Compliance

  • February 11, 2026

    Pfizer, SEC Reach $29M Deal In Insider Trading Fund Dispute

    Pfizer and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have jointly asked a New York federal judge to allow $29 million out of the roughly $75.2 million distribution leftover from a $602 million insider trading deal to be paid out to a Pfizer subsidiary.

  • February 11, 2026

    Paxton Topples U.S. Senate Seat Rival's Work License Rule

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said this week that state agencies must require applicants to provide Social Security numbers when applying for occupational licenses, saying it's been "unambiguously" required under state law for more than 30 years.

  • February 11, 2026

    Trump Directs DOD To Purchase Power From Coal Plants

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed the U.S. Department of Defense to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants to fuel its facilities, the latest in a series of efforts by his administration to boost the U.S. coal industry.

  • February 11, 2026

    Paxful Sentenced To $4M Fine Over Compliance Failures

    A California federal judge sentenced now-shuttered crypto exchange Paxful Holdings Inc. to a $4 million penalty in line with a December 2025 plea agreement that saw the firm cop to anti-money laundering failures that enabled illicit transfers of criminal proceeds.

  • February 11, 2026

    JPMorgan Says Calif. City's Interest-Rate Swap Suit Is Barred

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. has sued in Manhattan federal court to block Richmond, California, from pursuing a new lawsuit of its own over past interest-rate swap transactions, alleging the city's case breaches a 2015 settlement by seeking millions of dollars for already-released claims.

  • February 11, 2026

    Texas Justices Hint Gender-Affirming Care Suit Was Timely

    Texas Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed open to reviving a lawsuit accusing a social worker of negligently recommending gender-affirming care for a young woman, asking defense attorneys if they could cite any instance of a medical provider telling a patient to "go harm yourself."

  • February 11, 2026

    CEO Criticizes 'Crazy Lawyers' In $5M Financial Adviser Feud

    The chief executive officer of Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC on Wednesday testified that he emailed a rival CEO during litigation to warn him that "crazy lawyers" could be burning millions of dollars to fight an unfair trade practices case Prime believed involved business worth $50,000 to $100,000.

  • February 11, 2026

    Disney To Pay $2.75M In Record Deal Under Calif. Privacy Law

    California's attorney general announced Wednesday that his office has secured its largest deal yet under the state's data privacy law, with entertainment giant Disney agreeing to pay $2.75 million and overhaul its opt-out mechanisms to resolve claims that it failed to allow consumers to completely stop the sale and sharing of their personal data. 

  • February 11, 2026

    Court Awards $88K To Lawyer In UnitedHealth Coverage Battle

    UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. must pay a lawyer $88,060 after a North Carolina federal court ruled that the insurer abused its discretion in denying her coverage for six surgeries to treat her lipedema.

  • February 11, 2026

    Contracts On Aliens, Hugs Aren't Gambling, Kalshi Tells Judge

    The distinction between a futures contract and a wager could play a role in deciding whether Kalshi can offer certain sports-related transactions in Connecticut, a federal judge hinted Wednesday while hypothesizing about the legality of contracts on events like first contact with extraterrestrial life and world leaders greeting each other with a warm embrace.

  • February 11, 2026

    SEC's Atkins Says ESG Fund Names Rule Is Under Review

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins told Congress on Wednesday that he has directed staff to review a Biden-era rule aimed at preventing false advertising by funds marketed to eco-conscious investors, though he didn't detail what specific changes were under consideration. 

  • February 11, 2026

    Estee Lauder Hits Walmart With TM Suit Alleging Copycats

    Estee Lauder hit Walmart with a trademark infringement suit in California federal court Monday, accusing it of hawking copycat versions of its luxury personal care products, cosmetics and fragrance collections sold under popular brands including Clinique, La Mer and Tom Ford. 

  • February 11, 2026

    SEC Inks $150K Deal With Adviser In Cherry-Picking Case

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has inked an approximately $150,000 settlement with an investment adviser and his employer over the regulator's accusations of illegal cherry-picking, voluntarily dismissing a parallel suit against the pair months before a trial was set to get underway.

  • February 11, 2026

    Big Ten Athletes Back NCAA Campaign Against Prop Bets

    Student-athletes in the Big Ten Conference have urged the NCAA to keep fighting to curb prop betting across college athletics, saying it not only threatens the integrity of college sports, but also poses a safety risk.

  • February 11, 2026

    Anesthesia Group Looks To End FTC Rollup Suit

    U.S. Anesthesia Partners has urged a Texas federal court to end the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the group of buying competing practices through a so-called rollup strategy, asserting that enforcers have no evidence of any harm to competition.

  • February 11, 2026

    Egypt's 'Social Law' Doesn't Endorse Bribery, Jury Told

    Attorneys for a former Corsa Coal executive on trial for allegedly passing bribes sought to undermine an expert witness's opinions that bribery was illegal in Egypt, confronting him with law review articles he'd written that said corruption was commonly accepted and had become the "social law."

  • February 11, 2026

    Allegations Of Remarks By Club Exec Can't Sustain Bias Suit

    A North Carolina federal judge has tossed a former country club worker's sexual harassment suit claiming she was forced to quit after a club executive made sexual comments about her, ruling that the conduct she alleged was not severe enough to keep her case alive.

  • February 11, 2026

    Calif. Will Allow Property Tax Break For Some Tribal Land

    Native American tribes in California can claim a property tax exemption for land conservation efforts under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

  • February 11, 2026

    Trio Leading NJ District Office Face New Disqualification Bid

    A criminal defendant who successfully challenged the appointment of Donald Trump's former personal attorney Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor joined other defendants in seeking to disqualify the trio now helming the office.

  • February 11, 2026

    Pegasystems Settles Mass. Shareholder Actions For $7M

    Pegasystems has agreed to pay $7 million to settle three shareholder derivative suits in Massachusetts state and federal courts alleging the software company's top officials sat on details of a 2020 trade secrets suit that led to a now-overturned $2 billion verdict.

  • February 11, 2026

    Organ Donor Network Must Face Veteran's Waitlist Bias Suit

    A Black veteran who alleges his kidney transplant timeline was delayed because the United Network for Organ Sharing artificially inflated his kidney function scores can proceed with his Title VI lawsuit, a Georgia federal judge ruled, denying the network's bid to have the suit tossed.

  • February 11, 2026

    Financial Advisory Co. Province Acquires StoneTurn

    Restructuring and financial advisory firm Province announced on Wednesday the purchase of compliance advisory firm StoneTurn, resulting in a combined company of 300 professionals operating across 19 offices on five continents.

  • February 11, 2026

    Chancery Rejects Coinbase Litigation Committee Sealing Bid

    The Delaware Chancery Court partially rejected an effort by cryptocurrency company Coinbase Global Inc.'s special litigation committee to keep large swaths of the record sealed in an insider trading derivative suit, emphasizing the public's strong right of access to judicial proceedings.

  • February 11, 2026

    Asphalt Cos. To Pay $30M To End FCA Testing Case

    Two Ohio asphalt companies have agreed to pay a combined $30 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted fraudulent testing data for federally funded highway projects, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

  • February 11, 2026

    Trans Health And Pediatric Groups Challenge FTC Subpoenas

    A major transgender medical group and a pediatric healthcare organization are seeking to end what they call "unlawful" consumer protection investigations from the Federal Trade Commission that want information pertaining to the medical groups' claims made in their marketing and advertising for gender-affirming care for minors. 

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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