Compliance

  • June 02, 2026

    Boeing Says Wash. Law Bars Punitives In Door-Plug Suit

    The Boeing Co. has told a federal judge that Washington state law bars punitive damages in a lawsuit from a mother and her teenage son who were seated next to the door plug that blew off the 737 Max 9 jet midflight in January 2024.

  • June 02, 2026

    Enviro Group Seeks Delay Of AI Prompt Reveal In Shell Suit

    An environmental advocacy group is asking to pause a magistrate judge's order requiring it to turn over any artificial intelligence prompts its expert witness may have used to craft her report in a Clean Water Act case, saying a stay is necessary while it challenges the ruling.

  • June 02, 2026

    11th Circ. Affirms Ga. Concrete Bid Rigging Conviction

    The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a manager's conviction for conspiring to rig bids and fix prices for tens of millions of dollars in ready-mix concrete contracts in Georgia, after finding enough evidence of his participation in the scheme.

  • June 02, 2026

    Generics Makers Tell 3rd Circ. Buyers Too Few For Class

    Two pharmaceutical companies embroiled in decade-long litigation over the alleged price-fixing of generic drugs told a Third Circuit panel on Tuesday that groups of drug buyers either didn't have the numbers necessary to support class certification or were not clearly identifiable.

  • June 02, 2026

    FTC Sues Supplement Co. Over Mental Health, Income Claims

    The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sued dietary supplement brand Amare Global Holdings Inc. in California federal court, alleging it misleads buyers by falsely claiming its products can treat mental health issues, while also misleading prospective "brand partners" about how much they are likely to make under Amare's program.

  • June 02, 2026

    9th Circ. Won't Recharge Kids' Suit Over Trump's Energy EOs

    A Ninth Circuit panel refused Tuesday to revive a group of youths' legal challenge of President Donald Trump's executive orders spurring the use of fossil fuels to meet the country's energy needs, concluding the plaintiffs "can only speculate" that the orders will trigger agency decisions that ultimately intensify climate change.

  • June 02, 2026

    Congress Invites NFL's Goodell To Discuss Broadcast Deals

    Congress has invited NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to testify about whether the broadcast packages for his league's games sufficiently serve consumers and comply with federal antitrust laws, an issue the U.S. Department of Justice also is investigating.

  • June 02, 2026

    FTC Orders Ascension Divestiture To Complete $3.9B Deal

    Nonprofit health system Ascension Health Alliance must divest several of its surgery center facilities in order to complete its proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg LLC, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.

  • June 02, 2026

    US Pushes To Keep Trump Tariffs In Effect During Appeal

    The Federal Circuit should maintain a pause on a lower court's order blocking President Donald Trump's temporary global tariffs with respect to Washington state and two businesses, the U.S. argued, saying the merits "lopsidedly" favor a stay during the government's appeal.

  • June 02, 2026

    FCC Probes Changes In License Control At TV Network

    The Federal Communications Commission has begun examining whether the licenses for 83 stations owned by Bridge News should be pulled as it pursues an investigation into possible violations of FCC rules requiring disclosure of changes in control.

  • June 02, 2026

    SEC Floats Strategic Plan For Next Four Years

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said it plans to reevaluate how administrative proceedings operate and to write regulations governing the cryptocurrency industry, calling for public feedback as it put forth Chairman Paul Atkins' vision for running the agency over the next four years. 

  • June 02, 2026

    Entrata Sued Over Auto-Enroll Credit Reporting 'Junk Fees'

    A proposed class of tenants argued in a Colorado federal lawsuit that software company Entrata paid kickbacks to property management companies that enticed residents to pay monthly fees for a credit monitoring service called RentPlus.

  • June 02, 2026

    NY, EU Banking Agencies To Share Stablecoin Oversight Info

    New York's Department of Financial Services and the European Banking Authority said Tuesday that they plan to share information about their respective supervision, monitoring and investigations of stablecoin issuers and markets under a new memorandum of understanding.

  • June 02, 2026

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    Nexstar and Tegna defended their merger from multiple challenges on both coasts, federal rail regulators said they need more information to review Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion purchase of Norfolk Southern and U.K. officials cut a deal allowing Getty Images to buy its rival Shutterstock.

  • June 02, 2026

    CFTC Awards More Than $8M To 5 Whistleblowers

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has awarded more than $8 million to five whistleblowers who, the derivatives market regulator said, provided information leading to an enforcement action against a fraudulent scheme.

  • June 02, 2026

    Dentons Brings On K&L Gates Litigation Duo In Miami

    Dentons US LLP has expanded its commercial litigation capabilities in Miami with a duo from K&L Gates LLP.

  • June 02, 2026

    Texas AG Investigates Bayer, PepsiCo For Glyphosate Residue

    The Texas attorney general on Tuesday announced an investigation into glyphosate residue in food from major pesticide and food companies such as Bayer and PepsiCo, claiming some are sourcing food from foreign countries that may be contaminated with the substance.

  • June 02, 2026

    X Defends Antitrust Claims Against Music Publishers

    X. Corp. is defending its antitrust case accusing music publishers and their trade group of banding together to demand an industrywide license, telling a Texas federal court the publishers agreed not to negotiate with the social media platform individually.

  • June 02, 2026

    Texas Crypto Group Ordered To Halt Unregistered Token Sales

    The Texas State Securities Board announced it has entered an emergency order to halt a purported property group, its principals and an associated Texas resident from offering and selling unregistered and fraudulent tokenized real estate investments, saying the conduct "threatens immediate and irreparable public harm."

