The Administration’s Focus on DEI Moves from Words to Action - Employment Law This Week®
False Claims Act Insights - Healthcare Compensation and Referrals: Avoiding Compliance Pitfalls in Physician Deals
401(k) Alternative Assets, NLRB Removal Protections, and Military Leave Requests - Employment Law This Week®
AI State Regulatory Frontiers: Predictive, Generative, and Agentic Risk — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 82 - Is Qui Tam Unconstitutional? The False Claims Act's Constitutional Reckoning
Episode 400: Reopening 9/11 -- A UK Supreme Court Battle Over Truth, Power, and Accountability
Is Cemex Still Valid? Sixth Circuit Creates Uncertainty - Employment Law This Week®
The Lobby Bar Podcast | Government Conflict of Interest Rules: The Underdiscussed Threat
False Claims Act Insights - $1.6 Billion FCA Judgment on Appeal: What it Means for FCA Enforcement
Early Returns Podcast with Jan Baran - Charlie Cook: Reading the Midterm Elections
Important CRA Lesson from OCC proposal for all Intermediate-Small and Large Banks
Non-Competes in 2026: FTC Signals Major Policy Shift - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Qui Tam Dismissals Are Spiking: What That Means for FCA Enforcement
NLRB and DOL Take Action on Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Rules - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 79 - Tactical Playbook: Surviving the Tariff Enforcement Blitz
False Claims Act Insights - DOJ Announces Record Number of Qui Tams and Qui Tam Dismissals
What Do Federal DEI Crackdowns Mean for Employers? - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The New Regulatory Reality for Small Business Financing and Trade Credit — The Consumer Finance Podcast
In this episode, Limo Cherian, Andy Ruskin, and Sarah Staples-Carlton unpack the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 and its impact on provider-based clinics. They explain what provider-based status means, why...more
Our AI Quarterly publication brings together the firm’s latest AI focused practical insights, key developments, and upcoming programs all in one place, including relevant writings, events, and firm news....more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reclassified several common technical or procedural deficiencies as “substantive” violations making errors that may once have been considered correctable clerical mistakes can...more
Pursuant to judicial orders in Atmus Filtration v. United States1 and Euro Nations Florida Inc. v. United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been directed to refund all duties collected under the...more
On April 20, 2026, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued agency implementation guidance for Executive Order (E.O.) 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” which President Trump signed...more
On April 16, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Division) issued exemptive relief relating to tender offers of equity securities that would shorten the minimum offering...more
On April 14, Iowa Attorney General (AG) Brenna Bird, leading a coalition of 13 state AGs, sent a pointed letter to Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Their message was clear: payment networks are expected to...more
Building on Section 8 of the December 2025 Executive Order, the Trump administration’s “National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” (the “Framework”) released on March 20, 2026, provides a formal legislative...more
Earth Day’s theme this year—Our Power, Our Planet—asks us to consider where environmental power resides and how it is exercised. Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act is an example of that question in...more
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. FDA promotes launch of BRIDGE Project to modernize food inspections. Kyle...more
The rule would apply to the FLSA, the FMLA, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. The U.S. Department of Labor released today a preview of proposed regulations on joint employers under the Fair...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that delays compliance deadlines for web accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The IFR was published in the Federal...more
On March 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its draft Strategic Plan for FY 2026–2030 and accepted public comment through April 17. The plan, required under the Government Performance and...more
Welcome to the April 2026 edition of Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary, your resource for timely legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. Bold text indicates...more
On January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2–1 to rescind its “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (guidance), which was approved in 2024. At issue in the guidance was its...more
Washington employers in certain industries face expanded compliance obligations following amendments to RCW 49.60.515, which took effect on January 1, 2026. The revised statute strengthens protections for isolated workers by...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit recently vacated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) order finding that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by issuing subpoenas to...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
On March 13, 2026, and effective immediately, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of “Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated...more
The pace of enforcement action in the UK’s revamped consumer regime is picking up. On 15 April 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had concluded the first of a number of investigations into...more
The consultation proposes broad changes to the four-decades-old regime, including greater powers for the UK Insolvency Service and a new director “restrictions” regime....more
On April 7, 2026, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) jointly issued a final rule (Final Rule) codifying the elimination of reputation risk from their...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has taken a significant step forward in implementing a formal refund process for duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”)....more
For decades, whether a worker was an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was a question determined by a judicially created, multi-factor balancing test....more
As we await the SEC’s proposal on semi-annual reporting – which should be dropped any day now – it’s a good time to highlight that a rulemaking from the SEC is likely to be coming soon if its listed as being under review by...more
