Arizona’s Open Meeting Law requires a city to approve the filing of a lawsuit in a public meeting. Such litigation, however, is often first discussed in a private or “executive session,” where the city council instructs its...more
When do lines in a “diss track” become defamatory? That is the question the Southern District of New York may be called on to answer in the recently filed lawsuit by Rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham against his publisher UMG...more
Social media companies have long moderated the type of content that appears on a person’s home page by, for instance, deleting explicit posts or “downgrading” posts containing misinformation. Based on the belief that these...more
In the past five years, the Federal Government and “Qui Tam” Realtors have ramped up False Claims Act (“FCA”) actions against higher education institutions. These actions highlight the scope and breadth of potential FCA...more
1/23/2024
/ Colleges ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
Fraud ,
Liability ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Title IV ,
Universities
There are a lot of moving parts to election administration, and it takes a lot of people to make them work. Not surprisingly, mistakes are made on occasion. The consequences of those mistakes often end up in court. In this...more
On April 28, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed House Bill 2502 into law, making Arizona the latest state to criminalize “doxing.” Doxing means intentionally revealing another person’s contact information online with the...more
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) went into effect on July 1 of 2020 Unlike its predecessor the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”), the USMCA includes an article on anti-corruption, contained in...more
3/18/2021
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Canada ,
CFPOA ,
Embezzlement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
OECD ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, government authorities at every level are issuing declarations limiting daily activities. The orders – ranging from specific industry shutdowns to shelter-in-place executive orders – are...more
3/25/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Defense Production Act ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Impracticability ,
Nonperformance ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Shelter-In-Place
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) on Friday morning issued notifications that temporarily restrict all nonessential travel from Canada and Mexico into the United States. These restrictions only apply to land ports of...more
3/23/2020
/ Canada ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cross-Border ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Essential Functions ,
Mexico ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Transportation Industry ,
Travel ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Travelers ,
United States
On December 13, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its enforcement guidelines to include a no-fine, no-prosecution presumption for companies that voluntarily self-disclose potentially willful violations of the...more
2/27/2020
/ Aggravating Factors ,
Cooperation ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Remediation ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure