Compliance

  • January 23, 2026

    OCC Won't Delay Trump Family-Tied Co. Bank Charter Review

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's head, Jonathan Gould, on Friday refused to delay a review of crypto firm World Liberty Financial's national trust bank application, rebuffing concerns by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that President Donald Trump's close ties to the company pose a conflict of interest.

  • January 23, 2026

    Crypto Project Laundered North Korea Crime Funds, Suit Says

    Torture and terror survivors and their families who have won monetary judgments against North Korea asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to order a cryptocurrency project to pay nearly $250 million for allegedly laundering North Korean hacker funds they say should have been frozen and seized for the plaintiffs' compensation.

  • January 23, 2026

    Warren Tells CFPB's Vought To Heed His Boss On Credit Cards

    A top Democratic senator on Friday pointedly challenged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to follow through on President Donald Trump's credit card affordability concerns, questioning whether its current chief is "disregarding" White House wishes.

  • January 23, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: HUD, Corporate Landlords, Atty Errors

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may be shifting focus, what President Donald Trump's executive order on investment in single-family homes means for Wall Street, and a look at some of the mistakes made by real estate attorneys.

  • January 23, 2026

    Pro Swimming League Wins Antitrust Trial. Its Prize? $1

    A California federal jury has determined that World Aquatics illegally boycotted International Swimming League events in violation of federal antitrust law, but awarded just $1 in damages, in a verdict returned Friday.

  • January 23, 2026

    SEC Accuses Lottery.Com, Execs Of Fraud In SPAC Combo

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Lottery.com, several of its executives and the former CEO of a blank check company, alleging they participated in a scheme to enhance the gambling platform's fiscal performance for the financial benefit of the involved insiders.

  • January 23, 2026

    Feds Seek $35M Forfeiture After Ex-CFO's Crypto Conviction

    Government prosecutors urged a Seattle federal judge to impose a $35 million forfeiture judgment on a software startup's former executive following his wire fraud conviction, arguing that Nevin Shetty's quick loss of the money in a cryptocurrency collapse doesn't change the fact that he stole it.

  • January 23, 2026

    Mich. AG Sues Major Oil Co. 'Cartel' Amid Fight With DOJ

    Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an antitrust suit in federal court against BP, Shell, Chevron, Exxon and the American Petroleum Institute on Friday, claiming they conspired to maintain market dominance by steering money away from renewable energy and using a bevy of other tactics including intimidation and information suppression.

  • January 23, 2026

    Victims In $93M Fraud Fight Receiver's 3rd-Party Claims Plan

    Investors in a $93 million Miami real estate development scheme are protesting a proposal by the receiver of the company's estate to hire her own law firm, increase the receiver fees and go after recipients of fraudulent transfers, claiming the proposal will increase costs and decrease transparency.

  • January 23, 2026

    Feds' Wind Farm National Security Claim Faces Skepticism

    Federal courts aren't buying the Trump administration's argument that construction of offshore wind farms should be halted for national security reasons, with some judges suggesting that the government isn't making its claim in good faith.

  • January 23, 2026

    Judge Blocks DOJ Anti-Diversity Conditions On Police Grants

    A California federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding community policing grants from a group of cities and counties that refuse to scrap their diversity programs and certify compliance with all of President Donald Trump's executive orders, saying those conditions directly conflict with the law that created the grants.

  • January 23, 2026

    Employment Authority: Lessons From Trump, UAW Interaction

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on how an interaction between a United Auto Workers member and President Donald Trump at a Michigan Ford plant could be a lesson for employers and unions on how to handle political speech in the workplace, a look at five trends among paid leave laws that took place in the United States in January and how the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act could land before the U.S. Supreme Court after the Fifth Circuit granted en banc review to a case challenging whether the law was validly enacted. 

  • January 23, 2026

    Conservative Org. Contests SEC's Delay Bid In Data Tool Case

    The conservative think tank leading the case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's market oversight tool known as the consolidated audit trail has asked a Texas federal judge not to delay legal proceedings any further while the agency works to change the tool.

  • January 23, 2026

    Truckers Can't Lift Calif. Immigrant Driver's License Freeze

    A federal judge rejected a local trucking group's bid to force California to lift its freeze on immigrant truck driver's licenses, saying the Golden State cannot run afoul of federal mandates in a way that would jeopardize highway funding or risk the state's licensing program getting decertified altogether.

  • January 23, 2026

    DC Circ. Backs FERC In Oil Pipeline Pricing Dispute

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday denied a petition challenging the method used by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to determine the value of oil flowing through an Alaskan pipeline, finding the agency correctly considered inflation and other factors.

  • January 23, 2026

    SEC Releases Gemini From Crypto Lending Enforcement Case

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday filed to dismiss an enforcement action against Gemini Trust Company, solidifying a deal the parties reached in September over the crypto exchange's now-shuttered lending program.

  • January 23, 2026

    USDA Defends SNAP Pilot In Colo. Legality Challenge

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal judge that Colorado's request for an injunction restricting it from enforcing a new pilot project for Supplemental Nutrition Act Program recipients should be rejected because the state has not suffered any actual harm.

  • January 23, 2026

    Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns

    The D.C. federal court ruling earlier this month that upended a deal for Edwards Lifesciences Corp. to purchase JenaValve Technology Inc. was based on concerns that the deal would reduce innovation by eliminating competition for a heart valve treatment that's still being developed, according to a ruling unsealed on Friday by the judge who issued it.

