FCPA Compliance Report - Karen Woody on Elon Musk Attack on SEC Consent Decree
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. ...more
Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kris Mayes recently announced a consent judgment with SimonMed Imaging MSO, LLC (SimonMed), alleging that the medical imaging service provider violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act through...more
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) issued a January 22nd report titled: The Collapse of Environmental Enforcement Under Trump’s EPA - Department of Justice Civil Prosecutions of Illegal Pollution...more
On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)announced the resolution of a first-of-its-kind enforcement action targeting Marlink Inc. (Marlink) for violations of its international section 214 and earth...more
On January 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a landmark enforcement action against satellite and earth-station Service Provider Marlink, Inc., marking the first time the agency has publicly enforced...more
On January 8, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a landmark settlement with the Marlink, a satellite and ground station operator, marking the first-ever enforcement of a Team Telecom national security...more
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division continues to apply sustained pressure to the real estate industry, making clear that traditional practices—whether embedded in trade association rules or facilitated through...more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: ...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit action against Patriot Beverages, LLC (“Patriot”) alleging certain Clean Water Act related violations. See Case No. 1:24-cv-11514....more
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to reject a proposed $57 million settlement in a False Claims Act (FCA) litigation highlights the unique challenges and complexities that...more
A national wireless provider entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau for marketing a smartphone in the United States prior to receiving equipment authorization for it from the Commission. The phone...more
PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper entered into a September 3rd Consent Decree and Order (“Consent Decree”) with BVPV Styrenics LLC and its parent company, Styropek USA, Inc. addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) recently published a draft consent decree signed with the international pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the Israeli pharmaceutical distributor Neopharm. Under the...more
In a cautionary “tail” about the importance of engaging in the interactive process, when a Maryland automobile dealership allegedly denied an Iraq War veteran’s request for a service dog to manage panic attacks from...more
On Aug. 14, 2025, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a Consent Decree announcing that Healthplex, Inc. (Healthplex) has agreed to pay a $2 million fine, as a result of an investigation into a 2021...more
Last August, we wrote about the Justice Department’s lawsuit against software developer RealPage, which alleged that the property management software company enabled rent collusion, through its revenue management product, in...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) each recently announced that they would accept structural remedies to address concerns that two transactions in the technology industry would reduce...more
On June 2, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, agreed to its first settlement of a merger challenged under the new administration, less than one week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into its first...more
While M&A activity slowed in the first quarter of 2025, including in life sciences, there have been plenty of noteworthy developments in the antitrust space in the first 100 days of the Trump administration....more
On April 16, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $12 million settlement through a consent decree with Direct Energy Services LLC (Direct Energy). Direct Energy is an alternative retail electric supplier (ARES)...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) and Twin Rivers Technologies (“TRT”) entered into a March 30th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. See No....more