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Compliance Tip of the Day: Measuring Compliance Training Effectiveness
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Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 14, 2025, The Widened Whistleblower Program Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
The JustPod: A Discussion with Defense Counsel Rocco Cipparone and Angie Levy on January 6 Prosecutions
Compliance into the Weeds: USRA Declination Case Study - Self-Disclosure Best Practices
False Claims Act Insights - Trump DOJ Sharpens Its Focus on Healthcare Fraud
Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
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Episode 366 -- DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements
Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud
Compliance into the Weeds: The Uncertain Future of Compliance Monitors under the Trump Administration
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 59 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: DOJ Focus
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
On May 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” (the Order), which directs federal agencies to reassess how and when criminal penalties are applied to...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an April 23rd news release stating that a federal judge in Oregon sentenced two companies responsible for the operation of the J.H. Baxter wood treatment facility in...more
What consumers can do to reduce environmental health threats all around us - It’s a paradox of modern life: We want more and more stuff, and we want to get all of it faster, cheaper, more conveniently. And yet, does our...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bob Evans Farms, Inc. entered into a June 6th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Comprehensive Environmental...more
On February 8, 2024, EPA published a proposed rule that would list the following nine PFAS as hazardous constituents under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): PFOA, PFOS, PFBS, HFPO-DA (also known as GenX),...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a proposal to change the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations to add nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (collectively, PFAS), their...more
Truck engine maker Cummins Inc. has agreed in principle to pay a $1.675 billion civil penalty for installing devices on hundreds of thousands of engines to allow them to emit excess pollution. According to the U.S. Department...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Austin Powder Company (“APC”) entered into a June 8th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Comprehensive Environmental...more
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of its Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Environmental Crimes Task Force. This new task force will focus specifically on combating...more
EPA’s Big Plans for 2023: Top Air Rulemakings We Are Watching - An environmental lawyer walks into a cocktail party. An often-asked question is: What is happening at EPA in your world? What should we be watching that...more
For years almost 2000 plaintiffs have been litigating in Federal Court in South Carolina against dozens of manufacturers and distributors of fire-fighting aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) that contain perfluorooctanoic acid...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and four companies entered into a proposed August 18th Consent Decree (“CD”) settling a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“Superfund”) cost...more
For the second time in as many weeks, the acting head of the EPA’s enforcement office has issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”) outlining additional actions to advance the EPA’s environmental justice (“EJ”) goals...more
In recent years, there has been no shortage of interest and commentary dedicated to a group of chemicals known collectively as PFAS. As one example, the potential designation of certain PFAS — PFOA and PFOS (perfluorooctanoic...more
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID‐19 Related Insurance Cases As reported in our September update, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at its July 2020 hearing session requested...more
Focus - DOJ appeals ruling ordering EPA to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos - THE HILL - Sep 24 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing a federal court ruling ordering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...more
This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Aviation Regulatory Update discusses DOT’s proposed rule on the use of cell phones to make voice calls on commercial flights, the results of DOT’s negotiated rulemaking on accessible...more
On October 12, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that four Texas companies agreed to plead guilty to criminal violations of the Clean Air Act at oil and chemical processing facilities, and to collectively...more
A case recently argued before the Ninth Circuit, Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., 9th Cir., No. 15-35228, could pave the way for a new theory of liability for parties who release air emissions during the course of...more
On Tuesday, May 4, 2016, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs chair, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and committee member, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) formally requested a federal criminal investigation into the Gold King Mine...more
As we reported last year, the U.S. EPA has stepped up its enforcement activity under the risk management provisions of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), Section 112(r), focusing on both the Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) program rules...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed suit in federal court against four California companies and six individuals for importing products that violate the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (“FHSA”) and the...more