saying that even under Herridge's preferred test, she would still have to identify her source.

  • July 01, 2026

    PCAOB Names Ex-Venable Partner As GC

    The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has named a former Venable LLP partner as its new general counsel, where he will be tasked with providing legal advice to an agency that is currently undergoing leadership changes.

  • July 01, 2026

    The Top In-House Hires Of June

    Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Bayer, Harley-Davidson and PBS. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from June.

  • July 01, 2026

    Cleaning Co. Agrees To $500K Deal Over OT, Sick Leave Claim

    A Texas commercial cleaning company agreed to pay $500,000 to settle claims that it failed to pay overtime wages and provide paid sick leave to Colorado workers it employed through subcontractors, according to a motion for preliminary settlement approval filed Wednesday in Colorado federal court.

  • July 01, 2026

    Calif. Tribe Seeks To Block July 8 Wild Horse Roundup

    A California tribe is looking to block the U.S. Department of the Interior from removing more than 600 wild horses via helicopter from a protected habitat starting July 8, arguing that the federal government has been on notice for nearly four decades that aboriginal interests are implicated by the territory's management activities.

Expert Analysis

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    Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    The last three months were particularly consequential for Illinois banking law, with a federal court ruling reshaping the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, the state filling enforcement gaps, significant legislative activity and a revision to the community bank leverage ratio, say attorneys at Riley Safer.

  • Attorney Mental Health Is An Ethical Obligation In The AI Era

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    As attorneys cope with the increasing unpredictability that artificial intelligence and constant policy changes have created, particularly in practice areas where they carry the emotional weight of clients’ most consequential life events, otherwise soft discussions about self-care are a matter of professional competence, says attorney Jack Jrada.

  • GM Privacy Penalty Signals A Change In Calif. Enforcement

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    General Motors' $12.75 million settlement with the California attorney general over its sale of driving behavior and geolocation data to brokers shows that disclosures and user choice may no longer be enough to define permissible data use, says Sonja Arndt-Johnson at Buchalter.

  • Agentic AI And Securities Law: Evolving Risk Disclosures

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    The U.S. disclosure regime is built on the premise that management can describe the material facts and risks facing its business, but, with the advent of agentic artificial intelligence, the question is whether the regime can accommodate decision-making systems whose behavior is not fully predictable, says Joseph A. Hall at Davis Polk.

  • DOJ China Container Indictments Signal Global Cartel Risk

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent announcement that it had indicted Chinese manufacturers for conspiring to drive up the price of shipping containers sold in the U.S. illustrates the Antitrust Division's interest in pursuing oversees cartel conduct, especially in China, signaling that multinational companies with employees abroad should strengthen antitrust compliance to avoid running afoul of U.S. national security policy, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • More Cos. Will Copy SpaceX's Shareholder Proposal Opt-Out

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    For more than 80 years, the shareholder proposal looked like a federal right guaranteed to all public company investors, but after SpaceX opted out before its recent initial public offering, other companies are likely to follow, says Mohsen Manesh at the University of Oregon School of Law.

  • Healthcare Orgs Should Prep For Greater Grant Oversight

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    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' new Audit Enforcement and Risk Oversight initiative, and a proposed overhaul of the governmentwide framework for grants management, signal an aggressive and data-driven approach to federal grant enforcement, and could significantly expand the pathways leading to enforcement actions and private litigation, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Perfectus Deal Raises Trade Missteps To Enterprise Risk Level

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    Former inspector general Parisa Salehi at Parker Poe discusses what the U.S. Department of Justice's recently settled False Claims Act case against Perfectus Aluminum can teach companies about satisfying trade reporting obligations as agencies increasingly coordinate enforcement.

  • Opinion

    DHS' World Cup Influencer Warning Overreads Visa Law

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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s reported position that foreign influencers covering the 2026 World Cup need work visas if their content is monetized runs contrary to both legislative intent and long-standing precedent that structure the visa inquiry around labor market substitution, says Jun Li at Reid & Wise.

  • 3 Steps For Banks As Section 1071 Rule Finally Becomes Final

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    Some community banks and other lenders will get some breathing room in the final Section 1071 rule exempting them from small business lending reporting duties, but other reporting institutions should update applications, systems and staff training ahead of the 2028 compliance date, says Memrie Fortenberry at Jones Walker.

  • Prediction Market Case Will Test US Insider Trading Reach

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    The insider trading case recently brought against Google employee Michele Spagnuolo may help clarify the extraterritorial reach of the Commodity Exchange Act and U.S. agencies' ability to police foreign trading in prediction markets, say attorneys at Akin.

  • Why DOE Isn't Phasing Out Appliance Efficiency Regs

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    While the U.S. Department of Energy recently acted on President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order requiring it to consider sunsetting many energy regulations, the DOE has not proposed phasing out efficiency standards for appliances and industrial equipment — but it could pursue other approaches to ease such requirements, say attorneys at HWG.

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    Power To The Paralegals: Burnout As A Structural Problem

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    Law firm leadership can best retain their paralegals not by encouraging self-care, but by seeking top-down structural solutions for the quiet proliferation of responsibilities and the vicarious exposure to client trauma that particularly drive burnout in this vital role, says Erika Sneeringer at Brockstedt Mandalas.

  • Managing Post-IEEPA Tariff Refunds, Replacements And Risks

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    Companies and investors reeling from the rapid changes resulting from February's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't authorize tariffs should focus on understanding the duty refund process, the likely replacement tariffs and the operational ways they can minimize their tariff exposure, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 11th Circ. Ruling Reflects Shift In Digital Consent Frameworks

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    The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Tejon v. Zeus Networks that a browsewrap terms-of-service hyperlink was insufficiently conspicuous to bind a consumer to an arbitration agreement could accelerate a broader industry shift to clickwrap as the baseline for enforceable digital consent, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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