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July 23, 2025
Co., Lenders Hit With Suit Over Medical Spa Financing Scam
A medical device manufacturer and several financing companies worked together to manipulate boutique clinics and medical spas into purchasing expensive cosmetic devices based on inflated revenue projections and false promises of marketing support, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in California federal court.
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July 23, 2025
Trump Admin To Probe Harvard's Student Visa Program
The State Department said Wednesday it is opening an investigation into Harvard University's eligibility to host international students and professors on visas, the Trump administration's latest salvo in its legal battle with the elite school.
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July 23, 2025
Thompson Hine Adds Venable Product Liability Atty In LA
Thompson Hine LLP is expanding its litigation team, announcing Wednesday it has brought in a Venable LLP product liability expert as a partner in its year-old Los Angeles office.
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July 22, 2025
FCA Draws Heavy Constitutional Fire After $1.6B J&J Verdict
Reeling from a record fraud verdict tied to drug promotion practices, Johnson & Johnson is pursuing a sweeping constitutional challenge to the False Claims Act, and in filings this week at the Third Circuit, major industry allies rallied behind its views of whistleblower litigants usurping executive branch power.
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July 22, 2025
Becton Dickinson Investors Seek Final OK Of $9M Deal
Investors in medical tech manufacturer Becton Dickinson are seeking final approval of their $9 million deal that will end derivative claims the company was damaged by its attempts to hide regulatory problems regarding sales of its Alaris pump, which would add to the list of settlements the company has entered over the alleged misrepresentations.
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July 22, 2025
Engineer Cops To Stealing Missile Tracking Tech To Aid China
An engineer who worked at a tech company admitted in California federal court to stealing trade secrets regarding nuclear missile detection used by the U.S. government after previously seeking to help the People's Republic of China with its military research, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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July 22, 2025
Trump's NCUA Board Member Firings Were Illegal, Judge Says
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday held that President Donald Trump broke the law when he fired two Democratic credit union regulators, finding that the members must remain on the National Credit Union Administration's board and can only be removed before their terms are up for cause.
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July 22, 2025
SEC Says Ariz. Man Traded On Pal's Divulged Merger Info
An Arizona man has agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nearly $168,000 to resolve claims he engaged in insider trading of a trucking company's shares after a friend who worked for the company's competitor informally mentioned his employer's secret acquisition talks.
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July 22, 2025
Chime Facing Class Suit In Wash. Over 'Refer-A-Friend' Texts
Online banking company Chime has been breaking a Washington state ban on unsolicited texts by encouraging customers to send "refer a friend" messages in order to expand its reach, according to a new proposed class action.
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July 22, 2025
Justices Urged To Hear Ill. Freight Broker Negligence Fight
A man who was injured in an Illinois trucking accident urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to address conflicting court decisions on whether federal law shields freight brokers from state-based negligence and personal injury claims, saying broker and logistics giant C.H. Robinson cannot evade liability.
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July 22, 2025
Basel Exit Could Hurt US Influence, Experts Warn At Fed Event
Banking industry experts warned Tuesday that the U.S. risks undermining its global influence and keeping bank capital costs elevated if it doesn't implement some form of the so-called Basel III endgame, with one former Federal Reserve official likening the prospect of such a retreat to the "Peanuts" gag of Lucy yanking the football from Charlie Brown.
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July 22, 2025
5th Circ. Asks If Fishery Council Guidance Was Ratified
A Fifth Circuit panel pushed multiple commercial fisheries to explain how the adoption of fishing limit recommendations from a council would not count as a ratification and clear constitutional hurdles, saying during oral arguments on Tuesday that the council in question seemingly made a "bottom up data recommendation."
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July 22, 2025
GOP Senators Float Crypto Market Structure Discussion Draft
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday circulated a discussion draft of their bill to regulate crypto markets building on the House's Clarity Act, which passed the lower chamber last week.
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July 22, 2025
Convicted Crypto Hacker Used Tornado Cash To Aid Coverup
A former Amazon engineer who was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to stealing approximately $12 million from cryptocurrency exchanges testified Tuesday that he used Tornado Cash as part of a complex scheme to cover his hacking activities, as the trial of its co-founder entered its second week.
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July 22, 2025
OCC Defends Ex-Wells Fargo Exec's $10M Fake Accounts Fine
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has urged the Eighth Circuit to uphold a $10 million penalty and industry ban against a former Wells Fargo risk executive for her role in the bank's fake accounts scandal, arguing her post-Jarkesy claims rest on a "fundamental misconception" of the Constitution.
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July 22, 2025
CFTC Denied Early Win In $185M Metals Fraud Suit
A Texas federal judge has denied summary judgment to both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and two individual defendants in a fraud suit that accuses them and their entities of ripping off more than 1,600, mostly elderly, investors and causing over $185 million in customer losses, setting the matter up for a potential trial.
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July 22, 2025
Gov'ts, Tribes Look To Settle Idaho Mining Pollution Suit
The U.S. government, Idaho and a tribal nation are asking a federal judge to approve an unopposed settlement with a phosphate ore mining company over its alleged dumping of hazardous substances within a national forest.
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July 22, 2025
DC Circ. Puts Fired FTC Dem's Restoration On Ice, For Now
One of the Federal Trade Commission Democrats who was removed from the agency before her term was up by the Trump administration will not be returning to her seat just yet after the D.C. Circuit agreed to put the order mandating her return to work on hold.
