Compliance

  • September 15, 2025

    FTC Dem Urges Justices Not To Disturb Her Reinstatement

    U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to block her reinstatement, arguing lower courts were correct in finding that President Donald Trump violated the law when he removed the Democrat from her post without cause.

  • September 15, 2025

    Google Consumers' Attys Seek $85M In Fees For $700M Deal

    Attorneys who helped consumers reach a still-pending $700 million antitrust deal with Google in 2023 have urged a California federal judge to grant them $85 million in attorney fees, saying the settlement, reached alongside state attorneys general, was an "exceptional" result obtained in the "face of substantial litigation uncertainty."

  • September 15, 2025

    Rocket Mortgage Can't Defeat DOJ's Racial Bias Suit

    A Colorado federal judge has declined to toss the federal government's race discrimination suit against Rocket Mortgage, an appraisal management company and an appraiser, finding, among other things, that Rocket could have requested correction of the appraisal at the heart of the suit.

  • September 15, 2025

    Ex-Voyager CEO To Pay $750K To Resolve CFTC Action

    A New York federal judge signed off on a deal Monday that will have the former CEO of Voyager Digital pay $750,000 to resolve the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's claims he misled investors about the safety of the crypto lender prior to its collapse.

  • September 15, 2025

    FAA, SpaceX Get Early Win In Starship Enviro Review Suit

    A D.C. federal judge Monday handed a win to the Federal Aviation Administration and SpaceX in litigation alleging they failed to complete an adequate environmental review for SpaceX's Starship rocket launch program, ruling that the analysis was "perhaps imperfect" but ultimately well reasoned.

  • September 15, 2025

    FTC Commissioner Says Antitrust Moment Has Been Building

    Federal Trade Commissioner Mark R. Meador said Monday the current interest in antitrust enforcement has been building for the last several decades as corporate boardrooms increasingly take control over the economic lives of Americans.

  • September 15, 2025

    Rolling Stone Publisher Says Google AI Robs Its Content

    Google is using its monopoly as a search engine to strong-arm websites into allowing their content to be fed into the tech titan's artificial intelligence machine, which returns a response at the top of every search page, according to the publisher behind Rolling Stone and Variety.

  • September 15, 2025

    Mont. County Asks To Nix Or Pause Tribe's Voting Rights Suit

    An Indigenous tribe can't sue Chouteau County, Montana, under the Voting Rights Act because the act protects individual rights, not sovereign or collective rights as the tribe asserts in its lawsuit, the county tells a federal court in bids to toss or pause the suit.

  • September 15, 2025

    2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Libor Rigging Claims

    The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of investor lawsuits alleging multiple global banks, including UBS and Lloyds Bank, conspired to rig the benchmark interest rate Libor, which is tied to the British pound, finding the plaintiffs never showed they actually lost money from the alleged manipulation.

  • September 15, 2025

    Chegg Reaches $7.5M Deal With FTC Over Cancellation Policies

    Chegg will pay $7.5 million to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's suit alleging it uses long and burdensome cancellation practices that make it difficult for customers to end their subscriptions, or in some instances continues to charge them even after canceling, according to a motion filed Monday in California federal court. 

  • September 15, 2025

    Sports Betting Co. Accuses CFTC Of Blocking Its Registration

    Sports betting app Sleeper Markets LLC has accused the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of an "illegal delay" of its bid to become a registered futures commission merchant, calling on the agency's internal watchdog to investigate the status of its application and the "broader potential illegality this incident strongly suggests may be occurring."

  • September 15, 2025

    Senate Confirms Top Trump Economist To Federal Reserve

    The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed top White House economist Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board on Monday, giving President Donald Trump a close ally at the central bank as he pushes for greater control over the traditionally independent body.

  • September 15, 2025

    FCC Says No To Lifeline Co. Coming Under New Management

    The Federal Communications Commission is telling a Georgia-based Lifeline-only service provider that it will not be allowed to continue to participate in the federal subsidy program if it goes through with a merger that will see it picked up by Insight Mobile.

  • September 15, 2025

    Trump Once More Floats The End Of The Quarterly Report

    President Donald Trump has again suggested that publicly traded companies be allowed to issue financial reports twice a year instead of quarterly, reigniting a debate that stalled during his prior term in office when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not pursue such rulemaking.

  • September 15, 2025

    Appeals Panel Says Wash. Spam Law Covers Recruiter Texts

    A Washington Court of Appeals panel said Monday that the state's commercial email prohibition extends to "text messages sent to further the growth or prosperity of a business," finding logistics company CRST broke the law by sending unsolicited recruitment texts to contractors.

  • September 15, 2025

    Brands Say X Corp. Can't Prove Ad Suit Belongs In Texas

    Several big-name brands, including Nestlé and Lego, asked a Texas federal judge to deny X Corp.'s bid to conduct jurisdictional discovery in its sprawling antitrust suit accusing advertisers of boycotting X, saying the company was merely trying to conduct a "fishing expedition."

  • September 15, 2025

    DC Circ. Says Fed's Cook Can Keep Job For Now

    A D.C. Circuit panel said Monday that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook can remain on the central bank's board while challenging President Donald Trump's effort to fire her, clearing the way for her to participate in a key interest-rate policy vote this week.

  • September 15, 2025

    SEC, Gemini Strike Deal Over Unregistered Crypto Trading

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement in principle to resolve its unregistered securities trading claims against cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Trust Co., the parties told a New York federal judge Monday.

  • September 15, 2025

    Fired DOJ Deputy Says Lobbyists 'Playing Dangerous Game'

    A former top Justice Department Antitrust Division deputy, allegedly fired for opposing the "pay-to-play" settlement clearing Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, had a warning Monday for the lobbyists he said made the deal possible: there are only so many times they can go over division leadership.

