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On June 2, 2025, the Department of Labor (DOL) launched its Opinion Letter program. Opinion Letters are official written responses from the DOL that explain how it would apply statutes and regulations under particular facts...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently named several political appointments to its Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”). Employers know WHD is an entity with vast enforcement authority, including over minimum wage and...more
Businesses should expect to see “increased enforcement” from the California Privacy Protection Agency now that the agency has had four years to staff up and implement rules, the CPPA’s executive director said in an interview...more
It has been reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently reduced head count by an estimated 12% due to the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly downsize the federal government. Particularly hard-hit...more
Uncertainty was a prominent theme at last week’s ABA White Collar Crime Institute. The Trump administration has issued a series of directives that seem to shift and narrow the scope of (if not entirely abandon) a host of...more
This shift in FCPA enforcement priorities is the latest move by the administration in its all-out war against cartels and TCOs that pose a threat to U.S. national security and its stated America First agenda. Additionally,...more
In a fireside chat at the ABA Futures & Derivatives Law Committee Winter Meeting on January 30th, Acting Chairman Caroline Pham shared her industry-friendly agenda for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). She...more
Nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must comply with certain mandatory compliance program requirements of participation (ROPs). Under the Biden...more
2024 marks the final year of Gary Gensler's term as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Gensler SEC has been aggressive on both the enforcement and rulemaking fronts. In response, the financial...more
In November 2021, at the height of cryptocurrency’s “bull run,” the market capitalization for crypto reached a record of nearly $3 trillion. Just a year later, and shortly after FTX petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...more
2024 saw no change in the government's campaign to encourage self-reporting and cooperation. In the second installment of Season's Readings, we take a quick look at how the SEC treats self-reporting and how that differs...more
The regulator has significantly rowed back on aspects of the proposals following industry and government feedback. On 28 November 2024, the FCA published revised proposals for announcing enforcement investigations....more
The European Commission (EC) has published draft antitrust guidelines on exclusionary abuses (the Draft Guidelines) and is conducting a public consultation to gather feedback....more
On August 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) virtually cohosted the first public meeting of the multiagency Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing (Strike Force), focused on antitrust...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released its Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) 2023 Annual Report to Congress....more
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released its latest Don’t Let This Happen to You! report, summarizing recent U.S. export control civil and criminal enforcement actions....more
We are seeing a steady increase in client imports being detained at port by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on grounds of alleged forced labor in the supply chain....more
Last week saw the greatest wipeout in the recorded history of UK governments, which saw the Tories being swept from power and losing over 400 seats in Parliament. Labor took over with a commanding presence, securing around...more
In fiscal year (FY) 2023, more than half of all U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) child labor investigations resulted in a violation. Of the 955 child labor investigations with violations—a 14 percent increase over the prior...more
In April 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and the Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission (European Commission) announced that three meetings had been...more
On 17 April 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy designed to improve collaboration between its civil and criminal enforcement offices, with the goal of...more
We strongly disagree with the FCA’s proposals, set out in CP24/2, to announce that it has opened enforcement investigations into firms where it considers this to be in the public interest. We set out our objections in detail...more
State attorneys general, the IRS, and other regulators are focused on “interested party” (conflict-of-interest) transactions in the healthcare and nonprofit sectors. While these transactions are generally permissible and may...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or Commission) Division of Enforcement continues to be laser focused on executive perks and the manner in which they are disclosed by public companies. The SEC is expected to...more
On Oct. 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 478 into law. When it becomes effective July 1, 2024, the law will amend the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) to generally ban so-called drip pricing...more