Compliance

  • August 10, 2026

    9th Circ. Won't Revisit Kids' Suit Over Trump's Energy EOs

    The full Ninth Circuit on Monday declined to rehear a group of youths' legal challenge of President Donald Trump's executive orders spurring the use of fossil fuels to meet the country's energy needs.

  • August 10, 2026

    JB Hunt Says Broker Role Clears It Of Liability For Fatal Crash

    J.B. Hunt has urged an Arizona federal judge to reject a lawsuit seeking to hold it vicariously liable as the alleged statutory employer of the commercial trucker involved in a 2023 head-on collision that killed two people and seriously injured three children.

  • August 10, 2026

    OCC Takes Swipe At BofA In Post-Jan. 6 Data Sharing Suit

    A top U.S. banking regulator has waded into a proposed class action accusing Bank of America NA of unlawfully sharing customer information with law enforcement after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, arguing the bank can't use a key regulatory safe harbor to exit the case.

  • August 10, 2026

    Cannabis Clients Sue Atty Over Missed Deadline In $5.7M Suit

    Los Angeles cannabis entrepreneurs are suing their former attorney for legal malpractice in California state court, claiming that she caused the permanent end of their $5.7 million fire damage lawsuit against a landlord who they say allowed a "local transient" to start a fire on a neighboring property.

  • August 10, 2026

    Trump Pick Confirmed To NCUA As Hauptman Joins PCAOB

    The National Credit Union Administration is poised for new leadership after senators on Friday confirmed Trump nominee John Crews to its board, whose acting Chairman Kyle Hauptman has departed for a seat on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

  • August 10, 2026

    AbbVie, Novartis Seek To Block Ill. 340B Drug Discount Law

    AbbVie Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals are urging an Illinois federal court to block a state law that took effect Friday barring pharmaceutical manufacturers from trying to impose restrictions on 340B contract pharmacy arrangements, arguing in a pair of suits that the law is unconstitutional.

  • August 10, 2026

    Muddy Waters Wants Claim Cut From $14M Whistleblower Suit

    Investment research service Muddy Waters LLC and its founder want a breach of contract claim cut from a suit alleging they stiffed a purported former partner out of his share of a $14 million whistleblower award from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the claim "crosses the line from pleading in the alternative to pleading in incoherence."

  • August 10, 2026

    FCC Urged To Tighten 'Covered List' Regs

    A foreign policy think tank has asked the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a more comprehensive set of regulations to bar devices containing parts that are made by entities on the agency's Covered List, which identifies equipment and services deemed national security risks.

  • August 10, 2026

    Team Telecom Probing T-Mobile's Plan To Buy Fiber Co. Stake

    T-Mobile has a $2 billion plan to acquire a 50% stake in a joint venture that seeks to combine two fiber companies, but the FCC won't say yea or nay to the deal until Team Telecom — a multiagency group that vets transactions involving foreign individuals and U.S. telecom companies — finishes looking into the matter.

  • August 10, 2026

    Boeing 737 Max Door Plug Suits Get Special Discovery Judge

    A Washington state court appointed retired King County Superior Court Judge Bruce W. Hilyer to oversee discovery matters in more than a dozen lawsuits related to the January 2024 blowout of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet door plug that allegedly left passengers with physical and emotional injuries.

  • August 10, 2026

    SEC Alleges Adviser Defrauded Investors In Pre-IPO Offerings

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission both filed and settled a lawsuit in New York federal court Monday that accuses an investment manager of defrauding investors interested in taking positions in companies like SpaceX and Klarna before they went public. 

  • August 10, 2026

    House Dems Seek AI Hearings After OpenAI, Anthropic Hacks

    On the heels of major cybersecurity incidents with OpenAI and Anthropic, Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, is leading a group of House Democrats in calling for the heads of the major artificial intelligence companies to come before Congress.

