News & Analysis as of August 17, 2025

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U.S. Labor Department Will Not Seek Pre-Suit FLSA Liquidated Damages

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/18/2025

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, violations of overtime or minimum wage requirements can result in assessment of liquidated damages equal to the amount of unpaid wages. ...more

Enforcement News: Broker-Dealers Settle Charges for Filing Deficient SARs

Freiberger Haber LLP on 12/3/2024

The Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and implementing regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) require that broker-dealers file a suspicious activity report (SAR”) with...more

Joe Hand Promotion unauthorized fight broadcast settlement insights

Vondran Legal on 8/26/2024

Introduction - general overview - Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. is a company that holds exclusive rights to distribute pay-per-view (PPV) sporting events, such as boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) matches, to commercial...more

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | April 2024 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/29/2024

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

FCPA Enforcement Update: Commodities Trader Agrees to Almost $100 Million Fine

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/21/2023

On December 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Freepoint Commodities LLC, a Connecticut-based commodities trader, had agreed to a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to resolve a DOJ investigation...more

Antitrust & Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Q3 2023

Goodwin on 10/24/2023

The FTC’s Amgen/Horizon Lawsuit Ends With a Whimper - We covered the FTC’s investigation into (and litigation challenging) Amgen’s $28.3 billion acquisition of rare disease specialist Horizon Therapeutics in our Q1 and...more

IRS Halts Processing of ERC Claims Citing Extensive Fraud and Abuse

Lippes Mathias LLP on 9/18/2023

In an extraordinary development, the IRS has halted its processing of Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) refund claims as it struggles to keep up with the massive number of claims filed within the last several months. The...more

Expect More Cyber-Enforcement under the False Claims Act

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/31/2023

Earlier this month, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan outlining specific “high impact initiatives” that the federal government will carry out to achieve its cybersecurity...more

Cybersecurity Enforcement Update: New York Department of Financial Services Announces Amended Cybersecurity Regulations and Latest...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/18/2023

Recent enforcement actions and announcements show that state and federal regulators are continuing to focus intensely on cybersecurity and data protection. Notably, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”)...more