Compliance

  • February 02, 2026

    Akin Gov't Investigation Pros Move To Simpson Thacher In DC

    Three former leaders of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's congressional investigations and state attorneys general practices have jumped to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Washington, D.C.

  • January 30, 2026

    DOE-Created Climate Panel Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

    A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy violated the law when it formed a climate change science advisory panel that environmental groups alleged was created to undermine findings on the harmful impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

  • January 30, 2026

    Tesla Gets Del. Justices To Cut $100M From Investor Atty Fees

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday handed Tesla a win, reducing by roughly $100 million the attorney fees awarded to shareholder counsel as part of an excessive director compensation suit settlement, rejecting the lower court's fee calculation.

  • January 30, 2026

    Kroger, Albertsons Look To Block FTC Testimony Handover

    Grocery giants Albertsons and Kroger asked a California federal judge to protect sensitive expert testimony that helped the Federal Trade Commission torpedo their planned merger in 2024, which a new FTC target said is urgently needed to show that the regulator is creating contradictory market analyses.

  • January 30, 2026

    Uber Eats, Others To Pay Workers $5M In Wage Deal With NYC

    Uber Eats and two other food delivery platforms will pay more than $5 million in total to nearly 50,000 workers in New York City for violating the city's minimum wage requirements for delivery workers, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday.

  • January 30, 2026

    Conn. Justices Free Calif. Woman From Tax Bank Seizure

    The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that a tax collector cannot recover a shuttered company's debts from a California woman's personal bank accounts, saying the case presented an issue of first impression that has "vexed legal scholars" and "spawned a split of authority" among and within federal and state courts.

  • January 30, 2026

    Calif. Senator Floats Bill To Expand Data Deletion Rights

    A California senator is pushing to update the state's landmark data privacy law to expand the type of personal information that consumers can ask businesses to delete and to require companies to provide residents with more ways to submit data deletion, access and correction requests. 

  • January 30, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Build-To-Rent, Apollo, Boston

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including takeaways for the build-to-rent sector following a recent executive order on Wall Street investment in the single-family market, Apollo REIT's $9 billion portfolio sale, and a view of Boston from the chair of a BigLaw real estate practice.

  • January 30, 2026

    Baltimore Sues Payday Lender Dave Over 'Usurious' Loans

    The city of Baltimore sued Los Angeles-based lender Dave Inc. in state circuit court Friday, alleging that the financial technology company disguises high-interest payday loans as "overdraft services," while charging "astounding, usurious" annual percentage rates exceeding 2,500%, which is far above Maryland's 33% legal limit.

  • January 30, 2026

    SEC Walks Away From Biden-Era Construction Fraud Case

    Greenberg Traurig LLP celebrated a legal victory on Friday as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission abandoned its securities fraud claims against their client, a former construction executive, with a firm leader telling Law360 that a meeting with top SEC staff last year marked a turning point in their favor. 

  • January 30, 2026

    FTC Taps Goodwin Atty For Consumer Protection Deputy Role

    A veteran of Goodwin Procter LLP has been tapped to serve as deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, the regulator announced.

  • January 30, 2026

    OpenAI Challenges X's Deposition Bid In Antitrust Case

    OpenAI said one of its former executives shouldn't be deposed in an antitrust case brought by X Corp. regarding ChatGPT integration on Apple devices, saying he had nothing to do with the deal.

  • January 30, 2026

    Real Estate Attys 'Not Going In Blind' Amid Data Center Boom

    The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks from other industries.

  • January 30, 2026

    Employment Authority: EEOC Harassment Pivot Leaves Void

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on how employers can navigate a new compliance landscape after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission scrapped harassment guidance, what a nixed complaint against the Salvation Army means for the future of the National Labor Relations Board and how new pay standards will affect gig workers in New York City. 

  • January 30, 2026

    9th Circ. Says DOJ Can Withhold VW Grand Jury Records

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't be forced to hand over about 6 million Volkswagen documents that were part of a Jones Day investigation into the automaker's 2015 emissions-cheating scandal, as the government obtained them through a grand jury subpoena.

  • January 30, 2026

    Live Nation Plaintiff States Fight Plan To Stay Antitrust Claims

    Nearly three dozen states accusing Live Nation of stifling competition in the live entertainment industry urged a New York federal judge not to pause their state-law claims in order to focus on federal law, arguing that handling all claims at once "will be the most efficient approach."

  • January 30, 2026

    Sentara Health Can't Escape Suit Over Stable Value Fund

    A Virginia federal judge said Friday that Sentara Health can't dodge a suit claiming it failed to kick an underperforming investment fund from its retirement plan, ruling the healthcare system hasn't shown it assessed the fund with the proper due diligence to beat the case.

  • January 30, 2026

    SEC Appoints New PCAOB Chair, Board Members

    A new chairman and three new board members have been appointed to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, according to an announcement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

  • January 30, 2026

    CBD Cos. Say They're Wrong Defendants In Kratom Suit

    Shaman Botanicals LLC and CBD American Shaman LLC are urging a California federal judge to throw out claims that they mislead consumers by failing to warn them that Soma Kratom products are dangerous and addictive, saying they're not affiliated with Soma Kratom in the first place.

  • January 30, 2026

    Short Seller Seeks Exit From Blockchain Co.'s Defamation Suit

    A short seller claimed an Illinois federal court lacks both subject-matter and personal jurisdiction to hear a defamation suit brought by a blockchain-focused artificial intelligence firm, saying the suit should be tossed because the parties and the allegations in the case have no meaningful connection to Illinois.

