Compliance

  • August 01, 2025

    Employment Authority: The Push For NYC's $30 Min Wage

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's pitch for a $30 an hour minimum wage, why a new report is raising alarms that digital surveillance systems at work are causing wage theft and discrimination, and why experts say it was an unusual move for President Trump to call on the National Labor Relations Board to clarify the status of college athletes. 

  • August 01, 2025

    Boeing Sued By Alaska Air Crew Over Door Plug Blowout

    Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants aboard the 737 Max 9 jet that experienced a midair door plug blowout have sued jet-maker Boeing in Washington state court alleging the harrowing January 2024 incident left them with physical and mental injuries, including severe emotional distress.

  • August 01, 2025

    Texas Judge Says States Can Pursue BlackRock Coal Suit

    A Texas federal judge Friday gave Texas and other states the go-ahead to pursue claims that BlackRock Inc. and other asset managers used market muscle to decrease coal production, saying the states plausibly showed that the asset managers breached antitrust laws.

  • August 01, 2025

    $34M Milk Price-Fixing Deal Wins Preliminary Approval

    A New Mexico federal judge gave an initial OK to two settlements between a class of dairy farmers and two national milk cooperatives dropping price-fixing claims in exchange for $34.4 million and an end to the alleged scheme.

  • August 01, 2025

    Dems Want Probe Of DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement

    A quartet of Senate Democrats called Friday for the U.S. Department of Justice's internal watchdog to look for "improper business and political considerations" in the settlement permitting Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks.

  • August 01, 2025

    Mich Cos. Can't Get Atty Fees In Withdrawal Liability Spat

    A Michigan furniture manufacturer and its shipping partner cannot get interest and attorney fees in a dispute with a Teamsters-affiliated pension fund, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding the fund's bid to increase the amount of money the companies owed was not made in bad faith.

  • August 01, 2025

    Alaskan Tribe's Breach Claim Axed In Gold Mine Permit Fight

    An Alaska judge threw out a breach of trust claim against the federal government and a mining company in a challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to issue a permit for an open gold mine near the Yukon border.

  • August 01, 2025

    Senate Bill Would Ramp Up Oversight Of FCC Broadband Map

    A bipartisan pair of lawmakers filed a bill Thursday to ensure the Federal Communications Commission keeps tabs on the accuracy of broadband maps used to pinpoint where funding is needed for high-speed internet service.

  • August 01, 2025

    Senate Dem Pitches Way To Keep TikTok Online Without Sale

    U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is floating a proposal that would require TikTok to be transparent about how it displays content and limit foreign access to user data in order to allow the app to escape a legislative mandate to cut ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban.

  • August 01, 2025

    4 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In August

    The Ninth and Eleventh circuits in August will hear from employers fighting trial court decisions refusing to kick proposed class actions alleging ERISA violations into individual arbitration. Here's a look at four coming oral argument sessions that should be on benefits lawyers' radar.

  • August 01, 2025

    Texas Bill Seeks Permanent Limit For Property Tax Increases

    Texas would establish a permanent cap on increases in the appraised value of real property other than residence homesteads for property tax purposes if voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the cap, as part of legislation filed in the state House of Representatives.

  • August 01, 2025

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    The U.S. Department of Justice abandoned its challenge of a corporate travel management deal, while lawmakers are calling for scrutiny of the agency's recent decision to settle a different case, and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to nix the requirements placed on a pair of oil and gas deals.

  • August 01, 2025

    FCC Lets Univ. Use CBRS For Salt Lake City Research Tool

    The University of Utah has received special dispensation to use spectrum set aside for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service for its "valuable, innovative research," the Federal Communications Commission revealed.

  • August 01, 2025

    EPA Beats Coolant Cos.' Challenge To HFC Regs

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected refrigerant companies' challenges to a law requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons and said the cap-and-trade program implementing the law was based on sound methodology.

  • August 01, 2025

    NY Law Mandating Judicial Fine Declared Unconstitutional

    A New York state appeals court has declared unconstitutional a statute that mandates a judge forfeit $1,000 to a plaintiff if the judge refuses to issue a writ of habeas corpus.

  • August 01, 2025

    Mich. Judge Tosses MSU Students' $99 Class Fee Complaint

    A Michigan federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by two students claiming their Michigan State University professor should be liable for charging them a $99 course fee that she used to fund her political activism, saying the students were given a refund and the fee was not "compelled speech."

  • August 01, 2025

    Google Wants Pause On Play Store Order In Antitrust Fight

    Google asked the Ninth Circuit for an emergency administrative pause Friday on its looming deadline to open up the Play Store to alternative app distribution, saying it needs breathing room before it can formally seek a pause after the appellate court upheld Epic Games' landmark antitrust win.

  • August 01, 2025

    Banking TCPA Rule Changes Go Too Far, Consumer Org. Says

    Consumer advocates urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject changes floated by banking groups to rules for revoking consumer consent to receive calls and texts, saying they would cause confusion and make it harder to block unwanted contacts.

  • August 01, 2025

    GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

    Department store retailer Dillard's has asked for a special shareholder's vote on Aug. 19 on management's plan to move its incorporation from Delaware to Texas, becoming the latest company to join the so-called DExit trend.

