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  • August 19, 2025

    Robinhood Sues NJ, Nevada Over Blocked Sports Contracts

    A Robinhood subsidiary sued the states of New Jersey and Nevada on Tuesday in an effort to ward off a potential enforcement action as it has begun allowing users to trade on the outcome of sports games despite the states' warnings not to do so.

  • August 19, 2025

    Lab Owner Gets 3 Years For $40M COVID-19 Test Fraud

    A co-founder of a laboratory accused of submitting $40 million in unnecessary COVID-19 and genetic testing claims to healthcare benefit programs was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday, after a Florida federal judge credited him for the extensive cooperation he provided the government before and during a trial against his co-defendants.

  • August 19, 2025

    SEC Probes GenAI Media Co. For Offering Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed it is investigating a self-described generative artificial intelligence media software company for evading federal securities registration requirements, when the regulator urged a California federal court to enforce a subpoena against the mother of a company executive.

  • August 19, 2025

    Ex-CBD Water Co. CEO Cops To Wire Fraud In Stock Scheme

    A former CEO of a microcap issuer purportedly in the cannabis beverage business has copped to wire fraud in connection with kickbacks and related transactions involving undercover law enforcement that he initiated as part of an alleged long-running scheme to manipulate prices for the company's shares.

  • August 19, 2025

    BofA Knocks Out State Law Claims In Zelle Fraud Class Action

    A North Carolina federal judge partially sustained Bank of America's objections to a magistrate judge's recommendation allowing a proposed class action over alleged fraud on the peer-to-peer payment service Zelle to proceed, finding that the suit fails to plausibly plead claims under any of the asserted state consumer protection statutes.

  • August 19, 2025

    Wyoming Launches First State-Issued Stablecoin

    Wyoming on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to issue its own stable-value token, with public purchasing soon to come.

  • August 19, 2025

    FCC Democrat Poised To Sue If Trump Seeks Her Removal

    The Federal Communications Commission's lone Democratic member said this week it would be unlawful for President Donald Trump to attempt to remove her from office and that she's willing to go to court if he tries.

  • August 19, 2025

    Trump Energy Orders Suit Must Be Sustained, Youths Say

    Youths alleging President Donald Trump's energy policy directives harm their future by exacerbating climate change have urged a federal judge to keep their lawsuit alive, saying it "defies reason, science" for the government to claim the actions don't move the climate needle.

  • August 19, 2025

    FCC Expected To Move Soon On Media Ownership Regs

    Republican leaders on the Federal Communications Commission said the agency is likely to soon float rules that would revamp media ownership restrictions.

  • August 19, 2025

    2nd Circ.: Judge Erred In Remanding Vermont-3M PFAS Row

    The Second Circuit on Tuesday agreed with 3M Co. that a federal judge wrongly sent Vermont's lawsuit against the company over "forever chemicals" contamination back to state court, finding 3M moved the case to federal court in time.

  • August 19, 2025

    CFTC Wins $228M Restitution Order Against Ponzi Schemer

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday ruled that it was "ludicrous" for a man who pled guilty to running a Ponzi scheme to try to escape punishment in a related suit brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ordering him to repay his victims over $228 million.

  • August 19, 2025

    Booking Holdings Settles Texas Junk Fee Suit For $9.5M

    The parent company of popular hotel booking sites Booking.com and Kayak will pay $9.5 million to settle claims that it misled customers through rampant use of junk fees, the Texas Office of the Attorney General announced Tuesday.

  • August 19, 2025

    SpaceX Rebuffs Effort To Revisit Space Launch Rules

    SpaceX has accused a flight test coordinator, whose members include the nation's biggest aerospace companies and defense contractors, of "gamesmanship" in a new Federal Communications Commission filing, alleging the group has closed off frequencies for launch operators in retaliation for pushback to their proposal for stricter space launch coordination requirements.

  • August 19, 2025

    CMS Defeats 'Hair's Breadth' Star Rating Challenge

    Insurance companies challenging the "star" system for rating Medicare Advantage organizations have lost another round in court, with a Texas federal judge saying Elevance Health failed to show federal officials violated the law when rounding down scores.

  • August 19, 2025

    Bid To Revisit Minn. Gaming Immunity Order Shut Down

    A Minnesota federal judge won't revisit an order that dismissed a commercial casino and horse racetrack operator's Class III gaming lawsuit on sovereign immunity grounds, saying another attempt can't overcome appellate court precedent.

  • August 19, 2025

    FERC Grid Project Carveouts Are Unjustified, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can't justify its decision to exempt a Kansas electricity cooperative's transmission projects from a regional grid operator's process to determine how project costs are divided before they're approved, the D.C. Circuit heard Monday.

  • August 19, 2025

    Fla. Judge Tosses Suit Against Deel Over Money Transfers

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action accusing payroll company Deel Inc. of racketeering, ruling that a lack of a money transmitting license isn't enough to establish both standing and allegations that it facilitated millions of dollars in unlawful transfers in a scheme to defraud investors. 

  • August 19, 2025

    FTC Fights Order Blocking Media Matters Probe

    The Federal Trade Commission is appealing a D.C. federal court's order preliminarily blocking an investigation into left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America over concerns about collusion in the advertising industry and is asking to pause the order for the appeal.

  • August 19, 2025

    ​​​​​​​CSX To Shell Out $440K In DOL Retirement Plan Fee Suit

    CSX Transportation Inc. and the U.S. Department of Labor asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday to sign off on a $440,000 settlement ending the agency's lawsuit alleging the company unlawfully deducted fees from a trust devoted to funding its employee retirement plans.

