Compliance

Expert Analysis

• Rebuttal

  Jury Trials, Though In Decline, Are Well Worth Preserving

  

  In a recent Law360 guest article, the author applauded the disappearance of jury trials as an inefficient, costly mechanism, but in doing so he overlooked the greater value of jury trials for our justice system, says Stephen Susman, executive director of the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law.

• A Broader View Of The US Supreme Court Bar

  

  During the past 15 years, three widely read articles bolstered by starstruck media have promulgated the incorrect perception — sorely in need of revision — that the U.S. Supreme Court bar is limited to a handful of elite lawyers, says Lawrence Ebner of Capital Appellate Advocacy.

• Ex-Jumio CEO Case Shows SEC Is Watching Private Cos.

  

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently settled with the founder of Jumio for his misstatement of financial results to inflate the value of his company shares. This case is an example of what may be in store if an economic downturn hits the current stable of unicorns, say Joshua Newville and Brian Hooven at Proskauer.

• The Potential Impact Of Reversing Chevron Deference

  

  Some questions during U.S. Supreme oral arguments in Kisor v. Wilkie suggested a willingness to overturn Auer deference. If this leads to the scuttling of Chevron deference, rapidly evolving areas of law like labor and employment could benefit from a return to courts addressing ambiguities in federal statutes, says Michael Abcarian of Fisher Phillips.

• ADA May Not Require Compliance Management Policies

  

  As demonstrated by a Pennsylvania federal court's recent decision in Mielo v. Steak 'n Shake, it soon may no longer be possible to bring Americans with Disabilities Act claims against a company for failure to enact a policy that requires finding and removing potential physical barriers, say attorneys at Squire Patton Boggs.

• How Treaties Protect Investors When Clean Energy Regs Shift

  

  When changes in clean energy regulations lead to investor disputes, domestic companies may be limited to challenging regulatory changes in local courts, but investors from abroad can often seek remedies under international law, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

• New FinCEN Action Is A Warning To P2P Crypto Exchangers

  

  The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network recently assessed its first civil penalty against a peer-to-peer exchanger of convertible virtual currency, indicating that virtual currency exchanges of any size that fail to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act do so at their own peril, say Wade Thomson and E.K. McWilliams of Jenner & Block.

• Inside DOJ's Recent Charitable Copay Foundation Settlements

  

  On April 4, the U.S. Department of Justice announced three settlements of False Claims Act cases, offering a glimpse into the ways the DOJ believes pharmaceutical companies have used charitable copay foundations to cover copays of government health program beneficiaries, circumvent anti-kickback laws and artificially bolster high drug prices, say attorneys with Skadden.

• New USPTO Guidance May Help Diagnostics Patents

  

  While Federal Circuit decisions have created a patenting barrier for diagnostics and personalized medicine claims, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's revised patent subject matter eligibility guidance may allow for these patents to make a comeback, say attorneys with Morris Manning.

• State Net

  Court Battles Slow Trump Health Care Rollbacks

  

  A D.C. federal court recently struck down Trump administration waivers allowing two states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. The case is part of a larger partisan struggle in which President Donald Trump and Republican state attorneys general continue their efforts to dismantle Obamacare, says Lou Cannon of State Net Capitol Journal.