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May 19, 2025
Conservative Groups Push Media Ownership Deregulation
Nearly two dozen right-leaning groups and activists made a pitch for media ownership deregulation, telling the Federal Communications Commission that outdated restrictions are stifling local broadcasters at a time of rapid change in the media sector.
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May 19, 2025
NY AG Blasts Ski Resort Owner's Antitrust Fixes
The New York Attorney General's Office has told a state court that alternative fixes being offered by a ski resort owner found to have violated antitrust law by buying and closing a competitor would "entrench the very monopoly" the court found illegal.
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May 19, 2025
CFTC Should Pay $3M Atty Fees After Sanctions, Firm Says
A foreign exchange firm that won dismissal of a U.S. Commodity Futures Exchange Commission case after a New Jersey federal judge sanctioned the agency for bad faith behavior now says the CFTC should have to pay nearly $3 million for failing to own up to its mistake sooner.
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May 19, 2025
Doc Loses 4th Circ. Fight Over $5.5M Order After FCA Deal
A North Carolina district court was right to reject a doctor and his wife's request to overturn or modify a $5.5 million judgment against them for allegedly hiding assets after settling a previous False Claims Act case with the government, the Fourth Circuit ruled Monday.
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May 19, 2025
Wachtell-Led Regeneron To Buy 23andMe, Gaining User Data
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said Monday it emerged as the winning bidder for 23andMe, agreeing to pay $256 million to scoop the once high-flying consumer genomics firm out of bankruptcy while pledging to uphold strict privacy standards.
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May 19, 2025
Ex-Bank GC Fights $7.4M Fraud Restitution Schedule
A former Webster Bank general counsel has opposed part of a government plan for repaying the $7.4 million he pled guilty to taking by fraud, saying he will be in prison for four years, resigned as an attorney, remains unemployed and cannot work in banking once he's free.
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May 19, 2025
Judge Sets February Trial Date In Bribery Case Of Coal Exec
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday set a February trial date for a coal executive charged with bribing foreign officials for business, with jury selection beginning Feb. 3 and opening statements taking place Feb. 9.
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May 19, 2025
Justices Decline Fireworks Co.'s Challenge To CPSC Notices
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a firework importer's challenge to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notices that said the products violated federal standards, leaving in place a Fourth Circuit decision that informal agency notices are not final actions under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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May 16, 2025
DC Circ. Judges Skeptical Of Blockade On CFPB Mass Layoffs
A D.C. Circuit panel majority Friday sounded inclined to lift lower court restrictions on what the Trump administration contends is its lawful push to "radically downsize" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, potentially clearing the way for mass layoffs of its staff.
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May 16, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Gold Card, Hospitality, Revolving Door
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into the "Gold Card" visa program, the hospitality sector's reaction to tariffs, and the path from in-house attorney to private practice.
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May 16, 2025
FINRA Fines BTG Pactual Unit Over Lax AML Compliance
A U.S. brokerage unit of Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual will pay $400,000 to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to settle claims that, among other things, its written policies didn't explain how it would monitor wire transfer requests to stay in compliance with anti-money laundering provisions.
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May 16, 2025
Firms Eye Setoff Shielding $66M Conn. Life Insurance Policies
Three investment companies holding PHL Variable Insurance Co. policies asked a Connecticut state court judge on Friday to allow them to set off in-force life insurance policy premiums against their $66 million in matured policies, fearing they could receive only a fraction of their investments while the state supervises the struggling insurer.
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May 16, 2025
9th Circ. Mulls DOJ Shield Of Jones Day VW Documents
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday questioned whether it could force the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over confidential Volkswagen documents it obtained through a grand jury subpoena that were part of Jones Day's internal investigation into the automaker's 2015 emissions-cheating scandal.
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May 16, 2025
ASPCA Ex-CFO Links Firing To His Whistleblower Complaints
The former chief financial officer of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has alleged that he was fired in retaliation for raising questions about the nonprofit's expenditure of donor funds and misuse of animal transport vehicles, in violation of New York's whistleblower law and New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act.
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May 16, 2025
No 'Magic Words' Needed To Sue KKR For Hiding Deals, DOJ Says
KKR is trying to duck a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit seeking fines that could top $650 million, by reading standards for seeking penalties that are not there, the government said Thursday, defending claims that the private equity giant failed to notify two mergers and deleted key documentation from notifications.
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May 16, 2025
FINRA Faces Calls To Narrow Its Outside Biz Rule Revamp
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has received a range of feedback on its proposal to streamline reporting requirements for firm representatives' outside business activities, with industry groups urging various tweaks to the measure, and a state regulator and investment adviser group opposing it outright.
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May 16, 2025
CFTC May Be Hobbled As Another Member Announces Exit
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Christy Goldsmith Romero announced Friday that she will be stepping down as commissioner at the end of the month, potentially leaving the agency struggling to move forward with only two members as it awaits congressional action on President Donald Trump's nominee for chair.
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May 16, 2025
SEC X Account Hack Conspirator Gets 14 Months
An Alabama man was sentenced in D.C. federal court Friday to 14 months behind bars for his role in last year's hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's account on the social platform X to post a bogus development in the agency's cryptocurrency policy.