  • June 02, 2026

    Feds Scrub 'Reputation Risk' From Raft Of Banking Guidance

    Federal banking regulators said Tuesday that they are reissuing a slew of longstanding guidance documents to take out mentions of so-called reputation risk, the latest move in the Trump administration's push to eliminate bank examiners' use of the concept.

  • June 02, 2026

    Trump Rescinds 50-Year Off-Road Rules For Public Lands

    Environmental groups are decrying the Trump administration's decision to rescind orders that limited off-road vehicle use on national public lands, arguing the safeguards provided a common-sense framework for reducing conflicts among land users while protecting clean water, wildlife habitat and fragile landscapes.

  • June 02, 2026

    Lenders Charged With $15M Fraud To Tell Jury Biz Was Legit

    Two Florida men accused of using "hard-money" commercial real estate finance companies to steal $15 million in customer fees told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday they will challenge the charges at trial, including by arguing they made legitimate loans.

  • June 01, 2026

    3rd Circ. Preview: AI Copyright Spat, NJ Gun Law Battle

    A copyright fight over the future of AI‑powered legal research heads to the Third Circuit, where a legal publisher will argue this month that a legal technology company's use of its headnotes does not constitute fair use of copyrighted material. The court will also take up a challenge to New Jersey's firearm nuisance law in a case that asks when a trade group can bring a federal suit over a state statute.

  • June 01, 2026

    SEC Defends Deal Over Musk's Late Twitter Buy-Up Disclosure

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday defended its settlement with Elon Musk over his initial purchase of Twitter stock in 2022, saying the deal was not the result of collusion, after the D.C. federal judge overseeing the case questioned whether Musk was getting special treatment.

  • June 01, 2026

    Citron Founder Convicted Of Manipulating Stock Prices

    A California federal jury Monday returned a verdict finding Citron Research founder Andrew Left guilty of using his public platform, including tweets, to manipulate the stock prices of a slew of companies, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Expert Analysis

  • FinCEN World Cup Warning Raises Trafficking Risks For Cos.

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    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent warning of human trafficking risks during the World Cup games signals heightened scrutiny ahead of the upcoming tournament, and suggests regulators increasingly expect businesses beyond financial institutions to maintain effective trafficking-risk controls, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • 2 'Rocket Dockets' And The Rules That Propel Them

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    The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them ahead, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • Retailer Risk Reduction Tips As Email Marketing Suits Surge

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    Amid a flood of email marketing lawsuits following last year's Washington Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Old Navy, retailers seeking to avoid high litigation costs can take several steps to reduce risks by focusing on their email subject lines advertising sales, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • Why Nuclear Licensees Must Watch 2nd Circ.'s Holtec Review

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    In reviewing a New York federal court's preemption ruling concerning disposal of nuclear materials, the Second Circuit must confront the lower court's recognition of a purpose-based path to field preemption, which could be game-changing for nuclear material licensees, says Andrew Averbach at Womble Bond.

  • Operational AI Washing: Dismantling Claims Before Discovery

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    Operational AI washing claims can be rebuffed before discovery extracts their true costs by turning the documentary record established in earnings calls and public disclosures into a layered defense, which can exploit the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act’s heightened pleading standards, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • Opinion

    SEC Must Clarify Crypto Guidance For Investment Advisers

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    Until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission clarifies a conundrum created by recently issued guidance that classifies crypto tokens as digital commodities rather than securities, every registered investment adviser managing a digital commodity portfolio will be simultaneously compliant and exposed, says Nicole Trudeau at Wave Digital Assets.

  • Opinion

    Attys Should Aid Clients' AI Use While Safeguarding Privilege

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    Until legislatures enact laws expressly extending privilege to artificial intelligence queries, lawyers should try to shield their clients' case-related use of AI tools by offering them dedicated access on firms' enterprise accounts and utilizing a long-standing privilege precedent, says Joseph Rillotta at Meadows Collier.

  • Employer Tips To Prepare For Va. Family And Medical Leave

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    With Virginia's paid family and medical leave insurance program taking effect in two years, employers should develop processes for monitoring head count, coordinating with existing federal and state leave programs, and tracking intermittent leave, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • What End Of SEC Settlement Gag Rule Means For Defendants

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rescinding of its gag rule prohibiting defendants from publicly denying allegations in settled SEC enforcement actions actually heightens the need to think strategically when negotiating resolutions and pursuing public denials of wrongdoing, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • NY's Tax On 2nd Homes Compounds Residency Tax Risks

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    New York’s recently enacted surcharge on high-value second homes reflects a nationwide legislative trend of using the residency tax framework more aggressively, which brings new considerations for business owners who maintain a residence while asserting domicile elsewhere, says Mark Parthemer at Glenmede.

  • Opinion

    Regulators Should Use Existing Tools To Jump-Start Crypto

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trade Commission should use existing authority to quickly enable crypto trading, custody, clearing and settlement to reduce uncertainty and lay the groundwork for permanent crypto rules, says Lee Schneider at Ava Labs.

  • SEC's Co-Investment Relief Broadens Private Market Access

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent no-action letter to J.P. Morgan Investment Management permits open-end funds to co-invest with affiliates, removing a long-standing barrier open-end fund sponsors have faced in sourcing private market investments at scale, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Recent Actions Signal Increased NYDFS Health Cyber Focus

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    The New York Department of Financial Services' recent $2.25 million settlement with Delta Dental indicates that it views cybersecurity enforcement in the healthcare and insurance sectors as an ongoing priority, and serves as a road map for the compliance gaps regulators are most likely to target, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

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    Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting them for lower-wage earners and establishing rebuttable presumptions on their duration, it also gives employers clearer guideposts for drafting enforceable agreements, say attorneys at Burr & Forman.

  • Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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