On April 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would formalize and, in certain respects, update the requirements for…
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/ Finance & Banking
On April 3, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Urgent National Action to Save College Sports” — the administration’s second effort to implement a national framework for name, image and likeness (NIL)…
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/ Administrative Law, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
Welcome to the McGuireWoods Quarterly Securities & Capital Markets Update, a series of updates that reviews important securities law developments from the previous quarter and alerts readers of significant considerations for the…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
In February 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued its highly anticipated Industry Compliance Program Guidance for Medicare Advantage (MA ICPG), the first such compliance…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
As lawyers’ AI use dramatically expands, courts have begun to address both types of evidentiary protections for AI-related communications and results. Popular public AI service providers’ ugly disclaimers of confidentiality…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 1, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which consolidated three interlocutory appeals, issued a significant ruling in Clay v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., that resolves the question of whether…
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/ Civil Remedies, Privacy
Escalating tensions involving Iran—including maritime incidents affecting oil transport and alleged cyber and physical targeting of digital infrastructure in the Middle East—highlight a growing and underappreciated risk for…
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/ Insurance, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
A recent $3.2 million settlement between the Drug Enforcement Administration and a pair of California health centers should remind hospitals and health centers to review and, when necessary, strengthen their controlled substance…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
In late January 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court released a highly anticipated opinion in Moelis & Company v. West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund, which rejected a minority stockholder’s challenge to a company’s…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
On Friday, April 3, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Trump administration from requiring public colleges and universities in 17 states to submit seven years’ worth of…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released data on its 2025 settlements of voluntary self-disclosures related to past violations or potential violations of the physician self-referral law (the Stark…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
At the 2026 SEC Speaks Conference held in Washington, D.C., Acting Enforcement Director Sam Waldon declared that the Commission’s Enforcement Division is moving “full steam ahead” by focusing on quality over quantity and…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
LongueVue Capital (LVC) has announced a strategic investment in Apex Dental Laboratory Group in partnership with Swaney Group Capital (SGC). Apex, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Waco, Texas, operates a network of 16 dental…
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/ Finance & Banking, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
On March 17, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a significant opinion in United States ex rel. Adventist Health System of West v. AbbVie Inc., reversing the district court’s dismissal of a qui…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Health, Government Contracting
Blackstone has announced the closing of its newest life sciences private fund. The fund — Blackstone Life Sciences VI — was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of $6.3 billion in commitments…
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/ Finance & Banking