  • January 30, 2026

    Planned Parenthood Drops Medicaid Fight After 1st Circ. Loss

    Planned Parenthood abandoned a legal challenge to a ban on Medicaid reimbursements for its clinics Friday, following a loss at the First Circuit, which upheld the ban in December.

  • January 30, 2026

    UP, Norfolk Southern Rip Rival BNSF's Merger Docs Demands

    Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have accused rival railroad BNSF Railway of trying to delay the regulatory review for their proposed $85 billion mega-merger by demanding that they share thousands more documents, emails and other operational details in what they called a "fishing expedition."

  • January 30, 2026

    Trump Says Court Can't Review Rule Delay For Chemical Cos.

    The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal judge to nix a lawsuit by green groups that claim it violated the Clean Air Act by postponing emission standard compliance deadlines for 50 chemical manufacturing facilities, arguing they lack standing since they fail to sufficiently allege injury from all facilities that received exemption.

  • January 30, 2026

    7th Circ. Grills Trump Admin Atty Over Definition Of Illegal DEI

    Seventh Circuit judges on Friday pushed an attorney for the Trump administration to define what kind of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives it deems illegal in requiring grant recipients to certify they don't promote DEI programs that violate anti-discrimination law, with one judge saying the unanswered question has caused "frustration" in litigation over the requirement.

  • January 30, 2026

    The Message From Delaware Courts: Change Is Coming

    Delaware's Supreme Court delivered a reminder to the state's corporation law ecosystem recently with a reversal of a Court of Chancery decision invalidating a 7-year-old stockholder agreement that granted broad corporate powers to investment bank Moelis & Co.'s founder.

Expert Analysis

  • OCC's New Fee Clearance Shows Further Ease Around Crypto

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent holding that banks can use crypto-assets to pay certain blockchain network fees shows that the OCC is further warming to the idea that organizations are using new methods to do "the very old business of banking," say attorneys at Jones Day.

  • How SEC Civil Penalties Became Arbitrary: The Framework

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    An examination of how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently applied guidelines governing the imposition of monetary penalties in enforcement actions shows that civil penalty awards in many cases are inconsistent with the rules established to structure them, say David Slovick at Kopecky Schumacher and Phil Lieberman at Vanderbilt Law.

  • How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era

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    Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence test work-product principles first articulated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s nearly 80-year-old Hickman v. Taylor decision, as courts and ethics bodies confront whether disclosure of attorneys’ AI prompts and outputs would reveal their thought processes, say Larry Silver and Sasha Burton at Langsam Stevens.

  • Why 2026 Could Be A Bright Year For US Solar

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    2025 was a record-setting year for utility-scale solar power deployment in the U.S., a trend that shows no signs of abating, so the question for 2026 is whether permitting, interconnection, and state and federal policies will allow the industry to grow fast enough to meet demand, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • What Productivity EO May Mean For Defense Industrial Base

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    President Donald Trump’s recent executive order barring stock buybacks and dividend payments by "underperforming" defense contractors represents a significant policy shift from traditional oversight of the defense industrial base toward direct intervention in corporate decision-making, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • What's New In ISS' Benchmark Voting Policy Updates For 2026

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    Companies should audit their governance structures and disclosures to prepare for the upcoming proxy season in light of Institutional Shareholder Services' 2026 policy updates, which include tighter guardrails on capital structures and director compensation, and more disclosure-driven assessments of environmental and social shareholder proposals, say attorneys at Fenwick.

  • Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

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    Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

  • AG Watch: Calif. Fills Federal Consumer Protection Void

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    California's consumer protection efforts seem to be intensifying as federal oversight wanes, with Attorney General Rob Bonta recently taking actions related to buy now, pay later products, credit reporting and medical debt, consumer credit discrimination, and the use of artificial intelligence in consumer services, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • AI-Driven Harassment Poses New Risks For Employers

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    Two recent cases show that deepfakes and other artificial intelligence‑generated content are emerging as a powerful new mechanism for workplace harassment, and employers should take a proactive approach to reduce their liability as AI continues to reshape workplace dynamics, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Key Changes In World Bank's New Compliance Updates

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    Recent updates to integrity guidelines for companies that bid and work on World Bank-financed projects are sufficiently extensive and unique that covered businesses must take proactive steps to map the changes against their existing compliance programs or risk severe business consequences, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • What Changed For Healthcare Transaction Law In 2025

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    Though much of the legislation introduced last year to expand state scrutiny of healthcare transactions did not pass, investors should pay close attention to the overarching trends, which are likely to continue in this year's legislative sessions, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • 7 Ways In-House Counsel May Unearth Red Flags In AI M&A

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    In-house counsel and executives conducting M&A due diligence in the artificial intelligence arena can surface hidden liabilities and avoid problems or divestitures by adopting strategies in key areas, including intellectual property provenance and postclose risk management, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • 5 Advertising Law Trends That Will Shape 2026

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    The legal landscape for advertisers will grow only more complex this year, with ongoing trends including a federal regulatory retreat, more aggressive action by the states, a focus on child privacy and expanded scrutiny of "natural" claims, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Decoding The SEC's Plans To Revitalize The US IPO Market

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    Chairman Paul Atkins' recent speech showcased the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's plans to ease certain disclosure burdens, rein in politicized shareholder voting and mitigate litigation risk, which could encourage more U.S. companies to seek public listings stateside and make U.S. stock exchanges more competitive for foreign companies, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Expect State Noncompete Reforms, FTC Scrutiny In 2026

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    Employer noncompete practices are facing intensified federal scrutiny and state reforms heading into 2026, with the Federal Trade Commission pivoting to case-by-case enforcement and states continuing to tighten the rules, especially in the healthcare sector, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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