12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 8 – How State AGs Are Rewriting Social Media Rules — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 7 – Tobacco and Nicotine Regulatory Roundup — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 6 – Sports Wagering, Player Proposition Bets, and Prediction Market Battles — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 5 – Privacy Under the Microscope — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 4 – Open Records Realities — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 3 – How the BBB Shapes Regulatory Outcomes — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 2 – How AGs Are Shaping Health Care Markets — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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New Leadership and Priorities for the EEOC - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The CFPB's FCRA Preemption Flip: What It Means for Consumer Reporting — FCRA Focus Podcast
[Panel] Regulatory Crosscurrents: PFAS, CARB, and the Future of Environmental Enforcement
The Garden State's AG Blueprint: Data, Partnership, Accountability — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Orden en el procedimiento de querellas: El giro del Decreto 768 de 2025
Early Returns Podcast - Shadow Docket Showdown: Trump Litigation, Judicial Tensions, and the Supreme Court's Emergency Powers
Executive Order 14331: Navigating the New Era of Fair Banking — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Future of Bank-Fintech Collaborations in Digital Finance — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Future of Bank-Fintech Collaborations in Digital Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
From Politics to PR: Navigating Crisis Management — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Recent Federal Executive Actions Place Anti-Discrimination Within the FCA’s Orbit
On December 5, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report analyzing the CFPB’s budget, funding trends, and related policy issues. The report reviewed the CFPB’s unique funding structure, which relies on...more
On 11 December 2025, the Council and the European Parliament reached agreement on the EU Pharma Law Package, also known as the General Pharmaceutical Legislation. No text has been published yet. The agreement will need to be...more
On December 5, the OCC issued updated guidance for banks on “venture loans” — commercial loans to companies in early, expansion or late stages of corporate development — rescinding its November 2023 bulletin of the same name...more
In a highly anticipated decision, the moratorium on permitting wind energy projects that federal agencies have imposed since January 20, 2025 was struck down by the Massachusetts Federal District Court on December 8, 2025....more
Recently, the OCC released its schedule of CRA evaluations to be conducted in the first and second quarters of 2026. The agency encouraged public comment on the CRA-related activities of national banks and federal savings...more
On Nov. 24, 2025, the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (the STPS) published the Inspection Protocol Applicable for Subcontracting Matters (the Protocol), which sets out the procedure and indicators applicable to...more
On December 5, the OCC and FDIC rescinded the Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending issued in 2013 and the related FAQs from 2014, citing concerns that these documents were “overly restrictive and impeded banks’...more
After a two-year rulemaking process, on Dec. 8, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA”) finalized a rule that, with very limited exemptions, imposes a first-of-its-kind reporting requirement on manufacturers of...more
Early this week, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees released the final negotiated language of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 NDAA), which the House promptly passed on December 10. ...more
FDA has published a proposed administrative order to include bemotrizinol (BEMT) as an active ingredient in over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen products under the U.S. sunscreen monograph. The list has remained largely unchanged...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury launched a broad audit program that will review all preference-based federal contracts and task orders within the department and its bureaus — totaling roughly $9 billion in...more
On December 1, 2025, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or CFTC) Acting Chairman Caroline Pham announced a suite of changes to the Commission’s Rules of Practice and the Wells process outlined in the...more
The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes for Digital Health Devices Pilot, or “TEMPO pilot,” on December 5, 2025, alongside a Federal Register notice seeking...more
On December 4, the Fed announced the pricing for certain payment services provided by the Federal Reserve Banks, e.g., the clearing of checks, ACH transactions, instant payments, wholesale payment and settlement services,...more
Le Conseil d’Etat rend une décision sur une demande d’application de la règle dite du « taux de marché » prévue à l’article 212, I-a du Code général des impôts a posteriori sur réclamation du contribuable. Contrairement à...more
On December 5, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced it has directed all 4,300 firms participating in the 8(a) Business Development Program to submit financial records for the past three fiscal years. The...more
On 8 December 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (CP) on client categorisation and conflicts of interest. This consultation will be of particular interest to wealth managers and investment firms, as it may enable...more
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Barrasso (R-WY) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to high-quality, coordinated health care. The ACO Assignment Improvement Act aims to increase...more
On December 10, the NCUA announced the first round of proposed regulatory changes as part of its new “Deregulation Project,” an initiative to review and potentially revise agency regulations to reduce burden and eliminate...more
Le Tribunal administratif de Paris valide la remise en cause par l’administration fiscale du taux réduit de retenue à la source de 5 % prévu par la convention franco-luxembourgeoise en présence de dividendes versés à une...more
On December 9, the Fed published an RFI in the Federal Register requesting public input on the future of the Fed’s check services. In its notice, the Fed will assess possible strategies for the future of checks, acknowledging...more
On December 9 and 10, the CFPB published eight notices in the Federal Register requesting comment on reinstating OMB approvals for existing information collections. The CFPB invited comments as to whether the collection of...more
There’s a lot of things in the world of bureaucratic regulations that don’t appear to make sense and can be downright funny and frustrating at times. For example, when I was in the state senate in Connecticut the Department...more
On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), “Establishing a National Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” meant to create a “minimally burdensome” unified regulatory approach to sustain and...more