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July 22, 2025
Bitcoin ATM Co. Enables Crypto Scams, Class Action Says
A retiree who lost $7,000 to scammers filed a proposed class action against bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot Inc., claiming the company facilitates schemes that target the elderly by failing to intervene in suspicious transactions, misrepresenting its services' security and continuing to take a cut of "red flag" transactions.
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July 22, 2025
US Olympic Officials Ban Trans Women, Comply With Trump
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has banned transgender women from competition in Olympic women's sports, adding a clause to its policy that otherwise protects athletes from abuse but now also complies with President Donald Trump's executive order.
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July 22, 2025
ND Fights Tribes' High Court Bid To Stay Voting Rights Order
North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to deny a bid by two North Dakota tribes to pause an Eighth Circuit decision that vacated their challenge to two state voting laws, arguing the tribes have not established a likelihood of reversal.
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July 22, 2025
Ex-Boeing Engineer's Racial Bias Appeal Divides Wash. Panel
A Washington state appellate judge appeared doubtful on Tuesday of an ex-Boeing engineer's claims that he was targeted for his Middle Eastern background, citing an internal probe purportedly justifying his firing, while another panelist suggested that the company is missing "linchpin" evidence to preserve its trial court win in the case.
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July 22, 2025
Employers, Plans Force Freeze Of Iowa's PBM Law
A federal judge slapped a temporary hold on parts of an Iowa law that aims to limit pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, ruling that provisions barring discrimination against certain pharmacies and pushing cost-saving strategies are preempted by federal benefits law.
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July 22, 2025
Amazon Pushes Back On FTC's Trial Time Extension Bid
Amazon has urged a Washington federal court to reject the Federal Trade Commission's bid to extend the agency's trial time in a lawsuit over automatically recurring Prime subscriptions, calling the proposal both unfair and baseless.
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July 22, 2025
Ex-Informant Gentile Should Pay SEC $15.5M, Judge Says
A U.S. magistrate judge has recommended that former government informant Guy Gentile pay $15.5 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to register his Bahamas-based brokerage firm with the regulator.
Expert Analysis
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CFPB Industry Impact Uncertain Amid Priority Shift, Staff Cuts
A recent enforcement memo outlines how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory agenda diverges from that of the previous administration, but, given the bureau's planned reduction in force, it is uncertain whether the agency will be able to enforce these new priorities, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces
The Federal Trade Commission's recent complaint against Uber for its billing and cancellation practices comes amid other actions addressing consumer confusion and deception, so it is paramount to deploy tools that assess customers' cognitive states of mind to separate lawful marketing from misconduct, says Ceren Canal Aruoba at Berkeley Research Group.
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FAR Rewrite May Cloud Key Gov't Contract Doctrine
The Trump administration's government procurement overhaul, under which sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are eliminated by default, is bound to collide with a doctrine that allows courts to read omitted clauses into government contracts if they represent long-standing pillars of federal procurement law, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.
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SEC Staff Input Eases Path For Broker-Dealer Crypto Activities
Recent guidance from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff on broker-dealer and transfer agent crypto-asset activities suggests a more constructive regulatory posture on permissibility and application of financial responsibility rules, bringing welcome clarity for blockchain market participants and traditional financial institutions alike, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Compliance Essentials To Mitigate AI Crime Enforcement Risk
As artificial intelligence systems move closer to accurately mimicking human decision-making, companies must understand how the U.S. Department of Justice might prosecute them for crimes committed by AI tools — and how to mitigate enforcement risks, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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How The DOJ Is Redesigning Its Approach To Digital Assets
Two key digital asset enforcement policy pronouncements narrow the Justice Department's focus on threats like fraud, terrorism, trafficking and sanctions evasion and dial back so-called regulation by prosecution, but institutions prioritizing compliance must remember that the underlying statutory framework hasn't changed, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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At 'SEC Speaks,' Leaders Frame New Views
At the Practising Law Institute's recent SEC Speaks conference, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leadership highlighted the agency's significant priority changes, including in enforcement, crypto and artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Calif. Digital Assets Proposal Provides Only Partial Clarity
Recently proposed regulations under California's Digital Financial Assets Law answer some important questions about the new regime, particularly regarding its interaction with the state's money transmission law, but many key compliance questions remain, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Staying The Course Amid Seismic DOJ White Collar Changes
While some of the big changes at the U.S. Department of Justice during the second Trump administration — like an embrace of cryptocurrency and more politicized prosecutions — were expected, there have also been surprises, so practitioners should advise clients to stay focused on white collar compliance in this unpredictable environment, say attorneys at Keker.
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SpaceX Labor Suit May Bring Cosmic Jurisdictional Shifts
The National Mediation Board's upcoming decision about whether SpaceX falls under the purview of the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway Labor Act could establish how jurisdictional boundaries are determined for employers that toe the line, with tangible consequences for decades to come, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Opinion
The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
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Current Antitrust Zeitgeist May Transcend Political Parties
The Trump administration's "America First" antitrust policy initially suggests a different approach than the Biden administration's, but closer examination reveals key parallels, including a broad focus on anticompetitive harm beyond consumer welfare and aggressive enforcement of existing laws, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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House Bill Tax Tweaks Would Hinder Renewable Projects
Provisions in the budget reconciliation bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would rapidly phase out clean energy tax credits, constrain renewable energy financing arrangements and impose sweeping restrictions on projects with foreign ties, which may create compliance and supply chain issues for many developers, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.