Compliance

  • June 23, 2025

    Justices To Review Liability For Forcing Prisoner's Haircut

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a former Louisiana prisoner's case for damages after guards forcibly shaved his head, removing the dreadlocks he maintained as part of his Rastafarian religion.

  • June 23, 2025

    High Court Won't Revisit 'Right-To-Control' Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take a second look at the landmark case that disposed of the "right-to-control" theory of fraud, rejecting a petition that argued the Second Circuit had wrongly remanded the action for retrial before resolving the appeal at hand.

  • June 23, 2025

    Justices Pass On La. Regulators' Tesla Sales Ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision that revived Tesla's lawsuit accusing Louisiana car dealers and regulators of illegally excluding the direct-sale automaker from the state, following a notification from the parties of their intent to reach a settlement.

  • June 20, 2025

    Ex-Sidley, Covington Partners Launch White Collar Boutique

    The former global co-head of Sidley Austin LLP's white collar defense and investigations practice has joined an ex-white collar partner from Covington & Burling LLP to launch a boutique litigation firm based in New York.

  • June 20, 2025

    Science Research Funding Cuts Blocked By Mass. Judge

    A Massachusetts federal judge Friday prohibited the Trump administration from cutting certain National Science Foundation research funding associated with facilities and administrative costs, ruling that the policy runs afoul of multiple laws and the government hasn't adequately explained its reasoning.

  • June 20, 2025

    Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

    The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

  • June 20, 2025

    High Court Urged To Rein In FDA Oversight Of Stem Cells

    The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to review a Ninth Circuit decision the organization argued would wrongly give the government control over a patient's own stem cells.

  • June 20, 2025

    MicroStrategy Brass Face Suit Over $5.9B Bitcoin Loss

    Executives and directors of bitcoin-focused software company MicroStrategy Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint alleging they made over $31 million selling off company stock while its shares were artificially inflated by misrepresentations about the magnitude of upcoming changes to the company's accounting practices for its so-called bitcoin treasury.

  • June 20, 2025

    Many Foreign Firms Could Face Stricter Access To US Markets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reevaluation of the definition of a foreign private issuer could have far-reaching consequences, potentially tightening access to U.S. markets for companies based in China and beyond, lawyers say.

  • June 20, 2025

    Boeing Nears Dismissal From Calif. Door Blowout Lawsuit

    A California federal judge indicated Friday that he's leaning toward dismissing Boeing from a lawsuit over the midair blowout of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight in January 2024, saying Boeing's ties to California are not strong enough for his court to exercise jurisdiction.

  • June 20, 2025

    Trump Inks Rollback Of Biden-Era OCC Bank Merger Rule

    President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation nullifying the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Biden-era bank merger rule, clinching a Republican campaign to overturn what industry groups criticized as an overly restrictive and unclear framework for reviewing proposed transactions.

  • June 20, 2025

    Democrats Probe Credit Union Board's Authority After Firings

    Top Democrats on Friday questioned the National Credit Union Administration's chairman about his authority to run the agency solo since President Donald Trump fired the agency's other two board members, raising concerns about the legality of recent agency actions.

  • June 20, 2025

    Texas High Court Finds Pilots Union's Can Sue Over 737 Max

    The Texas Supreme Court on Friday put wind beneath the wings of a Southwest Airline Pilots Association's suit aiming to hold Boeing responsible for its members' economic losses after regulators grounded the 737 Max aircraft, finding the Railway Labor Act does not preempt the union's claims.

  • June 20, 2025

    Legal And Finance Influencer To Settle Over FTX Promotion

    Attorney and personal finance influencer Erika Kullberg and the talent agency she founded have reached a deal with FTX investors over their alleged roles promoting the now-collapsed crypto exchange.

  • June 20, 2025

    Walmart Shells Out $10M To Resolve FTC Money Transfer Suit

    Walmart has agreed to pay $10 million to put to rest the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the retailer "turned a blind eye to scammers" who facilitated fraud through its money transfer services, according to an announcement made Friday.

  • June 20, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Senior Living, Data Centers, CEQA

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into a senior housing surge, data center construction, and the Golden State's latest efforts to spur housing construction without upsetting the California Environmental Quality Act.

  • June 20, 2025

    8th Circ. Sends SEC's $12M Dealer Suit Back To District Court

    The Eighth Circuit on Friday granted a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to remand a $12 million unregistered dealer judgment the agency won against financial firm Carebourn Capital LP back to the district court, despite Carebourn's bid to keep the matter in the federal appeals court.

  • June 20, 2025

    Senate's CFPB, PCAOB Cuts Hit Parliamentarian Roadblock

    The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has thrown cold water on the Senate Banking Committee's bids to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and eliminate the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board as part of the "One Big Beautiful" budget megabill, but the panel's top Republican is vowing to keep seeking further spending cuts.

  • June 20, 2025

    Feds, Dems Debate Impact Of Resignation On FTC Firing Case

    The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court the recent resignation of a fired Federal Trade Commission member strips the court of jurisdiction over his claims seeking to be reinstated, while the two Democrats argued the resignation has no impact.