  • September 15, 2025

    Environmental Rules On Chopping Block For Gov't Contractors

    The General Services Administration and Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council truncated their regulatory agendas, stripping rules aimed at minimizing forever chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions in government contracting, as part of the Trump administration's deregulatory program. Here, Law360 takes a look at the regulatory priorities for the two agencies.

  • September 15, 2025

    Corcept Can't Escape Teva's Mifepristone Antitrust Suit

    Corcept Therapeutics must face most of Teva Pharmaceuticals' lawsuit alleging it suppressed generic competition for its brand-name medication used to treat a rare cortisol disorder, a California federal judge ruled, saying the claims are not time-barred and Teva has adequately alleged unlawful monopolization.

  • September 15, 2025

    11th Circ. Told Fla. 'Radioactive' Road Suit Must Be Tossed

    The U.S. government and a fertilizer producer urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss an environmental nonprofit's challenge to the use of radioactive phosphogypsum on a private roadway, arguing the nonprofit lacks standing. 

  • September 15, 2025

    FERC Abandons Push To Update Pipeline Review Policy

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ended its long-gestating proceeding aimed at updating its gas infrastructure approval policy, saying the policy the agency initially enacted in 1999 remains sound.

  • September 15, 2025

    IRS Finalizes Retirement Savings Catch-Up Rules

    The IRS released final regulations Monday that would allow workers reaching retirement age to catch up on their savings by making additional contributions above the annual limits to their employer-sponsored retirement plans, including a requirement for high earners to designate those additional funds as Roth contributions.

  • September 15, 2025

    Security Industry Group Calls 900 MHz Redo Idea Disruptive

    A security industry group warned the Federal Communications Commission that a revamp of lower 900 megahertz spectrum for an Earth-based broadband and GPS backup built by NextNav Inc. could disrupt an array of critical services.

Expert Analysis

  • Senate Bill Could Overhaul Digital Asset Market Structure

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    The Senate Banking Committee's draft Responsible Financial Innovation Act would not only clarify the roles and responsibilities of financial institutions engaging in digital asset activities but also impose new compliance regimes, reporting requirements and risk management protocols, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • How Trump's Space Order May Ease Industry's Growth

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at removing environmental hurdles for spaceport authorization and streamlining the space industry's regulatory framework may open opportunities not only for established launch providers, but also smaller companies and spaceport authorities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • A Look At 2 Reinvigorated DOL Compliance Programs

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    As the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division revives its Payroll Audit Independent Determination and expands its opinion letter program, employers should carefully weigh the benefits and risks of participation to assess whether it makes sense for their circumstances, say attorneys at Conn Maciel.

  • Stablecoin Committee Promotes Uniformity But May Fall Short

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    While the Genius Act's establishment of the Stablecoin Certification Review Committee will provide private stablecoin issuers with more consistent standards, fragmentation remains due to the disparate regulatory approaches taken by different states, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Liability Lessons From Luxury Cruise Thwarted By Sanctions

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    An ongoing legal dispute over a canceled luxury cruise to the North Pole reminds attorneys that liability can surface even before a ship leaves the dock — and that U.S. sanctions law increasingly lurks in the background of global travel contracts, says Peter Walsh at The Cruise Injury Law Firm.

  • Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

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    As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.

  • Sweeping US Tax And Spending Bill May Bolster PE Returns

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    The One Big Beautiful Bill Act stands to benefit private equity sponsors and their investors as it alters existing law, including at the portfolio company level, making it crucial to reevaluate historic tax planning and optimize for the new tax regime, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • Resilience Planning Is New Key To Corporate Sustainability

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    While the current wave of deregulation may reduce government enforcement related to climate issues, businesses still need to evaluate how climate volatility may affect their operations and create new legal risks — making the apolitical concept of resilience increasingly important for companies, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Parsing Trump Admin's First 6 Months Of SEC Enforcement

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement results for the first six months of the Trump administration show substantially fewer new enforcement actions compared to the same period under the previous administration, but indicate a clear focus on traditional fraud schemes affecting retail investors, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • HSR Compliance Remains A Priority From Biden To Trump

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    Several new enforcement actions from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice illustrate that rigorous attention to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance has become a critical component of the U.S. merger review process, even amid the political transition from the Biden to Trump administrations, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Cos. Face EU, US Regulatory Tension On Many Fronts

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    When the European Union sets stringent standards, companies seeking to operate in the international marketplace must conform to them, or else concede opportunities — but with the current U.S. administration pushing hard to roll back regulations, global companies face an increasing tension over which standards to follow, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • How EU Is Tweaking Enviro Laws After US Trade Deal

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    While a recent joint statement from the European Union and the U.S. in the wake of their trade deal does not mention special treatment for U.S. companies, the EU's ongoing commitment to streamline its sustainability legislation suggests an openness to addressing concerns raised by the U.S., say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • The Consequences Of OCC's Pivot On Disparate Impact

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent move to stop scrutinizing facially neutral lending policies that disproportionately affect a protected group reflects the administration's ongoing shift in assessing discrimination, though this change may not be enough to dissuade claims by states or private plaintiffs, says Travis Nelson at Polsinelli.

  • FDA Transparency Plans Raise Investor Disclosure Red Flags

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently announced intent to publish complete response letters for unapproved drugs and devices implicates certain investor disclosure requirements under securities laws, making it necessary for life sciences and biotech companies to adopt robust controls going forward, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Rising USCIS Denials May Signal Reverse On Signature Policy

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    Increasingly, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services appears to be issuing denials and requests for evidence in cases where petitioners digitally affix handwritten signatures to paper-based petitions, upending a long-standing practice with potentially grave consequences for applicants, says Sherry Neal at Corporate Immigration.

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