Compliance

  • October 03, 2025

    NCUA, US Bank Settle Crisis-Era RMBS Trustee Lawsuit

    The National Credit Union Administration Board and U.S. Bank told a New York federal judge that they have reached a settlement in principle in a suit over U.S. Bank's role as trustee for crisis-era residential mortgage-backed securities trusts.

  • October 03, 2025

    Justices Agree To Hear Freight Broker Negligence Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to address conflicting appellate court decisions on whether federal law shields freight brokers from state-based negligence and personal injury claims.

  • October 02, 2025

    DHS Blocked From Pulling $233M In Funds From States

    A Rhode Island federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $233 million in federal funds away from a coalition of Democratic-led states, the same day an appropriation for the funds was set to expire.

  • October 02, 2025

    Landlords Will Pay $141M To Exit RealPage Rent Pricing Case

    Renters have struck over $141 million in deals with landlord companies that were accused of using property management software RealPage's algorithms to fix rent prices and are now asking a Tennessee federal court to give those settlements its blessing.

  • October 02, 2025

    11th Circ. Denies Stay In Settled Employee Stock Plan Suit

    Two Eleventh Circuit judges denied a joint request to briefly pause and remand a proposed class-action lawsuit over control of equity in a stock ownership plan pitting a Georgia-based consulting firm and its employees against plan participants, despite the parties announcing a settlement has been reached.

  • October 02, 2025

    Full 5th Circ. To Rehear Bid To Void DOT Airline Fees Rule

    The full Fifth Circuit Thursday vacated a panel's January ruling that allowed for the redo of a Biden-era rule requiring airlines to more clearly disclose add-on fees upfront and agreed to consider a request from airlines that the rule itself be wiped off the books entirely.

  • October 02, 2025

    9th Circ. Rebuffs Flagstar's Escrow Interest Preemption Bid

    The Ninth Circuit said Thursday that Flagstar Bank still owes a class of mortgage borrowers more than $9 million for unpaid escrow interest under a California law, ruling that a recent U.S. Supreme Court preemption case didn't upset circuit precedent on the issue.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ad Tech Judge Sees 'Tension' In Google's Economist

    A Virginia federal judge told Google's economics expert Thursday that there's "tension" in his assertions that remedies for the company's advertising placement technology monopolies must be narrowly tailored to block the particular anticompetitive findings won by the U.S. Justice Department.

  • October 02, 2025

    Disability Group To Pay At Least $1M For Misleading Calls

    A disability advocacy group will pay at least $1 million to the Federal Trade Commission to wash its hands of claims that it made "tens of millions of illegal calls" to people in order to solicit their business and weren't upfront about why they were calling.

  • October 02, 2025

    Feds Eye Partial Pretrial Ruling In Regeneron FCA Case

    The government has urged a Massachusetts federal judge to rule that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals "naturally or foreseeably" caused providers to present false claims for its macular degeneration drug Eylea, arguing that it does not need to prove the tougher "but-for causation" standard for its theory of false certification.

  • October 02, 2025

    FERC Issues Trump-Ordered Rule To Phase Out 53 Regs

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has finalized a rule to phase out dozens of its regulations, making it the first, and apparently only, federal agency to fully comply with an executive order to sunset energy-related rules.

  • October 02, 2025

    Judge Ends USDA Rule On Chilean Grape Fumigation

    A D.C. federal judge has vacated a 2024 rule change by the U.S. Department of Agriculture allowing the import of Chilean table grapes that have not been fumigated with methyl bromide for pest mitigation, ruling that regulators ignored the reliance interests of domestic growers when making the change.

  • October 02, 2025

    Debt Collector's $2.6M Data Breach Deal Gets Final Nod

    Debt collection agency and buyer NCB Management Services Inc. and its investors have gotten the final nod to their $2.63 million deal to end consolidated proposed class action claims that NCB failed to protect more than a million consumers after a trove of their personal information was compromised in a ransomware attack.

  • October 02, 2025

    FINRA Fines CashApp Unit $375K Over Data Protection Lapse

    The brokerage unit of payments giant Cash App will pay a $375,000 fine to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to resolve claims it failed to keep user data safe after a former employee downloaded reports containing personal information on millions of the firm's customers. 

  • October 02, 2025

    Investors Claim $1.7M Stolen In Colorado Pot Co. Fraud

    The partial owner of a now-defunct marijuana company in Boulder, Colorado, has been accused in a state court lawsuit of conning investors out of more than $1.7 million by claiming they were buying into a grow and dispensary operation while actually pocketing "some or all" of the money.

  • October 02, 2025

    Fla. Appeals Court Seeks Higher Guidance On Pot Smells

    A man searched by police officers due to a marijuana odor emanating from a car he was sitting in cannot have the fact that drugs were found in his sock be suppressed, a Florida state appeals court affirmed while asking the state's highest court to clarify whether police could search him today under such circumstances.

  • October 02, 2025

    Bored Ape NFTs Aren't Securities, Judge Holds

    A California federal judge tossed a proposed securities class action against the firm behind the popular Bored Ape non-fungible token collection and its celebrity promoters, saying the token sales didn't amount to securities transactions.

  • October 02, 2025

    FINRA Fines Broker-Dealer $1M On Lax-Surveillance Claims

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is requiring New Jersey-based broker-dealer Velocity Clearing LLC to hire an independent consultant and pay a $1 million fine to settle the regulator's claims that Velocity has failed to take reasonable measures to prevent manipulative trading.

  • October 02, 2025

    7th Circ. Bucks SEC Request To Pause Cboe Case

    The Seventh Circuit has rejected a bid by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Cboe Exchange Inc. to postpone upcoming oral arguments in a case challenging the SEC's ability to regulate certain Cboe software, telling the parties the arguments will go forward as planned while they discuss a possible deal to end the suit. 