  • August 10, 2026

    Lack Of Fiduciary Duty Frees Chemours From NC PFAS Suit

    Chemours Inc., its affiliates and DuPont Industrial Biosciences USA LLC on Monday got the dismissal of a proposed class action by a North Carolina resident over contamination of Brunswick County's water.

  • August 10, 2026

    Gates Manager Fired After His Bias, Safety Reports, Suit Says

    Power transmission belts manufacturer Gates Corp. unlawfully fired a regional health and safety manager after he escalated concerns about regulatory violations, environmental compliance and the disparate treatment of minority employees, according to a complaint filed in North Carolina federal court over the weekend.

  • August 10, 2026

    Alto Neuroscience Escapes Investor Drug Trial Suit, For Now

    Alto Neuroscience has escaped a shareholder suit alleging the psychiatric biotech company and its top brass overstated the efficacy of their lead drug candidate for treating major depressive disorder, with a California federal judge ruling that the suit's "vague and conclusory" pleadings should be remedied.

  • August 10, 2026

    Costco Can't Shake Wash. Workers' Moonlighting Class Action

    More than 26,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. workers have beaten back the company's bid for an early win in their Washington state court moonlighting class action, though a judge also denied the workers' own push for a pretrial victory.

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Trims Wells Fargo Ex-VP Whistleblower Suit

    An Illinois federal judge Friday trimmed a former Wells Fargo testing and validation executive's suit alleging she was fired for flagging reporting inaccuracies, finding that her allegations were too vague and that she did not correctly report the alleged activity to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • August 10, 2026

    Mich. Transit Authority Can Call County Atty In Board Dispute

    The Bay Area Transportation Authority may call a Grand Traverse County attorney as a witness in a dispute over appointments to its board, a Michigan appellate panel ruled, finding the attorney's late addition to the witness list would not prejudice the county.

  • August 10, 2026

    Scammers Claim They're FCC Enforcers, Consumers Warned

    If a consumer is contacted by someone purportedly with the Federal Communications Commission claiming their phone number is being investigated and demanding personal and financial details, it's a scam.

  • August 10, 2026

    Mich. Panel Revives Sewage Damage Suits Over Service Fight

    Minor procedural variations in service do not warrant dismissal of a case as long as defendants are adequately informed of the pending litigation, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel said in a published opinion Thursday.

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Blocks DOD Military Label For Chinese Biotech Co.

    A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Defense from enforcing a decision to designate WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. as a Chinese military company, ruling the department's justifications appeared to lack a grounding in the evidence they cited.

  • August 10, 2026

    Roblox, TikTok, Discord Say CDA Blocks Teen Suicide Suit

    Roblox, Discord and TikTok are urging a Kentucky federal court to throw out a suit alleging a young teen died by suicide as a result of using their platforms, saying the claims are blocked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

  • August 10, 2026

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Lillian He

    Lillian He, a partner in Jones Day's global disputes practice, assisted a Chinese financial institution in responding to a U.S. government subpoena seeking documents and records held in China and advised a U.S.-based healthcare company through a U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 10, 2026

    Fox Gives DOJ More Time To Review $22B Roku Deal

    Fox Corp. has given antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice additional time to review its planned purchase of Roku, a deal that values the television streaming platform operator at around $22 billion.

  • August 10, 2026

    Denver Says Tobacco Cos. Should Pay For Cigarette Litter

    Major tobacco companies including Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. knowingly shifted the cost of cleaning up cigarette litter onto Denver, the city alleged in a Colorado state court suit seeking to recover those expenses.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 Financial Statement Fraud Red Flags To Spot Post-Sripetch

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently held in Sripetch v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that disgorgement exists to strip a wrongdoer of unjust enrichment, not merely to compensate victims for what they lost, shifting the work at the center of securities fraud cases in five ways, says Rand Manasse at Green Lane Partners.

  • What Cos. Must Know About EPA Water Monitoring Proposal

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's newly proposed rule that would require public water systems to monitor for 30 unregulated drinking water contaminants does not impose new obligations on companies, but the data collected could affect future policy, investigations and litigation, says Ayodeji Ayolola at Gordon Rees.

