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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Is FDA's Civil Money Penalty Authority Dead, and If So, What Does It Mean for Life Sciences Companies?

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Does the recent decision in a federal district court in Texas, finding that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco civil money penalty authority is unconstitutional, mean the end of the federal agency bringing...more

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States May Not Obtain Civil Money Penalties Under the Consumer Financial Protection Act

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There has been much speculation that States will fill the void created by the Trump Administration’s drastic scaling back of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Congress authorized both state attorneys general and state...more

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Supreme Court Requires EPA to Set Specific Targets in Water Permits

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in San Francisco v. EPA, held in a 5-4 decision that the EPA cannot enforce requirements in wastewater permits that “do not spell out what a permittee must do or refrain from doing.” San...more

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Changes to Québec’s Consumer Protection Regime: Monetary Administrative Penalties and Increased Penal Fines

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Significant changes to the Québec consumer protection regime came into effect earlier this year. The president of the Office de la protection du consommateur (OPC), Québec’s consumer protection regulator, can now impose...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The Loper and Jarksey Era: Agency Power to Award Civil Penalties in SEC and FINRA Under Increased Scrutiny

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Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Loper decision, which overturned the longstanding precedent of the Chevron doctrine for agency deference, it was anticipated that lower courts, as well as the Supreme Court, would begin...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FTC Permanently Bans Entities Behind Credit Repair Pyramid Scheme

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that it has filed proposed orders against the owners and operators of Financial Education Services (FES), a credit repair operation accused of running a pyramid scheme and...more

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Regulatory Roundup for July 2024

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SEC Loses in ALJ Case, DOL’s Latest Fiduciary Rule Put on Hold, and SEC Reconsiders AI and Custody Rule Proposals - Welcome to our July Regulatory Roundup, where we provide a quick look at the latest regulatory developments....more

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CFTC Anti-Fraud and Anti-Manipulation Authority: A Focus on Intermediaries

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The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), significantly expanded the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC” or “Commission”) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation statutory...more

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The Gambling Commission reaffirms its status as one of the UK’s most active AML enforcement authorities.

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On 28 March 2023, the UK Gambling Commission (the Commission) announced that three gambling businesses owned by William Hill Group would pay a total financial penalty of £19.2 million for social responsibility and anti-money...more

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