Compliance

  • July 02, 2025

    Veterans Sue Air Force For Disability Review Failures

    Three former service members hit the U.S. Air Force with a proposed class action challenging the lawfulness of a screening process used to determine if people should be retained or referred to a formal disability evaluation process.

  • July 02, 2025

    Solar Farm Halt Can't Rest On Federal Tax Credits, Judge Says

    A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block a NextEra Energy solar farm in Kansas, saying arguments that the project can't receive federal clean energy tax credits until it undergoes an environmental review aren't supported by law.

  • July 02, 2025

    DOJ, HHS Form New False Claims Act Enforcement Group

    Lead attorneys at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department will head a working group focused on enforcement of the False Claims Act, government officials announced Wednesday.

  • July 02, 2025

    High Court Case Tops List of Securities Appeals To Watch

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up at least one shareholder's lawsuit when it reopens its doors in October, and securities attorneys from both the plaintiff and defense bars will be watching that appeal and several others as the year moves forward.

  • July 02, 2025

    Tax Court Rejects IRS' Partnership Income Adjustment Regs

    The U.S. Tax Court ruled Wednesday that the IRS was too late to adjust a Texas real estate partnership's income under a relatively new centralized audit regime, holding that regulations providing a longer adjustment period had exceeded the agency's rulemaking authority granted by Congress.

  • July 02, 2025

    Ill. Judge Asks Deere Rivals To Stop Pestering Court Staff

    The judge overseeing the FTC's antitrust enforcement action against farm machinery maker Deere & Co. has penned a light-hearted order calling out another judge and asking equipment manufacturers to stop calling his staff to ask for advice.

  • July 02, 2025

    SEC Staff Shares Disclosure Guidance For Crypto ETPs

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff is providing more insight on its expectations around disclosures for novel crypto exchange-traded products, urging issuers to share risks specific to the product and use plain language over technical jargon to explain the business.

  • July 02, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Crypto Firms' Venue Statute Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has said it will not take up a petition from the Binance-branded U.S. exchange and an affiliated crypto data site to resolve what they call a circuit split in a case accusing Binance.US of artificially deflating the price of a cryptocurrency token by lowering its ranking on the Binance exchange.

  • July 02, 2025

    SeaCrest Adviser To Pay $161K For Cherry-Picking Scheme

    A former SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC adviser will pay $161,000 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly carrying out a cherry-picking scheme through which he misappropriated more than $108,000.

  • July 02, 2025

    Atkins Says SEC Is Taking A Fresh Look At SPAC Regulations

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said Wednesday that regulators are reviewing recently beefed-up rules governing special-purpose acquisition companies as part of a broader policy of increasing public listings.

  • July 02, 2025

    Wash. Tribal Warrants Gain Statewide Reach Under New Law

    A Washington law that took effect this month will allow its state police to enforce tribal warrants, a move that legislators say closes a jurisdictional gap that often allowed individuals who committed crimes on Indigenous lands to evade prosecution by fleeing to state property.

  • July 02, 2025

    FCC To Vote On More 'Delete' Docket Regs This Month

    The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote this month on a proposal to remove outmoded regulations from its books that would advance FCC Chair Brendan Carr's "Delete, Delete, Delete" proceeding to cut down on what he considers burdensome agency rules.

  • July 02, 2025

    Pa. Hospital Co. To Pay $2.75M Over Drug Theft Suit

    Pennsylvania healthcare company Lehigh Valley Hospital Network Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $2.75 million to settle claims that it ran afoul of controlled substance laws when one of its pharmacy technicians allegedly stole medication on multiple occasions.

  • July 02, 2025

    Exiting US Steel GC To Leave With Over $18M After Nippon Deal

    U.S. Steel Corp.'s former general counsel Duane Holloway will leave his special adviser job on July 18 more than $18.5 million from stock -- plus several million more from a golden parachute -- thanks to the company's recent sale to Nippon Steel, according to a recent company filing.

  • July 02, 2025

    GOP Reps. Want Probe Of RI Judge Blocking Funding Freeze

    Two Republican U.S. House members have asked the First Circuit to investigate a Rhode Island federal judge who blocked a Trump administration spending freeze, claiming the judge's link to a funding recipient constitutes a conflict of interest, one of those congressmen's office confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

  • July 02, 2025

    TikTok Can Arbitrate Most Sales Reps' Claims Of Unpaid OT

    A lawsuit by a group of sales representatives accusing TikTok of incorrectly classifying them as exempt from earning overtime can largely be sent to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, saying all but one worker signed an agreement that mandates employment disputes stay out of court.

  • July 02, 2025

    DC Circ. Stands By Decision Nixing $7B Power Line Fight

    The D.C. Circuit has rejected an en banc rehearing petition from Illinois landowners and farmers challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to issue a license for the $7 billion Grain Belt Express transmission project, affirming an appellate panel and a district court's findings that the plaintiffs lack standing.

  • July 02, 2025

    Segal McCambridge Hit With Age Bias, Retaliation Suit

    A former secretary is suing Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. in New York federal court alleging that the firm excluded her from work emails, falsely accused her of failing to perform her work duties and ultimately fired her based on her age.

  • July 02, 2025

    Seattle Sued Over 'Unconstitutional' Affordable Housing Rules

    A Washington construction company and two Seattle homeowners claimed in Washington federal court that the city's Mandatory Housing Affordability program is "unconstitutional," in part because it doesn't consider the public impact of housing projects and makes land-use permit applicants pay upzoning fees for the city's public housing fund.

