PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Tax Relief and Possible Retirement Plan Resources for Hurricane Victims
False Claims Act Insights - Are the FCA’s Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional? One Federal Judge Says “Yes"
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Enhancing Compliance: The Power of Independent Monitorships in Consumer Protection — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - Legislative Implications of Loper Bright and Corner Post Decisions
#WorkforceWednesday®: DOL Authority Challenged - Key Rulings on Overtime and Tip Credit - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Makes it a Securities Offering?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Demise of the Chevron Doctrine – Part II
#WorkforceWednesday®: After the Block - What’s Next for Employers and Non-Competes? - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This Week®
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
#WorkforceWednesday®: What the FTC Non-Compete Ban Block Means for Employers - Employment Law This Week®
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
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Balch’s Decision Dive: Texas Trial Court Struck Down the FTC’s Noncompete Rule
The End of Chevron Deference: Implications of the Supreme Court's Loper Bright Decision — The Consumer Finance Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - If Everything Matters, Nothing Does: Parsing Materiality in FCA Disputes
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
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False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
#WorkforceWednesday: Can FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Survive Without Chevron Deference? - Spilling Secrets Podcast
A tool long-favored by the plaintiffs' bar to extract big judgments and settlements from individuals and companies – the False Claims Act (FCA) – which allows individual whistleblowers to pursue alleged civil wrongdoers in...more
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McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. Click here to subscribe to future blog posts. October 10, 2024 – For several years, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...more
As we discussed during a recent webinar, the new emergency regulations would disrupt the existing hemp market in California and effectively ban the production and sale of all intoxicating hemp products in the state. ...more
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The Arkansas of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas Refrigerated Services, Inc. (“ARS”) entered into an October 2nd Elective Site Cleanup Agreement (“ESCA”). See LIS No. 24-146....more
In the wake of a significant rise in harassment reports (6,000 more anonymous hotline submissions were reported in 2023 than the previous year) businesses face a critical question: How can they handle a rising volume of...more
