A recent ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit adds uncertainty to the issue of federal preemption of state interest-on-escrow statutes.
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On remand from the US Supreme Court, the Second…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
3iCO and Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP recently hosted a webinar on the evolving cybersecurity landscape and what it means for firms today. The discussion was led by Cathy Mulrow-Peattie, Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, and…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
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What happens when a client discovers—decades after the fact—that their attorney’s tax advice was fraudulent? A recent decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Professional Malpractice, Taxation
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced its long-awaited functionality allowing importers of record (IORs) or customs brokers (CBs) filing the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) to…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
Join legal and industry professionals on April 29, 2026, at 12:00 pm PT, for the California Senior Living–2026 Legal, Regulatory, and Insurance Update, a timely webinar designed to help administrators, owners, and operators…
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/ Health, Insurance
The International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) 2026 Global Summit brought together regulators, in‑house counsel, privacy officers, and technologists to discuss a complete spectrum of modern privacy issues…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Health, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last week, a deeply skeptical US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, where the court was asked to decide whether a district court that compelled a lawsuit to arbitration still has jurisdiction…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
In a prior Consumer Crossroads blog post, we reported that Governor Hochul had signed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable Business Practices Act (the “FAIR Business Practices Act”) into law as Chapter…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
Just five weeks after the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois largely upheld the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA), on March 16, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC)…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
In 2026, some of the riskiest “health data” your hospital touches never goes anywhere near a chart. It lives instead in patient-facing websites, mobile apps, maps, pixels, software development kits (SDKs), and push notifications…
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/ Consumer Protection, Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Ensuring compliance with Scope of Project requirements is one of the most critical—and frequently misunderstood—obligations for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Health
You’ve built a successful business, and with that comes opportunity - but also complexity. Our invitation-only event features a collection of attorneys, M&A professionals, CPAs, and investment advisors, together with a select…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On March 18, 2026, the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) began accepting applications for a brand new license created by California’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), which was signed into law in 2023. Unless…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
On February 23, 2026, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a settlement agreement with CarMax, Inc., resolving allegations that the car retailer violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Military Law
Biotech and digital health teams working in Europe sometimes find that the hardest General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) question in clinical research is not whether the law applies (it does), but how the different views of…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Health, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