  • August 01, 2025

    Ex-Bank GC Must Pay $2.5M Fraud Restitution By Oct. 1

    A former Webster Bank general counsel who pled guilty to bank fraud must pay by Oct. 1 the remaining $2.5 million he owes in restitution, a federal judge has ruled, finding that the man's bank accounts and securities are enough to cover the difference.

  • August 01, 2025

    J&J Unit's Catheter Rival Scores Injunction After $442M Win

    A California federal judge will block Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster from refusing clinical support for its Carto cardio mapping systems from hospitals that use competitors' cardiac catheters, requiring the company to institute nondiscriminatory pricing for its services at hospitals regardless of which products they use.

  • August 01, 2025

    Steel Workers Want OK Of $1.8M Deal In Inflated Stock Suit

    A former employee of Flat Rock Metal and Bar Processing has asked a Michigan federal judge to grant a green light to a $1.8 million settlement in a suit claiming the trustees of the company's employee stock ownership plan allowed the plan to buy $60 million in company stock at an inflated price.

  • August 01, 2025

    Hyundai, Kia Can't Get Rehearing On Cities' Car Theft MDL

    The Ninth Circuit won't hold an en banc rehearing on an appeal from Hyundai Motors America Inc. and Kia America Inc. seeking to dismiss negligence claims by cities in three of seven states in multidistrict litigation over their alleged failure to install anti-theft technology in millions of vehicles.

  • July 31, 2025

    Appeals Court Resurrects DC's Privacy Suit Against Facebook

    A Washington, D.C., appeals court Thursday revived a lawsuit from the district's attorney general accusing Facebook of misleading users about how their data could be shared with Cambridge Analytica and other third-party apps, finding the lower court relied on too high an evidence standard in axing the claims.

  • July 31, 2025

    3 DOJ Attys Face Bar Complaints Over CFPB Representation

    A legal watchdog group Thursday lodged bar complaints against a trio of U.S. Department of Justice lawyers, accusing them of making misleading and false statements in court filings while defending the Trump administration in litigation over its attempt to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Expert Analysis

  • Navigating Administrative Exhaustion In EEOC Charges

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    Before responding to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge, employers should understand the process of exhausting administrative remedies and when it applies, and consider several best practices, such as preserving records and crafting effective position statements, says Matthew Gagnon at Ogletree.

  • How DOJ's New Data Security Rules Leave HIPPA In The Dust

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recently effective data security requirements carry profound implications for how healthcare providers collect, store, share and use data — and approach vendor oversight — that go far beyond the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, say attorneys at Nelson Mullins.

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    9th Circ. Customs Fraud Ruling Is Good For US Trade

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    In an era rife with international trade disputes and tariff-evasion schemes that cost billions annually, the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Island Industries v. Sigma is a major step forward for trade enforcement and for whistleblowers who can expose customs fraud, say attorneys at Singleton Schreiber.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks

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    A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Why Bank Regulators' Proposed Leverage Tweak Matters

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    Banking agencies' recent proposal to modify the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio framework applicable to the largest U.S. banks shows the regulators are keen to address concerns that the regulatory capital framework is too restrictive, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Now Is The Time To Prep For SEC's New Data Breach Regs

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    Recent remarks from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s acting director of the Division of Examinations suggest that the commission will support exams for compliance with its new data breach detection and reporting regulations, and a looming deadline means investment advisers and broker-dealers must act now to update their processes, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • Corp. Human Rights Regulatory Landscape Is Fragmented

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    Given the complexity of compliance with nations' overlapping human rights laws, multinational companies need to be cognizant of the evolving approaches to modern slavery transparency, and proposals that could reduce mandatory due diligence and reporting requirements, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Impending Quality Control Standards Pose Risks For Auditors

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    Public accounting firms will need to comply with new standards aimed at strengthening their quality control systems by the end of this year, a significant challenge sure to increase costs, individual liability and regulatory scrutiny, say Kelly Bossard at FTI Consulting and Mike Plotnick at King & Spalding.

  • How Banks Can Harness New Customer ID Rule's Flexibility

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    Banking regulators' update to the customer identification process, allowing banks to collect some information from third parties rather than directly from customers, helps modernize anti-money laundering compliance and carries advantages for financial institutions that embrace the new approach, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Opinion

    Premerger Settlements Don't Meet Standard For Bribery

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    Claims that Paramount’s decision to settle a lawsuit with President Donald Trump while it was undergoing a premerger regulatory review amounts to a quid pro quo misconstrue bribery law and ignore how modern legal departments operate, says Ediberto Román at the Florida International University College of Law.

  • Texas Med Spas Must Prepare For 2 New State Laws

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    Two new laws in Texas — regulating elective intravenous therapy and reforming healthcare noncompetes — mark a pivotal shift in the regulatory framework for medical spas in the state, which must proactively adapt their operations and contractual practices, says Brad Cook at Munsch Hardt.

  • What EPA Chemical Data Deadline Extension Means For Cos.

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's extension for manufacturers and importers of 16 chemical substances to report unpublished health and safety studies under the Toxic Substances Control Act could lead to state regulators stepping into the breach, while creating compliance risks and uncertainty for companies, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

  • How Trump Cybersecurity EO Narrows Biden-Era Standards

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    President Donald Trump recently signed Executive Order No. 14306, which significantly narrows the scope and ambition of a Biden executive order focused on raising federal cybersecurity standards among federal vendors, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

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