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DOJ Settlement Highlights False Claims Act Exposure for Certain DEI Practices

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On April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that IBM agreed to pay approximately $17 million to resolve allegations that certain DEI-related employment practices violated federal anti-discrimination...more

Alston & Bird

Your AI Therapist May Need a Lawyer: Pennsylvania Brings Suit Against Chatbot Developer

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Our Health Care Group investigates a lawsuit against Character.AI that raises legal risks for AI platforms presenting themselves as licensed professionals and signals tightening regulatory scrutiny....more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Vorys Benefits Brief: 2025 MHPAEA Report to Congress: Enforcement Activity Continues and the Need for Comparative Analyses Remains

The United States Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) recently issued the 2025 MHPAEA Report to Congress (the Report), summarizing enforcement activity related to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Notice ‘Subtle’ Behavior, Fight Cynicism: Tips From Whistleblower Attorney in $15M Dana-Farber Case

The principal investigator (PI) looks away, perhaps bored, when the postdoc honestly describes an experiment that doesn’t work. In contrast, the PI smiles and invites students to dinner when they report something positive....more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

From "Paper Compliance" to "Technical Verification": The $12.75M GM Settlement and Beyond

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The era of "checking the box" on privacy is over. California regulators have moved past simple policy audits and are now "pen-testing" the actual technical architecture of corporate data flows....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Report From FDLI Annual Meeting: FDA’s Expanding Use of AI – What Regulated Industry Should Know

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rapidly incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into nearly every dimension of its operations: from application review and inspectional planning to enforcement communications...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Accelerating access, raising the bar: Key FDA developments over the past six months

Over the past six months, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pursued a dual regulatory agenda: expanding flexibility to accelerate development and access while sharpening expectations around evidence generation,...more

WilmerHale

How AI Use Can Increase Failure to Prevent Fraud Risk

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Companies increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and perform complex tasks. To date, much commentary on AI risk has focused on external threats to companies (for...more

White & Case LLP

Egypt set for major competition law amendments

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Egypt's competition framework is set for a major update. On April 24, 2026, the Egyptian Parliament ("Parliament") approved a bill that will introduce amendments ("Amendments") to replace certain articles of the current...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

California's Record Privacy Act Settlement Sets Enforcement Floor for Connected Products

If your company collects location or behavioral data from connected products and sells or routes it to data brokers, the California Attorney General just published a detailed playbook for what enforcement looks like. ...more

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Cracking Down on Fraud: West Coast Style

On April 30, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched the West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force to target schemes in Arizona, Nevada, and the Northern District of California. The initiative reflects a coordinated...more

Lathrop GPM

California Federal Court Orders Hospitality Franchisor to Show Cause Regarding Civil Contempt for Failure to Release Proceeds

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A federal court in California granted in part a franchisee’s motion to enforce a temporary restraining order (TRO) and ordered a defendant franchisor to show cause why it should not be held in civil contempt for failing to...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

False Claims Act Roundup Series: Q1 2026 – Increased Government Enforcement Efforts and Circuit Court Developments

2026 has opened with unmistakable signals that False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement in the health care sector is accelerating. On January 16, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a record-breaking $6.8 billion in...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: Cybersecurity Failures and Liability for Health Care Organizations: A New Enforcement Frontier

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Cybersecurity Failures and Liability for Health Care Organizations: A New Enforcement Frontier - False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation attorneys Jacques Smith, Pat Naples, and John Keblish authored a piece...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Connecticut Leads on Kids—From Cosmetic Marketing to AI Safety

Sephora Agrees to Youth-Focused Skincare Safeguards After Connecticut AG Inquiry; Enforcement Aligns with NAD - Inquiries Sephora has agreed to implement new safeguards relating to the marketing and sale of certain...more

King & Spalding

DOJ Announces Fraud Initiative Focused on Data Miners

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On April 30, 2026,the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (FOCUS) initiative, a new program designed to improve the Department’s ability to prioritize and partner with...more

King & Spalding

Saudi Arabia's New Enforcement Law: Key Changes and Practical Implications

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On 3/11/1447H (corresponding to 20/04/2026G), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enacted a new Enforcement Law (the “New Enforcement Law”). The new law replaces in its entirety the previous Enforcement Law, and repeals all...more

DLA Piper

DOJ launches FOCUS initiative to triage data miners filing qui tam FCA complaints: Key takeaways

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (FOCUS) initiative – a new program designed to formalize and prioritize the Civil Division’s engagement...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Top 5 Things Employers Should Know About ICE’s Recent Form I‑9 Enforcement Changes

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Recently, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly and significantly revised its Form I‑9 Inspection fact sheet without Federal Register Notice, proposed rulemaking or public announcement. These revisions...more

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Anti-DEI Law Requires Florida Contractors and Grant Recipients to Certify Compliance

A new law in Florida will prevent local governments from funding or promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and require that contractors and grant recipients certify that public funds will not be used for...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Enforcement Outlook | Sanctions Trends and Emerging Risks - May 20th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Sanctions enforcement is intensifying amid heightened geopolitical tensions, rapid innovation in digital assets, and unprecedented coordination among US enforcement authorities. The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury),...more

A&O Shearman

Sanctions take center stage in arbitration

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In this Q&A, international arbitration partners James Freeman and Jennifer Younan consider how sanctions are reshaping international arbitration, from strategic choices around seats and arbitrators to contract law concepts,...more

Hogan Lovells

Passage to India: Labour-market antitrust as a global phenomenon

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The globalization of labour-market antitrust has entered its confirmation phase. With reports that the CCI has opened investigations into no-poach practices, a doctrine that six years ago looked like an American preoccupation...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Tennessee Reaches Settlement with Mariner in Multistate UDAAP Enforcement Action

On May 8, 2026, Tennessee became the first plaintiff state to reach a proposed settlement in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Mariner Finance, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-03253-KBH (E.D. Pa.), the multistate enforcement action...more

MG+M The Law Firm

Curb Your AI—Regulatory Actions Seeking to Prevent AI from Engaging in Professional Services

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday life continues to see exponential growth and until recently its utility appeared limited only by the imagination of ‘organic’ intelligence—queue the regulatory actions. ...more

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