  • January 23, 2026

    Pump.Fun Avoids Sanctions For Users' Harassing Meme Coins

    Meme coin launchpad Pump.Fun defeated a sanctions bid on Friday over allegations it permitted crypto tokens on its platform that threaten individuals suing it, but a Manhattan federal judge said the bid could be renewed if the harassment starts up again. 

  • January 23, 2026

    $200M Sun, Taro Generics Deal Gets Final OK

    A Pennsylvania federal judge granted final approval Friday for a $200 million deal resolving employee benefits plans' claims against Sun Pharmaceutical and Taro Pharmaceuticals in the sprawling price-fixing litigation against generic-drug makers, while again ensuring the claims from dozens of state attorneys general remain untouched by the settlement.

  • January 23, 2026

    10th Circ. Asked To Overturn Mail Scam Fraud Convictions

    Two former Epsilon Data Management LLC employees convicted for their roles in selling data to mail scammers who preyed on the elderly and vulnerable asked the Tenth Circuit to overturn their convictions Friday, while the panel questioned the government's conspiracy case against Epsilon's former business manager.

  • January 23, 2026

    CytoDyn CEO Gets 30-Month Sentence For Lying To Investors

    A lawyer for former CytoDyn CEO Nader Pourhassan — the man convicted in December of securities fraud and insider trading — said that the executive's journey at the company began with a "desire to help people." That journey ended Friday at a hearing in a Maryland federal courtroom with a 30-month prison sentence.

  • January 23, 2026

    Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Can't Block NYC's Delivery Laws

    Two New York federal judges rejected requests by delivery companies Instacart, DoorDash and Uber to halt New York City laws regulating tipping options, minimum wage and disclosure requirements, saying that the companies didn't support their arguments that the laws violate the First Amendment and federal preemption principles.

  • January 23, 2026

    How Data, Pies And An FTC Twist Helped Close A $13B Deal

    For the Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP attorneys advising The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. on its blockbuster merger with Omnicom Group Inc., reaching the finish line came with an unusual antitrust concession: a Federal Trade Commission agreement aimed at the politics of ad placement.

  • January 23, 2026

    Enviros Seek Quick Win In Mont. National Forest Logging Row

    A group of environmental nonprofits is asking a federal district court for a summary judgment win in their challenge to a plan to clear-cut 12,331 acres in Montana's Flathead National Forest, saying the project's biological opinion does not reflect the litany of construction that is already underway adjacent to the property.

Expert Analysis

  • How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules

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    Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • Crypto In 2025: From Federal Deregulation To State Action

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    The cryptocurrency enforcement landscape evolved in 2025, marked by federal deregulatory trends and active state attorney general enforcement, creating both opportunity and risk for businesses navigating the digital asset market, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • How CFTC Enforcement Shifted In 2025 And What's Next

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pivoted sharply under acting Chairman Caroline Pham in 2025, resulting in a pared-back enforcement docket, sweeping policy changes intended to provide greater transparency, and a renewed focus on fraud prevention and maintaining market integrity for the CFTC's core markets, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Learning From 2025 FCA Trends Targeting PE In Healthcare

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    False Claims Act enforcement trends and legislative developments from this year signal intensifying state and federal scrutiny of private equity's growing footprint in healthcare, and the urgency of compliance, says Lisa Re at Arnold & Porter.

  • Reviewing 2025's State And Federal AI Regulations

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    In light of increasing state and federal action to oversee the use of artificial intelligence, companies that develop or deploy the technology should keep abreast of current and forthcoming AI laws and consider their applicability to their business activities, says Jessica Brigman at Spencer Fane.

  • How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

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    As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy, industrial and data-hosting facilities, the effects of evolving technology and persistent labor shortages are reshaping real estate dealmaking, immigration policy debates and government contracting risk, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • 4 Privacy Trends This Year With Lessons For Companies

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    As organizations plan for ongoing privacy law changes, 2025 trends that include a shift of activity from the federal to the state level mean companies should take an adaptive and principle-based approach to privacy programs rather than trying to memorize constantly changing laws, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Investment Advisers Should Stay Apprised Of New AI Risks

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently issued annual examination priorities reiterate a host of regulatory implications for investment advisers using artificial intelligence tools, highlighting that meaningful ongoing due diligence can help mitigate both operational and regulatory surprises amid AI's rapid evolution, says Christopher Mills at Sidley.

  • New Rule Shows NRC Willing To Move Fast To Reform Regs

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    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to forgo public comment and immediately rescind certain rules governing adjudicatory procedures, federal tort claims and disclosure of licensee information signals the agency's intent to accelerate the regulatory streamlining efforts ordered by the president this spring, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • AG Watch: Texas Junk Fee Deal Shows Enforcement Priorities

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

  • Calif. AG's No-Poach Case Reflects Tougher Antitrust Stance

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    This month, California’s attorney general resolved the latest enforcement action barring the use of no-poach agreements, underscoring an aggressive antitrust enforcement trend with significant increases in criminal and civil penalties, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • A Look At The Wave Of 2025 Email Marketing Suits In Wash.

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    Since the Washington Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Old Navy in April, more than 30 lawsuits have alleged that a broad range of retailers across industries sent emails that violate the Washington Commercial Electronic Mail Act, but retailers are unlikely to find clear answers yet, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • 2025 Noncompete Developments That Led To Inflection Point

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    Employers must reshape their approaches to noncompete agreements following key 2025 developments, including Delaware's rejection of blue-penciling and the proliferation of state wage thresholds, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

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