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False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation
Independent Contractor Rule, EEO-1 Reporting, and New York Labor Law Amendment - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 14: Shaping North Carolina’s Economic Future with Secretary of Commerce Lee Lilley
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 45: New Leadership at Employment-Related Federal Agencies with David Dubberly of Maynard Nexsen
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
State AG Pulse | The Inside Scoop: On Being Chief Deputy
Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 28: How Life Sciences Companies Can Create a Culture of Compliance When Expanding to the U.S. Market
100 Days In: What Employers Need to Know - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
Solicitors General Insights: A Deep Dive With Mississippi and Tennessee Solicitors General — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Leadership and Innovation at the Illinois AG's Office — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Breaking Down the Shifting Vaccine Policy Landscape – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Business Better Podcast Episode - Manufacturing Moment: How State Associations Navigate the Policy Landscape
Aligning Business Goals with Legal Strategies Amid Regulatory Change – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Insider Strategies for Wage and Hour Compliance Success: One-on-One with Paul DeCamp
The Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) issued a proposed rule on June 4, 2025, that would regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in certain consumer products. Beginning January 1, 2027, the proposed rule...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Acting Director’s recent decision to deny institution of inter partes review (“IPR”) in iRhythm Technologies Inc. v. Welch Allyn Inc. offers valuable lessons for both patent...more
The EBA has set out its opinion on the interplay between MiCA and PSD2 in relation to crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) that transact with electronic money tokens (i.e. a category of stablecoins under MiCA). The EBA...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority recently issued the PISCES Sourcebook, finalizing the regulatory regime for this new type of private capital market. On 10 June 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published...more
USPTO Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart recently issued a decision discretionarily denying five petitions for inter partes review (IPR) filed by iRhythm against patents owned by Welch Allyn based on a factor that had not...more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that his office is investigating some of the country’s most ubiquitous home brands — including Colgate-Palmolive, Proctor & Gamble, and General Mills — for allegedly...more
The Medical Devices (Post-market Surveillance Requirements) (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2024 (PMSR), which were passed into law on 22 October 2024, came into force today (16 June 2025), amending the UK’s Medical...more
Barely a year after the entry into application of MiCA, the European Banking Authority published a "No-Action Letter" aimed at securing the applicable regime for cryptoasset service providers operating in relation to e-money...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) initiating a comprehensive review of its Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). The ANPRM solicits...more
The US Supreme Court continues to reshape administrative law. In its recent decision, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the Court unanimously (8-0) instructed federal courts to defer to...more
On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, published an article in JAMA discussing the “Priorities for a...more
The National Environmental Protection Act ("NEPA") requires that federal agencies assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making final decisions, including decisions on issuing federal permits,...more
On June 9, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released a much-anticipated update to the Trump administration’s plans for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....more
On June 2, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (Division) published proposed regulations to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA). Of note, these rules were proposed months after the NJDPA went into effect...more
The District of Columbia passed emergency legislation on June 3, 2025 that paused an increase to the tipped minimum wage from $10 per hour to $12 per hour, which was originally set to take effect on July 1, 2025. At least for...more
Scam notices are being sent to those who have filed trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or already own a registered mark. The notices are designed to exploit publicly available...more
Host Jonathan Porter welcomes to the show Husch Blackwell partner Brian Flood to discuss how newly appointed personnel in the Trump administration could impact False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement for the remainder of 2025 and...more
On May 22, the House of Representatives voted to approve the One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3), which contains a new addition to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code — Section 899. OB3 is now under consideration by the Senate, which...more
Much has been written during recent years regarding the increasing volume of government acquisitions and spending effected under Other Transaction (OT) authority. These transactions are generally exempt from the requirements...more
If your firm has been subject to a regulatory enforcement action or received a consent order, responding to a consent order swiftly and strategically is essential. Regulators expect a clear plan that shows your firm...more
Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a slew of executive orders and other directives aimed at expediting certain land use authorizations and approvals on federally managed land, primarily...more
A COVID-era law targeting understaffing at health care facilities has seen its first significant settlement, serving as a signal to other New York facilities to address staffing issues in a timely manner or face fines....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Merit Energy Company, LLC (“Merit”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (”CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
Pending completion of its recommended actions under the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report published by the Caribbean FATF in February 2024, the BVI has been included on the FATF's list of "jurisdictions under increased...more
Welcome to the June 2025 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more