On June 6, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued a long-awaited final approval of a $2.8 billion settlement in the blockbuster House v. NCAA antitrust case that paves the way for direct sharing of revenue...more
6/17/2025
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Compensation ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Revenue Sharing ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
On June 9, 2025, Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, published guidelines for investigations and prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). These guidelines...more
6/13/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Cartels ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Investigations ,
New Guidance ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration
On May 12, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published a series of memoranda outlining updated white-collar enforcement priorities. ...more
On May 12, 2025, Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, issued a new policy memorandum entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more
An Oregon federal judge denied the University of Oregon’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit accusing the University of disproportionate investment in women’s sports and “glaring inequalities in facilities, finances, and...more
4/14/2025
/ College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sports ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
On February 6, 2025 in an updated participation policy, the NCAA barred transgender athletes from competing in women’s college sports. In a statement, the NCAA said that “effective immediately, only athletes assigned female...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security. The executive order comes just days after the...more
On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a decision that blocks the Biden administration’s attempt to change the definition of “sex” in Title IX regulations and enforcement....more
1/14/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Education ,
Equal Protection ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
LGBTQ ,
Pregnancy ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title IX ,
Transgender
In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases.
..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight...more
8/20/2024
/ Bribery ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Embezzlement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Public Corruption ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sanctions ,
Title IX ,
Universities ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The end of the Supreme Court’s recent term saw two major decisions in the field of administrative law: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. The Loper Bright decision, which...more
8/5/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Article III ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Statutory Interpretation
On July 11, the Third Circuit laid out a test to settle the debate as to whether athletes are truly amateurs or actual employees entitled to benefits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more
In 2022, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its decision to shut down the “China Initiative”—the controversial program used to investigate and prosecute academics, health care workers, and...more
5/23/2024
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Grants ,
Indictments ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Physicians ,
Scientific Research ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration
Since at least the adoption of the organizational Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1991, the government has encouraged companies to adopt an effective compliance program that prevents and deters misconduct....more
5/21/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ,
Mergers ,
Safe Harbors ,
Successor Liability