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Thompson Coburn LLP

Higher Education Litigation Summary: January 2026

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We are pleased to share the new 2026 edition of Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary, your resource for timely legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. ...more

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112(r)/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Grangeville, Idaho Cooperative Enter into Expedited Settlement...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and CHS, Inc. (“CHS”) entered into an October 16th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the regulations implementing Section...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employees Who Rescind Individual Settlement Agreements Might Have to Repay Compensation Received

After Jessica Garcia filed a putative class action for unpaid wages against her former employer (The Merchant of Tennis), the employer entered into approximately 954 individual settlement agreements (ISAs) with employees...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Hindsight Isn’t Fraud: The Commercial Division’s Latest Word on Release Enforcement

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In settlement agreements, a valid release serves as a critical mechanism for resolving disputes between parties.  By its terms, a release is intended to extinguish all claims, both those that are known and unknown to the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Landmark $8.75M AGG Class Action Settlement Against UnitedHealthcare Receives Final Approval

Key Takeaways - Court approves landmark settlement expanding access to proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT). Final approval of an $8.75 million ERISA class action settlement requires UnitedHealthcare to revise its PBRT...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Government False Claims Recoveries Reach Record High, But Relators See Less Money

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it obtained more than $6.8 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 (FY 2025). This is the largest total in a...more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ Announces Record Year for False Claims Act Recoveries

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On January 16, 2026, the Department of Justice released its annual report on the False Claims Act announcing a record year of recoveries for fiscal year 2025. The numbers are noteworthy. DOJ recovered over $6.8 billion in...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Enforcing After House: The College Sports Commission and the Future of NIL Regulation

The College Sports Commission (CSC) was established to oversee compliance with and enforcement of collegiate Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rules following the House settlement....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Colorado AG Fines Cannabis Company for Violating Prior Settlement

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On January 5, 2026, Colorado Attorney General (AG) Phil Weiser announced that MC Global Holdings and affiliated persons and entities (collectively, MC) had been fined for allegedly violating the terms of a May 2025 assurance...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Federal Student Aid Pauses Enforcement of Parent Liability Rule for Now, Posing Questions About What’s Next

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On Jan. 16, 2026, Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that it will no longer enforce a rule requiring ownership entities, including corporations and limited liability companies, to sign a Program Participation Agreement (PPA)...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas AG Settles Lawsuit That Cracked Down on COVID-Era Egg Prices

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On January 15, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced that the state had settled its long-running lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. over the prices that the company charged for eggs in the first months of the...more

Structured Consulting

How Lawyers Arrange Lawsuit Payments While Watching for Ethical Traps

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The path settlement funds take from a defendant to a personal injury plaintiff can radically change how much the plaintiff keeps. Often, slowing settlement negotiations to plan that path, or convince defendants to cooperate,...more

Polsinelli

IRS Signals Continued Enforcement With New Conservation Easement Settlement Offer

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The Internal Revenue Service has announced plans to roll out a new settlement initiative aimed at reducing the significant backlog of conservation easement cases currently pending before the U.S. Tax Court and the examination...more

The Volkov Law Group

BIS Imposes $1.5 Million Penalty on Exyte for Unlicensed In-Country Transfers to SMIC

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On January 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an Order resolving an administrative enforcement action against Exyte Management GmbH, a Germany-based company headquartered...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Retunes on Jointly Considering Settlement Offers and Waiver Requests

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In September, the SEC retuned its approach to considering settlement offers for enforcement actions with related waiver requests. This new approach puts the SEC back on pitch with a stance it previously held from July 2019...more

White & Case LLP

FCC announces first-ever Team Telecom enforcement

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On January 8, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) announced a settlement with satellite and earth-station operator Marlink for violating national security and law enforcement commitments made to the U.S....more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

The Dangerous Misapplication Of O.C.G.A. § 33-24-41.1 Limited Liability Releases In Non-Motor Vehicle Accident Claims

Georgia personal injury practitioners are increasingly encountering settlement demands in non-motor vehicle tort cases that require the use of a “limited liability release” pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 33-24-41.1. This practice,...more

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What’s In—and What’s Out—in Divorce Trends for 2026

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If divorce law reflects the way people live, work, and plan their futures, then 2026 is shaping up to be a year of quieter strategy and longer-term thinking. The days of reactive decisions and splashy courtroom battles are...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

South Carolina Lab Settles False Claim Act Case – A Study on Commercial Reasonableness and Disguised Kickbacks

A clinical lab in Anderson, South Carolina, and its founder and CEO have agreed to pay a minimum of $6.8 million to settle a federal qui tam case based on allegations for paying illegal kickbacks to physicians in exchange for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Maine settles with crypto kiosk operator for $1.9M over alleged unlicensed activity and consumer protection failures

On January 5, the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection (BCCP) announced it has entered into a consent agreement with a virtual currency kiosk operator, resolving its dispute over alleged unlicensed money transmission...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 01.08.2026

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • AGs Drive Home $150M Deal With Mercedes Over Diesel...more

Hogan Lovells

HL UK Pensions Digest 8 January 2026

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The High Court has approved a settlement where the validity of generations of amending and consolidating deeds was in question. Hogan Lovells acted for the trustee....more

Marshall Dennehey

Florida Appeals Court Rules Settlement Release Bars Homeowner’s Late-Payment Interest Claim Against Citizens

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Kaiser v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D2024-0884, Nov. 19, 2025 - The homeowner, Michael Kaiser, had a property insurance policy with Citizens when a hurricane damaged his home. The homeowner...more

Maison Law

Mediation in California Personal Injury Cases: What to Expect

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In California, mediation is a structured negotiation settlement with a neutral third person, the mediator, who helps the parties communicate and find a resolution. The mediator does not decide who wins; the point is that the...more

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Plaintiff Unsuccessfully Tries to Sidestep Mediated Settlement

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Picture this: an insurer and its insured are engaged in a dispute concerning a property insurance claim. They engage in litigation and the discovery process, and eventually go to mediation. At the mediation, the parties seem...more

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