  • July 02, 2025

    Investor Says Houston Apt. Owner Diverted $17M In Proceeds

    An investor controlled by bridge lender KHCA Funding LLC has filed suit against the owner and operator entities of a multifamily building in Houston, alleging that $17.6 million in investment proceeds it was due were improperly diverted elsewhere by the company.

  • July 02, 2025

    Mich. Justices Say Old Insurance Policies Violated New Limits

    In a closely divided order Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court held that insurance policies straddling the dates for which 2019 no-fault reforms went into effect are subjected to post-reform increased limits for liability, reversing a lower appellate opinion in favor of insurers.

  • July 02, 2025

    The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

    After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

  • July 02, 2025

    Mortgage Lender Says IRS Owes $1.2M In Retention Credits

    The IRS has delayed paying a mortgage lender $1.2 million in tax credits for keeping employees on payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the company said it was forced to curtail business because of a pause on evictions, according to a complaint in Alabama federal court.

  • July 02, 2025

    SEC Strikes Deal With SolarWinds In Data Breach Case

    SolarWinds Corp. is on the cusp of resolving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's novel case alleging the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach, telling a New York federal judge Wednesday that the parties have agreed to a settlement.

  • July 01, 2025

    Racist Jury Selection Affords Ala. Death Row Inmate New Trial

    A Black man sentenced to death by the state of Alabama for murdering a sheriff has been granted a new trial by the Eleventh Circuit, which found that the state violated his constitutional right to equal protection by habitually eliminating potential Black jurors from cases like his in a discriminatory manner.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP

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    Though lawyers don't have a neat metric like baseball players for measuring the value they contribute to their organizations, the sooner new attorneys learn skills frequently skipped in law school — like networking, marketing, client development and case evaluation — the more valuable, and less replaceable, they will be, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • How NY's FAIR Act Mirrors CFPB State Recommendations

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    New York's proposed FAIR Business Practices Act, which targets predatory lending and junk fees, reflects the Rohit Chopra-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recommendations to states in a number of ways, including by defining "abusive" conduct and adding a new right to file class actions, says Christian Hancock at Bradley Arant.

  • Expect Eyes On Electronic Devices At US Entry Points

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    Electronic device searches are becoming common at U.S. border inspections, making it imperative for companies to familiarize themselves with what's allowed, and mandate specific precautions for employees to protect their privacy and sensitive information during international travel, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • Big Tech M&A Risk Under Trump May Resemble Biden Era

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    Merger review under the Trump administration may not differ substantially from merger review under the Biden administration, particularly in the Big Tech arena, in which case dealmakers and investors should shift the antitrust discount on M&A deals upward, says Jonathan Barnett at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

  • Takeaways From DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Jury Conviction

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    U.S. v. Lopez marked the U.S. Department of Justice's first labor market conviction at trial as a Nevada federal jury found a home healthcare staffing executive guilty of wage-fixing and wire fraud, signaling that improper agreements risk facing successful criminal prosecution, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • Calif. Climate Superfund Bill Faces Legal, Technical Hurdles

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    California could soon join other states in sending the fossil fuel industry a massive bill for the costs of coping with climate change — but its pending climate Superfund legislation, if enacted, is certain to face legal pushback and daunting implementation challenges, says Donald Sobelman at Farella Braun.

  • How Cos. Can Navigate Risks Of New Cartel Terrorist Labels

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    The Trump administration’s recent designation of eight drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations gives rise to new criminal and civil liabilities for companies that are unwittingly exposed to cartel activity, but businesses can mitigate such risks in a few key ways, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Cosmetic Co. Considerations As More States Target PFAS

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    In the first quarter of the year, seven states introduced or passed legislation focused on banning the sale of cosmetics that contain PFAS, making it necessary for businesses to adjust their product testing and supply chain practices, product formulations, marketing strategies, and more, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • What We Lost After SEC Eliminated Regional Director Role

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    Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regional Director Marc Fagel discusses the recent wholesale elimination of the regional director position, the responsibilities of the job itself and why discarding this role highlights how the appearance of creating a more efficient agency may limit the SEC's effectiveness.

  • Mass. Suit Points To New Scrutiny For Home Equity Contracts

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    The Massachusetts attorney general’s recent charge that a lender sold unregulated reverse mortgages shows more regulators are scrutinizing mortgage alternatives like home equity contracts, but a similar case in the Ninth Circuit suggests more courts need to help develop a consensus on these products' legality, say attorneys at Weiner Brodsky.

  • EEOC Suits Show Cos. Shouldn't Ax Anti-Harassment Efforts

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    Companies shouldn't be so quick to eliminate anti-harassment programs in response to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance cautioning against unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion programs, as recent enforcement actions demonstrate that the agency still plans to hold employers accountable for addressing sexual harassment, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method.

  • Perspectives

    Reading Tea Leaves In High Court's Criminal Law Decisions

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    The criminal justice decisions the U.S. Supreme Court will announce in the coming weeks will reveal whether last term’s fractured decision-making has continued, an important data point as the justices’ alignment seems to correlate with who benefits from a case’s outcome, says Sharon Fairley at the University of Chicago Law School.

  • $38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils

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    A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.

  • Hints Of Where Enforcement May Grow Under New CFPB

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    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has significantly scaled back enforcement under the new administration, states remain able to pursue Consumer Financial Protection Act violators and the CFPB seems set to enhance its focus on predatory loans to military members and fraudulent debt collection and credit reporting practices, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Only Certainty About FAR Reform Order Is Its Uncertainty

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    The president’s recent order overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which both contractors and agencies rely on to ensure predictability and consistency in federal procurement, lacks key details about its implementation, which will likely eliminate many safeguards that ensure contractors are treated fairly and that procurements are awarded in a reasonable manner, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.

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