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False Claims Act Insights - How a Marine Fisheries Dispute Opened an FCA Can of Worms
False Claims Act Insights Podcast - How a Marine Fisheries Dispute Opened an FCA Can of Worms
#WorkforceWednesday®: Biden’s Final Labor Moves - Employment Law This Week®
Health Policy Update: Impact of the 2024 U.S. Elections – Diagnosing Health Care
Florida Medical Cannabis Business Licensing Process: What Happens Next for MMTC Applicants?
Bringing Your Cannabis Brand to New York
Employment Law Now VIII-154 - Court Invalidates DOL's 2024 Overtime Salary Threshold Increases
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
The Loper Bright Decision - What Really Happened to Chevron and What's Next
False Claims Act Insights - Powerful, But Not All-Powerful: CIDs in FCA Litigation
Cannabis & Psychedelics On the 2024 Ballot
False Claims Act Insights - Reality Checks: How to Approach Healthcare Transactions Without Triggering FCA Liability
Navigating Hot Topics in Consumer Finance: Litigation Trends, Regulatory Changes, and Medical Debt Collection – The Consumer Finance Podcast
A Look Ahead to the 2024 State AG Elections From DAGA President Sean Rankin — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Cannabis Rescheduling: Timeline, Tax Strategies & 280E
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Laws Affect Securities Offerings?
#WorkforceWednesday®: NLRB’s Expanding Power - Pushback and Legal Challenges Ahead - Employment Law This Week®
Unveiling the Impact: How Georgia's Open Records Act Affects Private Businesses — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Are the FCA’s Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional? One Federal Judge Says “Yes"
The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water issued a November 21st guidance memorandum titled: PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Monitoring and...more
On October 17, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued Order No. 904, finding on a generic basis that allowing transmission providers to charge customers for a generating facility’s provision of...more
On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins the federal government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA). The CTA,...more
On December 3, 2024, in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Judge Amos Mazzant of the United States District Court (Eastern District of Texas/Sherman Division)...more
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule that significantly increased the minimum salary required for employees to be classified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically,...more
On November 22, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and opened the formal comment period for its proposed regulations on updates to existing California Consumer...more
In November, a Texas federal court struck down the Biden Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule that would have made millions of salaried workers eligible for overtime pay....more
With the publication of the updated NABITA Industry Standards for Behavioral Intervention Teams, we will review each standard in detail. Standard 14 highlights several risk assessment tools that can be used in the BIT...more
The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations (DIR), the principal regulatory agency responsible for workplace safety and worker protections in the state of Nevada, recently adopted a heat illness prevention regulation to...more
We continue exploring the updated standards published in NABITA’s Industry Standards for Behavioral Intervention Teams whitepaper as we focus on Standard 13. This standard explains the importance of using an objective risk...more
I would love to hear from our award-winning readers if they are aware of a scenario when doing something illegal is legal because it’s illegal. Another federal court in California ruled last week that the dormant Commerce...more
On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new rule, referred to as the “Click to Cancel” rule, which is intended to make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions and memberships....more
New policies tucked into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule (Final Rule) will likely spur increased Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participation in the...more
On November 26, 2024, the IRS issued Notice 2024-85, providing a revised timeline for the transition to the $600 threshold in section 6050W(e), as amended by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, for third-party settlement...more
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) was active in October and November 2024. After issuing an Updated Price Cap Coalition Advisory for the Maritime Oil Industry and Related Sectors on...more
On November 29, 2024, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (together, the "FAR Council") issued a proposed rule to adjust for inflation several...more
In an effort led by industry experts and nearly 1,000 stakeholders, the European Union introduced the first draft of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice (the Code), an important addition to its regulatory framework...more
In a significant ruling, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has set aside a Department of Labor (DOL or Department) 2024 Rule, which sought to raise the minimum salary level for exemptions...more
On November 21, 2024, FERC voted to approve Order No. 1920-A, an order on rehearing and clarification that modifies Order No. 1920, the May 2024 landmark regional transmission planning and cost allocation rule. In this post,...more
The Bank of England has published a consultation on fundamental rules for financial market infrastructure firms. The BoE proposes to introduce a set of fundamental rules for FMIs incorporated in the U.K. The aim of the...more
On November 12, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announced in a post on LinkedIn and a letter to friends and colleagues that she would be stepping down the second week in December. Deputy Director Derrick Brent will take over until...more
On November 21, 2024, a Northern District of Texas court ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission had overstepped its authority when the agency had implemented a rule (the “Dealer Rule”) requiring a broader group to...more
Is there a law to protect whistleblowers? If so, which law? Yes. The Polish Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers in Poland of June 14, 2024 ("the Act"), which implements the EU Whistleblowing Directive, entered into force...more
The Trump administration is set to take office on January 20, and it brings what may be an unprecedented opportunity to ease regulatory burdens. While much attention has focused on the new, Department of Government...more
After a 16-day bench trial, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must honor its commitment to provide housing and healthcare to veterans on the West Los Angeles VA Grounds....more