Compliance

  • October 03, 2025

    Employment Authority: Religion, Pregnancy Top EEOC Issues

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission got up to over the last fiscal year, why Trump's National Labor Relations Board picks are set to face tough questions at their Senate confirmation hearings, and a roundup on where child labor laws stand in the United States. 

  • October 03, 2025

    Cigna Inks $5.7M Ghost Network Suit Settlement

    Cigna has struck a $5.7 million deal to settle a proposed class action alleging the insurer violated federal benefits law by advertising out-of-network providers as in-network to participants in benefit plans it administered, counsel for plaintiffs announced Friday.

  • October 03, 2025

    NC Gov. Gives Stamp Of Approval To Bill Ending Cashless Bail

    North Carolina's Democratic governor on Friday signed into law a bill to eliminate cashless bail that is named for the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered on Charlotte's public transit system, but he said it lacks overall "vision" and lambasted a provision adopting alternative execution methods in the state.

  • October 03, 2025

    'Clean Slate' For Broadcast Rules Needed, Think Tank Says

    An economics think tank suggested the Federal Communications Commission go back to the drawing board with rules governing radio and TV ownership, suggesting that the existing rules would not be envisioned in the current competitive, multimedia environment.

  • October 03, 2025

    Court Limits In Congress' NEPA Reform Push Spark Debate

    Congressmembers' hopes to facilitate the faster approval of projects that require environmental reviews like pipelines and other energy infrastructure may be an uphill battle despite bipartisan support due to accompanying provisions, such as limited judicial review, that have invited opposition.

  • October 03, 2025

    Debtors, Mich. Creditor Firm Seek OK On Interest Rate Deal

    Debtors and a Michigan creditor law firm asked a Michigan federal judge to approve a settlement agreement valued at about $9 million to resolve claims the law firm charged unlawfully high post-judgment interest rates on debt collection actions.

  • October 03, 2025

    TD Bank Sued Over 'Grace Period' Overdraft Policy

    TD Bank NA has been hit with a proposed consumer class action claiming it has routinely broken its "grace period" pledge to refund overdraft fees on accounts that are quickly brought back into the black, allegedly keeping millions that should have been returned.

  • October 03, 2025

    Gov. Lamont May Testify In Ex-Conn. Budget Official's Trial

    Former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos Diamantis on Friday told a panel of potential jurors that he plans to call Gov. Ned Lamont to testify in his federal corruption trial, setting up a possible courtroom showdown between Diamantis and the elected official who removed him from his post before he was indicted.

  • October 03, 2025

    FERC Finding Friendlier Courts In Gas Project Approval Fights

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is getting more leeway from courts in lawsuits challenging its gas project approvals following a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curtailed federal environmental reviews, which may ultimately speed up the agency's consideration of projects.

  • October 03, 2025

    EEOC Can't Halt Suit Over Trans Advocacy Amid Shutdown

    A Maryland federal judge refused Friday to grant the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid for a stay in a suit claiming the agency violated federal law by dropping gender identity discrimination cases, despite the government's argument that the ongoing shutdown meant the case couldn't move ahead.

  • October 03, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Exxon Must Pay Atty Fees For 'Absurd' Args

    The Second Circuit on Friday said energy giants including Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change, for advancing "absurd" arguments in remand proceedings.

  • October 03, 2025

    Trump Admin Hit With Suit Over $100K H-1B Fees

    Several groups sued Friday in California federal court to block the Trump administration's recent action slapping on a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, saying the new price tag was unconstitutionally ordered and will hurt more than just America's tech industry.

  • October 03, 2025

    GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

    A new survey found that many U.S. companies aren't fully prepared to address key national security compliance risks, as most corporate decision-makers prioritize audits and incident response plans for addressing risk mitigation. Meanwhile, a senior legal adviser for Dell sued the company for firing her in the midst of her maternity leave. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

  • October 03, 2025

    Sidley Hires Kelley Drye Customs Practice Expert In DC

    Sidley Austin LLP has hired a former Kelley Drye & Warren LLP leader to work on a range of global arbitration and trade matters in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm recently announced.

  • October 03, 2025

    Feds Accuse NC Farmers Of $8.5M 'Straw Producer' Crop Plot

    The U.S. government accused a family farm of engaging in a roughly $8.5 million scheme to inflate crop insurance payouts, alleging in North Carolina federal court that its owner used family members as "straw producers" who had "no legitimate insurable interest in the crops insured."