  • August 19, 2025

    Trump Signs Bill To Boost Export Control Transparency

    President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday that aims to provide more transparency in the U.S. Department of Commerce's export control system, which restricts foreign adversaries from obtaining critical U.S. technologies and software.

  • August 19, 2025

    Feds Say They'll Rescind Biden-Era Species Protections

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has said it will rescind a Biden-era Endangered Species Act rule that automatically places the strongest protections on all plants and animals covered by law.

  • August 19, 2025

    9th Circuit Pauses Oak Flat Land Transfer Pending Appeals

    A Ninth Circuit panel has hit pause on the federal government's scheduled transfer of a centuries-old Indigenous worship site within Arizona's Tonto National Forest to a copper mining company while challenges to a multibillion-dollar proposed project play out in the appellate court.

  • August 19, 2025

    Trump's 'Abnormal' Use Of FCA Could Get Tricky In Court

    The Trump administration is wielding the False Claims Act in unusually narrow ways to drive policies on social and cultural issues — including gender-affirming care and diversity, equity and inclusion programs — but the government's potential theories of liability under the federal law remain largely untested and might not hold up in court, experts say.

  • August 19, 2025

    5th Circ. Says NLRB Structure Likely Unconstitutional

    The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld injunctions barring the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other companies, saying the removal protections that federal labor law gives board members and agency judges likely violate the U.S. Constitution.

  • August 18, 2025

    Battle Brews Over Fed's Plan For Big Bank Ratings Revamp

    Leading banking industry groups are urging the Federal Reserve to move full speed ahead with a supervisory ratings overhaul that could classify more big banks as "well managed," but critics warn the plan amounts to dangerous, and potentially unlawful, grade inflation.

Expert Analysis

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • New Interpol Silver Notice Could Be Tool For Justice Or Abuse

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    Interpol has issued dozens of Silver Notices to trace and recover assets linked to criminal activity since January, and though the tool may disrupt organized crime and terrorist financing, attorneys must protect against the potential for corrupt misuse, say attorneys at Clark Hill and Arktouros.

  • FDA's Hasty Policymaking Approach Faces APA Challenges

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    Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has abandoned its usual notice-and-comment process for implementing new regulatory initiatives, two recent district court decisions make clear that these programs are still susceptible to Administrative Procedure Act challenges, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.

  • DOJ Crypto Enforcement Is Shifting To Target Willfulness

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    Three pending criminal prosecutions could be an indication of how the U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital assets memo is shaping enforcement of the area, and show a growing focus on executives who knowingly allow their platforms to be used for criminal conduct involving sanctions offenses, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Legal Considerations Around Ibogaine As Addiction Therapy

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    Recent funding approval in Texas pertaining to the use of ibogaine for the potential treatment of substance use disorders signals a growing openness to innovative addiction treatments, but also underscores the need for rigorous compliance with state and federal requirements and ethical research standards, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • How NJ's Proposed Privacy Rules Could Reshape AI Data Use

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    Although not revolutionary, New Jersey's proposed privacy rules would create obligations around the management and processing of consumer personal data that will require careful planning before they can be successfully implemented, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Why SEC Abandoned Microcap Convertible Debt Crackdown

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently dismissed several cases targeting microcap convertible debt lenders, a significant disavowal of what was a controversial enforcement initiative under the Biden administration and a message that the new administration will focus on clear fraud, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • A Rapidly Evolving Landscape For Noncompetes In Healthcare

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    A wave of new state laws regulating noncompete agreements in the healthcare sector, varying in scope, approach and enforceability, are shaped by several factors unique to the industry and are likely to distort the market, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • Protecting Workers Amid High Court-EEOC Trans Rights Rift

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    In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services and U.S. v. Skrmetti, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that Title VII protects employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, so employers should still protect against such discrimination despite the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's unclear position, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method.

  • Arguing The 8th Amendment For Reduction In FCA Penalties

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    While False Claims Act decisions lack consistency in how high the judgment-to-damages ratio in such cases can be before it becomes unconstitutional, defense counsel should cite the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause in pre-trial settlement negotiations, and seek penalty decreases in post-judgment motions and on appeal, says Scott Grubman at Chilivis Grubman.

  • Business Takeaways Following CCPA Enforcement Actions

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    Advisories and recent enforcement activity by the California Privacy Protection Agency against Honda and Todd Snyder underscore the agency's enforcement interest in the intersection of data minimization and consumer rights, and could make it more challenging for a business to provide a streamlined consumer rights process, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Compliance Lessons From 1st-Ever Product Safety Sentences

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    A California federal judge’s recent sentencing of two former Gree USA executives in a landmark Consumer Product Safety Act case serves as a reminder of the federal government’s willingness to pursue criminal prosecution of individuals who fail to report safety hazards, as well as companies’ need to strengthen their reporting and compliance programs, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • GENIUS Act Creates 'Commodity' Uncertainty For Stablecoins

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    Half a century ago, Congress made trading in onion futures on commodity exchanges unlawful, and payment stablecoins could soon face a similarly unstable fate in the markets as the GENIUS Act heads to the president's desk for signature, says Peter Malyshev at Cadwalader.

  • 9th Circ. Decisions Help Clarify Scope Of Legal Lab Marketing

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    Two Ninth Circuit decisions last week provide a welcome development in clarifying the line between laboratories' legal marketing efforts and undue influence that violates the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, and offer useful guidance for labs seeking to mitigate enforcement risk, says Joshua Robbins at Buchalter.

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