False Claims Act Insights - Understanding HIPAA Disclosures When Responding to CIDs in FCA Investigations
[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
New H-1B Visa Fee, EEOC Shutters Disparate Impact Cases, Key Labor Roles Confirmed - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The Future of the FTC: in the Hands of the Supreme Court
New York's FAIR Act: A Game-Changer for Regulatory Enforcement and Litigation — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
New York's FAIR Act: A Game-Changer for Regulatory Enforcement and Litigation — The Consumer Finance Podcast
State AGs' Continued Focus on Enforcement – With or Without AI Legislation — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Early Returns Law & Politics Podcast with Jan Baran - How Crypto Champion, Faryar Shirzad, and Coinbase Are Advocating for America's Digital Future
How the Boards of Contract Appeals Work—And Why It Matters for Your Bottom Line
False Claims Act Insights - Be Careful What You Wish For: HHS-OIG Advisory Opinions
Executive Order 14281: The End of Fair Lending Law Enforcement Through Use of the Disparate Impact Legal Theory?
Key Takeaways- Effective Jan. 19, 2025, the USPTO implemented a new fee framework for IDS submissions, charging up to $800 for applications that list more than 200 references. The change is aimed at curbing over-disclosure...more
“Myths,” wrote the great mythologist Joseph Campbell, “are public dreams.” In America, a founding myth is that competition, pure and unalloyed, is not merely good, but trustworthy....more
Two late-October decisions from different circuit courts highlight a divide over the scope of the National Labor Relations Board’s (“the Board”) remedial powers. The Fifth Circuit’s Hiran Management decision curtailed the...more
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a new general permit for remediation contractors, known as the General Permit to Act as a Contractor to Contain or Remove or Otherwise...more
The United Kingdom's government introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (the "Bill") to Parliament on 12 November 2025. The Bill is designed to update and strengthen the existing...more
Since January, there have been almost daily media reports about federal government agents conducting operations intended to sweep up individuals who are in the U.S. illegally. The primary agency responsible for these...more
A bipartisan discussion draft of a bill by Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) proposes giving primary oversight of cryptocurrency to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, lessening the jurisdiction of...more
California's Second District Court of Appeal recently held that local governments cannot satisfy their Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) obligations by using zoning "overlays" that allow, but do not require,...more
In the third quarter of 2025, the International Trade Commission issued public orders addressing various contested issues, including bonds and the scope of exclusion orders, as well as touched on the importance of litigants...more
The FCC’s systems and databases that were affected by the government shutdown are available for use as of November 18, 2025. In four separate Public Notices released on November 17, 2025, the FCC announced revised...more
In a ruling with sweeping implications for New York’s climate policy, an Albany trial court ordered the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC or Department) to issue long-overdue regulations under the...more
On November 12, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, into law (P.L. 119-37). In addition...more
On November 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings of the Northern District of Illinois (“N.D. Ill.”) issued an oral decision declining to block GTCR BC LLC’s (“GTCR”) proposed $627 million acquisition of Surmodics,...more
Jonathan Porter welcomes colleague Claire Postman to discuss how healthcare providers approach HIPAA when responding to civil investigative demands in False Claims Act investigations. Jonathan explains that providers often...more
The High Court has handed the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fresh legal cover to name firms under investigation where “exceptional circumstances” are said to exist, dismissing a judicial review brought by an anonymous...more
If your business is connected in any way to the digital asset industry, then you should pay attention to Illinois’ new law regulating digital assets. Illinois recently passed the Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act...more
On November 17, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced it will not respond to, and will express no views on, requests for exclusions of...more
On November 17, 2025, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps announced proposed revisions to the 2023 definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which the Agencies expect “to be deregulatory in nature” – i.e. narrowing the...more
In the United States, medical device regulation and intellectual property (IP) protection are governed by complex statutory and regulatory frameworks that are distinct from—but closely related to, and in some cases...more
In an Inter Partes Review (IPR), Petitioners have long been told to avoid relying on prior art the examiner already “considered,” for fear of triggering a discretionary denial under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d)....more
In a packed open meeting held October 28th, the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to adopt the Improving Verification and Presentation of Caller Identification Information Further Notice of Proposed...more
Highlights from this issue include: District Court Jurisdiction and Rule 23(f) Appeals. The Fifth Circuit held the filing of a Rule 23(f) petition does not divest the district court of jurisdiction to withdraw and reissue a...more
The Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a statement today indicating that it will not respond to no-action requests by companies seeking to exclude...more
In October, Congress and the President were unable to agree on several funding bills, which resulted in a “lapse in federal appropriations,” known to most of us as a “government shutdown.”...more
On November 17, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement regarding no action letter requests related to Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposals....more