  • October 02, 2025

    Zillow Seeks Info On Compass' Anywhere Deal In Antitrust Suit

    Compass Inc. and Zillow Inc., which are battling each other in an antitrust case brought by Compass, have both asked a New York federal judge to rule on Zillow's bid to obtain documents related to Compass' $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

  • October 02, 2025

    Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

    Lobbying at the Federal Communications Commission slowed in September, continuing a late-summer lag, but several groups kept busy on several issues. Here's a look at a few groups that contacted the FCC at least three times during September and a sampling of what they care about.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ex-Silvergate CFO Must Face SEC Fraud Claims, Judge Rules

    A New York federal judge has ruled that the former chief financial officer of defunct crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital cannot escape a suit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he hid the bank's rocky financial condition, finding that the regulator has adequately alleged that he had access to information that contradicted his public statements.

  • October 02, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Co. Can't Stop NY Property Sale In SEC Suit

    The Second Circuit tossed a company's appeals Thursday over a Sag Harbor, New York, property linked to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's $26 million investment fraud suit against an alternative investment principal.

  • October 02, 2025

    Rust-Oleum Buyers' $1.5M Greenwashing Deal Gets Final OK

    A California federal judge on Thursday gave her final blessing to a $1.5 million settlement to a class of Rust-Oleum Corp. customers who accused the company of "greenwashing" its cleaning products with representations like "non-toxic" and "Earth Friendly," noting the deal provides significant monetary and nonmonetary benefits to the plaintiffs.

  • October 02, 2025

    Vaping Co. Escapes Fume 5% Nicotine Label Suit, For Now

    A Florida federal judge has tossed a proposed class action claiming that vape company QR Joy Inc. falsely advertises its Fume vaping products as having 5% nicotine when it is more than the amount in a combustible cigarette, saying it's a "shotgun" pleading.

Expert Analysis

  • White House Report Strikes An Optimistic Note On Crypto

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    Taking seriously President Donald Trump's pledge to adopt a pro-innovation mindset toward digital assets and blockchain technologies, a recent benchmark White House report on crypto provides a comprehensive regulatory framework that takes into account the products' novel characteristics within the high-tech ecosystem, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • ICJ Climate Opinion Raises Cos.' Legal, Compliance Risks

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    The International Court of Justice's recent advisory opinion on governments' climate change obligations could have important consequences for the regulated community — including a more complex compliance landscape, heightened legal risks for carbon-intensive activities, and renewed market and investor focus on climate issues, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.

  • Conflicting Developments In Homelessness Legal Landscape

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    Looking at an executive order and Third Circuit opinion from last month highlights the ongoing tension in homelessness-related legal issues facing state and local governments, property owners, and individuals experiencing homelessness, says Josh Collins, an attorney for the City of South Salt Lake.

  • AG Watch: Texas Embraces The MAHA Movement

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    Attorneys at Kelley Drye examine Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's actions related to the federal Make America Healthy Again movement, and how these actions hinge on representations or omissions by the target companies as opposed to specific analyses of the potential health risks.

  • DOJ Whistleblower Program May Fuel Criminal Antitrust Tack

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    A recently launched Justice Department program that provides rewards for reporting antitrust crimes related to the U.S. Postal Service will serve to supplement the department’s leniency program, signaling an ambition to expand criminal enforcement while deepening collaboration across agencies, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • How Community Banks Can Limit Overdraft Class Action Risk

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    With community banks increasingly confronted with class actions claiming deceptive overdraft fees, local institutions should consider proactively revising their customer policies and agreements to limit their odds of facing costly and complicated consumer litigation, say attorneys at Jones Walker.

  • Opinion

    Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test

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    Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.

  • How States Are Regulating Health Insurers' AI Usage

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    The absence of a federal artificial intelligence framework positions states as key regulators of health insurers’ AI use, making it important for payors and service providers to understand the range of state AI legislation being passed in California and elsewhere, and consider implementing an AI-focused compliance infrastructure, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Export Misconduct Resolutions Emphasize BIS, DOJ Priorities

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's and Bureau of Industry and Security's recently resolved parallel enforcement actions against semiconductor technology company Cadence Design demonstrate the agencies' prioritization of penalties for export control violations involving China, as well as the importance of voluntary self-disclosure, say attorneys at Fenwick.

  • Disney Art Suit Will Test Recent AI Fair Use Boundaries

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    While the first U.S. rulings to address the issue recently held that it's fair use for generative artificial intelligence models to train on certain copyrighted books without permission, Disney v. Midjourney, filed in June, will test the limits of the fair use framework in a visual art context, says Rob Rosenberg at Moses & Singer.

  • Location Data And Online Tracking Trends To Watch

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    Regulators and class action plaintiffs are increasingly targeting companies' use of online tracking technologies and geolocation data in both privacy enforcement and litigation, so organizations should view compliance as a dynamic, cross-functional responsibility as scrutiny becomes increasingly aggressive and multifaceted, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • HHS Plan To Cut Immigrant Benefits Spurs Provider Questions

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    A recent notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services identifying new federal public benefit programs for which nonqualified aliens are not eligible may have a major impact on entities that participate in these programs — but many questions remain unanswered, say attorneys at Foley.

  • A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations

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    As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.

  • Opinion

    SEC Should Restore Its 2020 Proxy Adviser Rule

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    Due to concerns over proxy advisers' accuracy, reliability and transparency, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should reinstate its 2020 rule designed to suppress the influence that they wield in shareholder voting, says Kyle Isakower at the American Council for Capital Formation.

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