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May 16, 2025
NJ Transit Calls Unions' Refusal To Cross Picket Line Unlawful
NJ Transit has hit two unions with lawsuits in New Jersey federal court over a rail strike that began Friday, accusing a Teamsters unit and the American Train Dispatchers Association of violating the Railway Labor Act by refusing to cross another Teamsters unit's picket line.
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May 16, 2025
Coinbase Users Sue Over Bribery-Linked Data Breach
Crypto exchange Coinbase faces a wave of lawsuits from users accusing it of negligent information security practices after the exchange disclosed that an unknown perpetrator had stolen customer data by bribing overseas workers.
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May 16, 2025
'Tuna Bond' Defendants Ordered To Pay $352M In Restitution
A Brooklyn federal judge ordered three former Credit Suisse bankers and the former finance minister of Mozambique to pay a combined $352 million in restitution Friday after they pled guilty or were convicted of scheming to defraud investors in a $2 billion state-backed development initiative involving tuna fishing.
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May 16, 2025
SEC's Atkins Previews Possible Changes To CEO Pay Rules
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins announced Friday the agency plans to review rules requiring public companies to report the earnings of CEOs and other high-level executives, highlighting a possible area of regulatory change for the now Republican-led commission.
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May 16, 2025
Green Group Says Trump Admin Stalling On Logging Records
Federal agencies are dragging their feet in response to requests for information related to how they are implementing President Donald Trump's executive order to expand logging projects in the U.S., a lawsuit filed Friday in D.C. federal court says.
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May 16, 2025
HHS Says Pain Clinic's Delay Hurts $11M Bill Challenge
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday fought a pain clinic's bid in North Carolina federal court for a pretrial win in the clinic's suit challenging $11 million in overpayments for urine drug screening tests, saying the clinic waited too long to bring evidence that the testing was justified.
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May 16, 2025
FCC Aims To Push China Out Of Telecom Certification Process
The Federal Communications Commission has announced its plan to ban Chinese test labs and telecommunications certification bodies from being used on devices destined for the United States, and industry stakeholders have opinions on whether they think that's a good idea.
Expert Analysis
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GC Nominee Likely Has Employer-Friendly NLRB Priorities
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Crystal Carey as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board indicates the administration's intent to revive precedents favorable to employers, including expansion of permissible employer speech and reinstatement of procedural steps needed for employees to achieve unionization, say attorneys at Vorys.
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Pay Cos. That Adapt Can Benefit As Gov't Ends Paper Checks
Recent executive orders, instructing the government to cease issuing paper checks and to modernize and fraud-proof federal payments, will likely benefit financial services providers that facilitate government disbursements — provided they can manage the challenges and risks of transitioning to fully digital payments, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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New Anti-Corruption Task Force Bolsters Int'l Collaboration
The recent creation of an anti-corruption task force by the U.K., France and Switzerland demonstrates a commitment to tackling bribery within national and international frameworks, and organizations within these jurisdictions’ remit, including U.S. companies operating in Europe, should review their compliance practices to ensure they address diverging requirements, say lawyers at Skadden.
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A Close Look At The Rescinded Biden-Era NLRB Memos
National Labor Relations Board acting general counsel William Cowen's recent decision to rescind several guidance memoranda from his predecessor signals that he aims to move the board away from expanding organizing rights and to provide more room for employers to protect their operations and workforce, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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4 Takeaways From La. Coastal Wetland Damage Verdict
A recent $745 million verdict in a case filed by a Louisiana parish against Chevron for violating a Louisiana environmental law illustrates that climate-related liabilities pose increasing risk and litigation risk may not follow a red state versus blue state divide, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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Staying The Course On Consumer Financial Law Compliance
Although there may be some regulatory uncertainty, with many rule changes on hold, and enforcement actions and investigations terminated, 11 fundamental laws and rules governing consumer financial services are unlikely to change, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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How Proxy Advisory Firms Are Approaching AI And DEI
Institutional Shareholder Services' and Glass Lewis' annual updates to their proxy voting guidelines reflect some of the biggest issues of the day, including artificial intelligence and DEI, and companies should parse these changes carefully, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions
With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.
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Reviving A Dormant Criminal Statute In Antitrust Prosecution
The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to revive a dormant misdemeanor statute to resolve bid-rigging charges against a foreign national, providing important context to a recent effort to entice foreign defendants to take responsibility for pending charges or face the risk of extradition, say attorneys at Axinn.
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End May Be In Sight For Small Biz Set-Aside Programs
A Jan. 21 executive order largely disarming the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, along with recent court rulings, suggests that the administration may soon attempt to eliminate set-asides intended to level the award playing field for small business contractors that qualify under socioeconomic programs, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Traversing The Shifting Sands Of ESG Reporting Compliance
Multinational corporations have increasingly found themselves between a rock and a hard place attempting to comply with EU and California ESG requirements while not running afoul of expanding U.S. anti-ESG regimes, but focusing on what is material to shareholder value and establishing strong governance can help, say attorneys at MoFo.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Ban On Reputation Risk May Help Bank Enforcement Defense
The Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s recent commitment to stop examining banks for reputation risk could help defendants in enforcement actions challenge unfavorable assessments and support defendants' arguments for lower civil money penalties, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.