Episode 384 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions
New FLSA Notice Standard, DOL’s PAID Program, Axed Wage and Hour Penalties - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Compliance into the Weeds: A Deep Dive into Cadence Design Systems’ Export Control Violations
False Claims Act Insights - The Mathematics of Nuclear FCA Verdicts
Episode 379 -- Update on False Claims Act and Customs Evasion Liability
Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
Daily Compliance News: July 23, 2025 the Pardon in the Wind? Edition
Episode 378 -- Update on Export Controls and Sanctions Enforcement
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
From Permits to Penalties: A Deep Dive Into Coastal Development Law
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 21, 2025
Daily Compliance News: June 16, 2025, The Golden Share Edition
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Forfeitures Under Fire
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Navigating Brazil's New Transfer Pricing Landscape: A Shift to OECD Standards
Episode 371 -- DOJ's New Corporate Enforcement Program
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
Episode 369 -- Stepping Into the Enforcement Spotlight -- Customs and Border Patrol and Import Enforcement
Insider Transaction Traps for the Unwary
Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Harmonizing Global Protections: The EU Trade Secret Directive
This week, we dig into the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action notice standard, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) relaunched Payroll Audit Independent...more
In an April IP Hot Topic, we noted that the Federal Circuit left open in RealTek Semiconductor Corp. v. ITC, Appeal, No. 23-1095 (March 18, 2025) the question whether a petitioner may avoid sanctions by simply terminating an...more
Dawn raids conducted by antitrust authorities are stressful events. Among other issues, the ensuing investigations consume significant time and effort and often result in high fines for the companies involved. It is therefore...more
Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime is set to undergo its largest transformation yet with the sweeping amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act proposed in Bill C-2. In...more
The majority of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a finding that a medical staffing agency misclassified approximately 1,100 nurses as independent contractors and owed them...more
Johnson & Johnson Challenges the Constitutionality of FCA $1.6 Billion Verdict - Following a record $1.6 billion jury verdict for off-label promotion of HIV drugs Prezista and Intelence, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary...more
Over the past two years, at least 15 states have enacted laws requiring manufacturers of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to certify the status of their federal premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) in...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on July 2 issued a decision vacating the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) revised Negative Option Rule, which the previous Administration called the “Click to Cancel” Rule....more
The Fifth District Court of Appeal held that under pre-reform PAGA, headless PAGA actions in which plaintiffs seek civil penalties only on behalf of other employees and not for violations they personally experienced are...more
A recent Ninth Circuit decision underscores why importers should be worried that they will be hit with a large government bill under the False Claims Act (FCA) to pay for newly raised duties imposed on imported products. The...more
In prior posts, I discussed the dangers of playingBattleship with the IRS and how taxpayers scored “a hit”. Recently, taxpayers took another turn in the game and scored another hit with the District Court’s recently issued...more
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION v. ITC - Before Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission. The Federal Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear appeals of non-final determinations from...more
In a recent case before the Appellate Court of Connecticut, Judge Jose A. Suarez penned an opinion holding that owners of income-producing real property bear the burden of updating municipalities of a change in their address,...more
On June 23, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Terren Scott Peizer, founder of Ontrak Inc., a Miami-based publicly traded health care company, has been sentenced to three and one half years in prison by a...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a June 18th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Diamond Investments of TN Inc. (“Diamond”) addressing an alleged violation of underground storage...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp., upheld a lower court jury determination that an importer of welded pipe fittings is liable for $8 million in unpaid antidumping duties under the False...more
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon faces potential $9.8 million fine for improperly accepting campaign cash - “State election officials have informed Senate President Don Harmon that he will face more than $9.8 million in...more
U.S. sanctions are a powerful tool used to influence the behavior of foreign governments, individuals, and entities. Placement on any sanctions watchlist maintained by a regulatory agency can have devastating financial,...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a May 14th Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Greeneville Oil and Petroleum, Inc. and 737 Grace 1, LLC (collectively,“Respondent”) addressing alleged...more
We previously reported on an uptick in the passage of state drug price transparency legislation. What follows is an update to that report. As of April 2025, approximately 23 states had passed drug price transparency laws....more
Four workers’ compensation decisions came down from the Appellate Division Thursday, May 29. It was a mixed bag: two good for defense, two not so much....more
Why do you need a lawyer for an IRS audit? Have you received an IRS audit notification (IRS form letter 2205-A, 2205-B, or 566)? What do you need to know?...more
New York Labor Law (NYLL) Section 191 mandates that employers pay employees their wages within a certain frequency depending on the classification of employees. For employees that meet the definition of a “manual worker,” the...more
On May 9, 2025, Governor Hochul signed a budget bill into law that includes an amendment (“the Amendment”) to the New York Labor Law (NYLL)....more
The Tennessee Division of Solid Waste Management (“TDSWM”) issued a February 7th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to SRG Global Coatings, LLC (“SRG”). See Case No. HWM 24-0024. The Order provides that...more