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Chemical Safety Board Marks First Enforcement Action Under Reporting Rule

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Despite the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) not requesting a budget in its FY 2026 Budget Request – instead stating that “[t]he President’s Budget proposes $0 for CSB’s FY 2026 budget with the...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

This Week From the Hill (July 27 – August 2, 2025)

Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more

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Common Questions in Evaluating a Whistleblower Complaint Filed with OSHA

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In FY 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) received 3,243 Whistleblower complaints filed under various statutes’ anti-retaliation provisions. OSHA is charged with investigating alleged retaliation...more

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DOJ Antitrust Announces New Whistleblower Program

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On July 8, 2025, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division”) announced that it is creating the Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program (the “Whistleblower Program”) in partnership with the U.S. Postal...more

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Antitrust Enforcers Renew Call for Whistleblowers

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has announced a new Whistleblower Rewards Program, offering incentives to individuals to report “antitrust crimes and related offenses that harm consumers, taxpayers, and free...more

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SBA Orders Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program: What You Should Do to Prepare

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced an “immediate and full-scale audit” of its 8(a) business development program. The announcement stems from a “years-long fraud and bribery scheme involving a...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Investigations in Europe Part II – Handling particularities and challenges

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Recent years have seen an ever increasing density of ESG regulation on the national, European and global level. With significant regulations already or about to enter into force, enforcement actions on different levels,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCA Updates – ‘Assertive’ Supervision, and About Turns

We are now starting to see a real shift in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Enforcement strategy following a changing of the guard in 2023, which brought in Therese Chambers and Steve Smart to be Joint Executive...more

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Auditing Your Hotline and Case Management System

Are your helpline calls being responded to properly? Are the investigations proceeding expeditiously and properly? To find out, it’s good to do an audit periodically. Before you can begin, though, you need to determine if...more

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Navigating New Medicare Overpayment Rules and Practical Tips to Comply

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On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare regulations interpreting the federal 60-day overpayment refund requirement (the Overpayment Statute) for Medicare Parts A and B as...more

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The Blueprint for a Speak-Up Culture: Driving Change with Policy Alignment

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Tips for boosting employee confidence and transparency with robust policy alignment practices. Now more than ever, employees are taking the initiative to report unethical behavior in the workplace and voice their...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

What is Willful Blindness According to the IRS?

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What is willful blindness according to the IRS? How is this important in tax cases involving unreported or under-reported income, disclosure of offshore assets and income, FinCEN Form 114 (more commonly referred to as an...more

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Hospital Administrators – Is Your Hospital Cyber-Secure?

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On October 2, 2024, New York adopted new regulations requiring general hospitals to implement heightened cybersecurity safeguards. General hospitals, as defined in Article 28 of the NY Public Health Law, generally must begin...more

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Understanding the Title IX Complaint Process: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Violence

Making the decision to file a Title IX complaint is far from trivial. Survivors of sexual violence often fear being labeled, blamed, or belittled by the Title IX process. Additionally, the prospect of reliving the traumatic...more

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Navigating the College Disciplinary Process for Sexual Assault Victims

Understanding the Title IX College Disciplinary Process - For a student who has experienced sexual misconduct, the Title IX college disciplinary process can be confusing and overwhelming. While schools are required to...more

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The Action Cryptocurrency Investors Need to Take Immediately

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What is the action cryptocurrency investors need to take immediately? What has changed, and why should any digital asset holder or investor pay attention to this game-changing development? Here is the short answer: If you...more

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Proposed Regulations Issued on Reporting Obligations for Basket Contract Transactions

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On July 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations that would classify “basket contract transactions”, which are derivatives (i) with a term...more

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CMS Proposes Additional Modifications to the Overpayment Rule Relating to the Deadline for Reporting and Returning Overpayments

In the context of Medicare Advantage (“MA”) reform initiatives, we previously addressed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) December 27, 2022 proposal to amend its regulations set forth at 42 C.F.R. §...more

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Digging for Trouble: The Double-Edged Sword of Decisions to Report Misconduct

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On May 10, 2024, Romy Andrianarisoa, former Chief of Staff to the President of Madagascar, was convicted for soliciting bribes from Gemfields Group Ltd (Gemfields), a UK-based mining company specializing in rubies and...more

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SEC Tightens Cybersecurity Requirements with Regulation S-P Amendments

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top “The basic idea for covered firms is if you’ve got a breach, then you’ve got to notify. That’s good for investors.” Those were among the remarks that U.S. Securities and...more

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EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment: Liability

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) first updated enforcement guidance on workplace harassment in 25 years is broken down into the three components of a harassment claim: (1) the covered bases and causation;...more

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When the Stakes Are High: Managing a Crisis-Led Investigation From Incident to Remediation

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1 75 An investigative journalist implicates the company. An auditor threatens to resign. Premises are raided by enforcement agencies. Not all investigations are created equal and in a recent talk given at the General Counsel...more

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Understanding New York Executive Law § 63 (12) and its Potential Impact on Businesses

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Thanks to media attention to the case Attorney General Letitia James brought against former President Donald J. Trump, an obscure statute first enacted in 1956 has become a major point of interest for businesses operating in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: April 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is seeking comment on a proposed rule to implement reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities, including health care entities, on cyberattacks and ransomware...more

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PCAOB Division of Enforcement’s First Quarter Continues Record-Setting Pace

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The PCAOB’s Division of Enforcement and Investigations’ 2024 first quarter activity continued the blistering pace of enforcement since Erica Williams became the Board’s Chair. While the Board’s first quarter enforcement...more

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