/compliance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Compliance Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:32:29 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423333?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423333 A maker of cannabis products is suing New York's cannabis regulators, alleging that new 'seed-to-sale' tracking system will exponentially raise prices and is an unconstitutional overreach by the agency. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:50:18 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423298 An AT&T worker has turned to the Ninth Circuit after a California federal judge spiked his proposed class action alleging that the telecom giant misspent employee 401(k) plan forfeitures.  Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:43:24 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423151?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423151 Midmarket mergers and acquisitions showed a slight decline in volume but climbed in value for much of 2025, particularly in the private equity space, indicating that the middle market M&A environment is cautious but steady heading into 2026, say attorneys at Stoel Rives. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:38:41 +0000 /compliance/articles/2398225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2398225 Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:34:05 +0000 /compliance/articles/2422128?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2422128 A series of thematic shifts defined banking regulation in 2025, including a fundamental reform of prudential supervision, a strategic easing of capital constraints, steps to streamline merger reviews, and a new framework for fair access and entrants seeking to offer banking services, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:25:16 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423401?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423401 2025 was challenging for the transportation and logistics sector, with emergent trends including dramatic federal policy shifts, developments in tort risk, and a host of mergers and acquisitions — but a review of these themes offers a useful playbook for where the industry is headed in 2026, says Jonathan Todd at Benesch. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:39:59 +0000 /compliance/articles/2422945?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2422945 Fox Williams LLP said Thursday that it has recruited a senior lawyer at Apple to boost its financial services and financial technology capability. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:19:05 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423250?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423250 JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its broker-dealer unit are facing claims they discriminated against two Black women who had worked for the companies as financial advisers, giving them unfavorable branch assignments and leave-related client reassignments while later forcing them to take lower-paying remote jobs they eventually had to quit. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:40:11 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423315?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423315 A New York federal judge on Wednesday shot down a former Goldman Sachs banker's bid to escape charges over a purported scheme to bribe Ghanaian officials to greenlight a power plant deal, rejecting defense claims of improper sealing and speedy trial violations. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:25:04 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423218?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423218 The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday asked the Federal Reserve to confirm whether it has returned to profitability, a potential opening for the Trump administration to draw new funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after insisting none is available. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:08:19 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423335 A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld the denial of a Mexican citizen's bid to toss illegal reentry charges, rejecting arguments that a U.S. Department of Homeland Security "deciding service officer" unconstitutionally ordered his removal, while also clarifying that such officers who issue fast-track removal orders aren't subject to the U.S. Constitution's appointments clause. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:08:19 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423420 The parents of a 16-year-old boy from Scotland and a 13-year-old boy from Pennsylvania blame Meta and Instagram for their children dying by suicide after being "sextorted" through the photo sharing platform, alleging in a lawsuit Wednesday that the social media companies know the app connects predators to children. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:56:36 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423197?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423197 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request that the D.C. Circuit vacate a Biden-era soot rule is legally untenable and should be rejected, Democrat-led states and cities, along with health and environmental groups, told the court. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:43:28 +0000 /compliance/articles/2422604?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2422604 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations has again flagged advisers' disclosures regarding their use of testimonials, endorsements and third-party ratings in advertisements, saying staff have observed noncompliance with commission rules in those areas. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:43:05 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423097 A group of Democratic lawmakers has urged federal enforcers to closely scrutinize Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s planned $6.2 billion purchase of rival broadcast company Tegna Inc. and to block the deal if they find it violates the law. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:42:20 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423448 Additional D.C. Circuit judges will get to weigh in on the Trump administration's bid to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through mass layoffs, after the appeals court granted the agency's employees' union an en banc rehearing on a lower court's injunction stopping the firings. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:37:48 +0000 /compliance/articles/2422892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2422892 The Federal Communications Commission's Republican chair faced off Wednesday against Senate Democrats, who accused him of trying to muffle dissenting political views and gutting the telecommunications regulator's longstanding independence. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:57:24 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423343?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423343 A Tenth Circuit panel on Wednesday reinstated a $2.9 million Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration award against a financial adviser who allegedly undermined a firm she worked for, ruling that she waived any objections she had to arbitrating with the plaintiffs before FINRA. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:46:29 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423101?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423101 Utah has led a group of 20 states in backing a push by banking groups for a full Tenth Circuit rehearing of their challenge to a Colorado law intended to curb high-cost lending in the state, saying a recent panel decision upholding the law harms states' interests. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:34:11 +0000 /compliance/articles/2423107?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /compliance/articles/2423107 The U.S. Department of Energy has ordered Washington's sole coal-fired power plant to remain open through March 2026, despite a state law that requires utilities to stop using coal-fired electricity by year's end.