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• April 15, 2026

  Fraud Enforcement, Sentencing Face Unusual Convergence

  The Trump administration’s newly created task force to eliminate fraud and the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s recent proposals to scale back certain elements of the federal sentencing framework seem to point in opposite directions, creating a collision of policy priorities that may reshape how fraud cases are charged, negotiated and sentenced for years to come, says David Tarras at Tarras Defense.

• April 14, 2026

  Colo. Justices Weigh Bid To Restore Trans Youth Care

  Colorado's justices pushed Children's Hospital Colorado on Tuesday to explain how its decision to halt gender-affirming care for transgender youth patients is not discriminatory, even amid the federal government's threats to cut funding for providers that offer the care to children and adolescents.

• April 14, 2026

  Foundation Building Investors Ink $26M Deal Over PE Buyout

  The CEO, controlling investor and board members of specialty building product maker Foundation Building Materials Inc. and others have reached a $26 million settlement with stockholders who challenged the company's $1.4 billion sale to a private equity buyer on claims that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties.

• April 14, 2026

  Red State AGs Fight Bid To Trim Suit Against BlackRock

  Republican attorneys general are opposing a bid by BlackRock and State Street to trim a suit accusing the asset managers of driving up coal prices, arguing that the firms' assertion that the suit cannot get past the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on federal antitrust damages claims is incorrect.

• April 14, 2026

  Ga. Providers Say Rutledge Bars United's Preemption Win

  Medical providers are urging a Georgia federal court to deny United's bid for an early win in its case seeking a declaration that the providers' purported attempt to claw back reimbursements for out-of-network services are preempted, arguing that state-law claims involving employee benefits aren't preempted by federal benefits law.

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