  • Series

    Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a sommelier has quietly shaped how I practice law by changing the way I think, communicate and connect with people, and offers a constant reminder that expertise is about making your knowledge useful and accessible to others, says Kara Du at Sheppard.

  • EEOC Bias Guidance Rollback Doesn't Negate Employer Risks

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    Despite the U.S. Department of Justice recently challenging Title VII's disparate impact provisions and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rescinding affirmative action guidance, employers should resist the temptation to restructure employment practices, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Inside SEC Crypto Vault Statement's Securities Law Warning

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    Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's posture toward crypto products and activities has been more favorable under the current administration, Commissioner Hester Peirce's recent statement on crypto vaults highlights why that posture does not eliminate the need for careful securities law analysis, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Deposit Contracts Do Heavy Lifting As Fraud Moves Upstream

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    As courts increasingly find that upstream parties are best positioned to detect red flags in fraud disputes, most recently in Yangtze v. Ohio Valley Trackwork, companies should tighten treasury and deposit agreement verification protocols, indemnity terms, and insurance coordination to reduce exposure, says Nadine Dorsht at Stinson.

  • DOJ's FCA Push Creates Risks For Construction Contractors

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    The construction industry may be uniquely vulnerable to a new generation of False Claims Act enforcement driven by the U.S. Department of Justice's increasing usage of the FCA to target a much broader category of conduct than it has in decades past, specifically compliance certifications and regulatory representations, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • 3 Private Suits Test Influencer Ads As FTC Stays On Sidelines

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    Three lawsuits filed so far this year illustrate how influencer campaigns are facing growing scrutiny from private plaintiffs, despite the Federal Trade Commission not bringing an influencer marketing enforcement action since revising its endorsement guides to address the topic in 2023, but brands can take concrete steps to reduce the risks, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • Fed Report Underscores Focus On Nonbank, CRE Risks

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    The Federal Reserve Board's latest supervision and regulation report highlights that broad systemic stability will not insulate individual institutions from rigorous supervisory challenges regarding concentrated commercial real estate portfolios and nonbank partnerships, says Daniel Meade at Hogan Lovells.

  • Feds' Mixed Cues On Medicaid Fraud Signal States To Step Up

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    While the federal government has recently delivered four distinct and mutually inconsistent messages regarding Medicaid fraud enforcement, states should focus on improving enforcement, regardless of which federal posture proves correct, says Ken Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • 3 Upcoming Deadlines That EB-5 Investors Should Consider

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    Potential EB-5 regional center investors should weigh three approaching deadlines, the most immediate of which is Sept. 30, that may affect their filing strategy, required capital commitment and ability to participate even if Congress fails to reauthorize the program, says Michael Ashoori at Ashoori Law.

  • AI, Prediction Markets Lead Securities Developments In 2026

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    Securities class actions tied to artificial intelligence and the battle over prediction market regulation both raise novel questions that courts are only beginning to address and that will continue to resonate throughout the second half of the year, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Key Compliance Insights From Calif.'s Volvo Diesel Deal

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    While the future of California's vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act is uncertain, the state's recent settlement with Volvo over diesel emissions hinges on the truthfulness of manufacturer representations to state regulators, and offers important lessons for companies on compliance and recordkeeping, says Thierry Montoya at FBT Gibbons.

  • Community Bank Order Signals Fintech Partnership Scrutiny

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent consent order against Community Federal Savings Bank for deficiencies in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance programs offers clear and urgent lessons for community banks pursuing revenue growth through fintech partnerships and payments services, say attorneys at Bradley.

  • Where Is The Line On Actionable Comms In Securities Cases?

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    Recent securities cases demonstrate the difficulty in discerning a clear difference between statements made in connection with the purchase or sale of securities and those that aren't, with that line more likely attributable to individualized factual situations than to any doctrinal differences of opinion between various courts, says Samuel Groner at Fried Frank.

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