  • June 20, 2025

    9th Circ. Says NY Claims Against Hyundai Raise 'Novel' Issue

    A split panel of the Ninth Circuit Friday refused to toss negligence claims from cities in Ohio and Wisconsin in consolidated litigation alleging Hyundai and Kia, of which Hyundai is a major shareholder, sold vehicles with design flaws that enabled car thefts nationwide, but said negligence claims under New York law "raise a novel issue" of state law.

  • June 20, 2025

    EPA Told To Explain Its Crop-Based Fuel Standards

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday returned a mixed opinion on challenges from green groups to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023-2025 renewable fuel standards, upholding the agency's volume-setting process but ruling that its climate change analysis was arbitrary and capricious under the Clean Air Act.

  • June 20, 2025

    Employment Authority: A Look At Fed. Worker Fights In Court

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on why experts think it may be easier for workers and unions to head to court in opposing the Trump administration's actions instead of going through administrative systems, how federal courts have ruled in the first half of 2025 on Biden-era EEOC regulations and guidance, and four wage and hour issues attorneys should be looking at in the next few months.

  • June 20, 2025

    SEC Weighs Settlement After 1st Circ. Pulls $93M Win

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has entered settlement negotiations with Massachusetts-based financial firm Commonwealth Financial Network, two months after the First Circuit nixed the agency's $93 million win against the company, according to a court document filed Friday.

  • June 20, 2025

    SEC Axes 3 More Dealer Suits In Continued Policy Shift

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voluntarily dismissed three lawsuits accusing a hedge fund and two penny stock traders of operating as unregistered securities dealers, continuing the new Republican leadership's shift away from pursuing cases that defendants argued unlawfully expanded agency oversight.

  • June 20, 2025

    2nd Circ. Backs Chubb's Win In $49M Sandy Coverage Fight

    The Second Circuit on Friday cemented a Chubb unit's win in a decade-long dispute over a chocolatier's bid for an additional $49 million in coverage for Superstorm Sandy losses, affirming a decision denying the chocolatier's requests to set aside a jury verdict or hold a new trial.

Expert Analysis

  • Getting Ahead Of The SEC's Continued Focus On Cyber, AI

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is showing it will continue to scrutinize actions involving cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, but there are proactive measures that companies and financial institutions can take to avoid regulatory scrutiny going forward, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

  • IRS And ICE Info Sharing Could Drive Payroll Tax Enforcement

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    Tax crimes are historically difficult to prosecute, but the Internal Revenue Services’ recent agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share taxpayer records of non-U.S. citizens could be used to enhance payroll tax-related enforcement against their employers, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Breaking Down Ill. Bellwether Case For Bank Preemption

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    The banking industry's pending lawsuit against the state of Illinois stands to permanently enjoin state regulation of bank card processing, as well as clarify the outstanding and consequential issue of whether conflict preemption continues to cover third parties in certain circumstances, says Tom Witherspoon at Stinson.

  • Despite SEC Climate Pause, Cos. Must Still Heed State Regs

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    While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • A Primer On The Trading And Clearing Of Perpetual Contracts

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently released a request for comment on the trading and clearing of perpetual-style derivatives, most common in the cryptocurrency market, necessitating a deep look at how these contracts operate and their associated risks, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Series

    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

  • 5 Areas Contractors Should Watch After 1st 100 Days

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    Federal agencies and contractors face challenges from staff reductions, contract terminations, pending regulatory reform and other actions from the second Trump administration's first 100 days, but other areas stand to become more efficient and cost-effective, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Planning For Open Banking Despite CFPB Uncertainty

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    Though pending litigation or new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leadership may reshape the Biden-era regulation governing access to consumer financial data, companies can use this uncertain period to take practical steps toward an open banking strategy that will work regardless of the rule’s ultimate form, says Adam Maarec at McGlinchey Stafford.

  • A New Tool For Assessing Kickback Risks In Health Marketing

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    The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in U.S. v. Sorensen, reversing a conviction after trial of a durable medical equipment distributor, highlights two principle considerations for determining whether payments to marketers in healthcare are unlawful under the Anti-Kickback Statute, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Crunching The Numbers Of Trump SEC's 1st 100 Days

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    During the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought significantly fewer stand-alone enforcement actions than at the beginning of the Biden and the first Trump administrations, with every one of the federal court complaints including allegations of fraudulent conduct, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

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    Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Independent Contractor Rule Up In The Air Under New DOL

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    In several recent court challenges, the U.S. Department of Labor has indicated its intent to revoke the 2024 independent contractor rule, sending a clear signal that it will not defend the Biden-era rule on the merits in anticipation of further rulemaking, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • AG Watch: Letitia James' Major Influence On Federal Litigation

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    While the multistate cases brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James appear to be based upon her interpretation of the effect of the Trump administration's policies on New York state and its residents, most also have a decidedly political tone to them, says Dennis Vacco at Lippes Mathias.

  • Why Trade Cases May Put Maple Leaf Deference On Review

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    When litigation challenging the president’s trade actions reaches the Federal Circuit, the court will have to reevaluate the Maple Leaf standard in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 Loper Bright decision limiting Chevron-like deference to cases involving statutory provisions in which Congress delegated discretionary authority to the executive branch, say attorneys at Wiley.

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