  • October 03, 2025

    The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

    Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Former Risk Officer Returns To Faegre Drinker In Philadelphia

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP recently welcomed back to its Philadelphia office an attorney who spent nearly 14 years working in-house for international investment firm Aberdeen, including the past seven as the firm's chief risk officer.

  • October 03, 2025

    Reed Smith Blasts DQ Attempt As 'Litigation Gamesmanship'

    A shareholder of the Venezuelan airline Avior Airlines has urged a Florida federal judge to reject a bid to disqualify his counsel at Reed Smith LLP and attorney Ana R. Ulseth, arguing that the push to disqualify the firm is not about ethics but rather "litigation gamesmanship."

  • October 03, 2025

    Madigan Must Report To Prison As Ordered, 7th Circ. Says

    The Seventh Circuit on Friday denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's request to stay his impending surrender to serve a seven-year prison sentence for bribery and wire fraud as he appeals that conviction.

  • October 03, 2025

    NC Couple Say State Bungled Replacement Home Project

    A married North Carolina couple have hit the state government and a general contractor with a Fair Housing Act and an Americans with Disabilities Act suit, alleging in North Carolina federal court that the defendants' replacement for their hurricane-damaged home is inaccessible for wheelchair use.

  • October 03, 2025

    $1T Tesla Pay Proposal Sets Ambitious Goals For Musk

    A massive pay proposal for Tesla CEO Elon Musk contains performance metrics that would make it tough for Musk to pull in the maximum pay available, even if the deal gets a green light from shareholders in November. Here are four things about the $1 trillion pitch that have caught attorneys' attention.

  • 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.

Expert Analysis

  • What's At Stake In High Court Review Of Funds' Right To Sue

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming review of FS Credit Opportunities v. Saba Capital Master Fund, a case testing the limits of using Investment Company Act Section 47(b) to give funds a private right of action to enforce other sections of the law, could either encourage or curb similar activist investor lawsuits, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • Handling Sanctions Risk Cartel Control Brings To Mexico Port

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    Companies operating in or trading with Mexico should take steps to mitigate heightened exposure triggered by routine port transactions following the U.S. Treasury’s recent unequivocal statement that a foreign terrorist organization controls the port of Manzanillo, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.

  • The Road Ahead For Digital Assets Looks Promising

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    With new legislation expected to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology, and with regulators taking a markedly more permissive approach to digital assets, the convergence of traditional finance and decentralized finance is closer than ever, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Opinion

    Closing The Chemical Safety Board Is A Mistake

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    The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which investigates the root causes of major chemical incidents, provides an essential component of worker and community safety and should not be defunded, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • A Look At NAIC's Proposed Tool For Evaluation Of Insurer AI

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    The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' recently proposed tool that would enable regulators to assess risks posed by insurers' use of artificial intelligence takes a more expansive approach than the organization's 2023 model bulletin, which focused primarily on consumer risks, say attorneys at Eversheds.

  • How Securities Defendants Might Use New Wire Fraud Ruling

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    Though the Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Chastain decision — vacating the conviction of an ex-OpenSea staffer — involved the wire fraud statute, insider trading defendants might attempt to import the ruling’s reasoning into the securities realm, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase

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    As legislators, prosecutors and plaintiffs attorneys increasingly focus on labor and sex trafficking throughout the U.S., companies must tailor their due diligence strategies to protect against forced labor trafficking risks in their supply chains, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Unpacking The Supreme Court's Views On Judgment Finality

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's June opinion in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed that the bar for reopening a final judgment remains exceptionally high — even when the movant seeks to amend their complaint based on a new legal development, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

  • New Federal Worker Religious Protections Test All Employers

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    A recent Trump administration memorandum expanding federal employees' religious protections raises tough questions for all employers and signals a larger trend toward significantly expanding religious rights in the workplace, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review

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    Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders

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    So far, 2025 has introduced state and federal regulatory turbulence that is pressuring mortgage lenders to reevaluate the balance between competitive and compliant employee and customer recruiting practices, necessitating a compliance recalibration that prioritizes five key strategies, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.

  • Opinion

    Privacy Bill Must Be Amended To Protect Small Businesses

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    While a bill recently passed by the California Senate would exempt a company's use of legally compliant website advertising and tracking technologies from the California Invasion of Privacy Act, it must be amended to adequately protect small businesses, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Even As States Step Up, They Can't Fully Fill CFPB's Shoes

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    The Trump administration's efforts to scale down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have prompted calls for state regulators to pick up the slack, but there are also important limitations on states' ability to fill the gap left by a mostly dormant CFPB, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

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