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Recent OSHA Activity Provides Additional Mitigation Opportunities to Employers

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Recent actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may provide employers additional opportunities for penalty and enforcement relief. On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor updated OSHA penalty...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

IRS issues interim guidance to streamline LB&I audit procedures and promote alternative settlement programs

On July 25, 2025, the IRS Large Business & International (LB&I) Division published an Interim Guidance Memorandum (Control Number: LB&I-04-0725-0008) implementing changes for LB&I audit procedures, which take effect August 1,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Prediction Markets Set to Benefit from U.S. Enforcement Shift

Among the changes to the regulatory oversight and enforcement priorities that have accompanied the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term has been an embrace of cryptocurrencies and business models that rely on them....more

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Compliance as a Competitive Advantage

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Recently, we presented on Compliance as a Competitive Advantage at Compliance University by Online Lenders Alliance. We shared a perspective we've developed over 20 years of working with financial services companies: that...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DEA Judge Overseeing Rescheduling Process Retires, Further Casting Doubt on the Likelihood of Any Change in the Near Term

We’ve written before that with rescheduling, with all of the excitement and pomp and circumstance that came with its announcement in the last year of the Biden administration, the whole thing was beginning to look like it may...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

PAID Back: DOL Revives Voluntary Self-Audit Program

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The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, for the first time, certain FMLA...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Recent Changes to Florida’s “Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement (MOBILE) Act” for Health Care Practitioners

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Last year, we reported on Florida’s adoption of the “Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement (MOBILE) Act” (Section 456.0145, Florida Statutes), which created a consistent regulatory framework for licensure by...more

Kerr Russell

What Ever Happened to the Ban on Covenants Not to Compete?

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Question: Last year we heard that the Federal Trade Commission was going to ban covenants not to compete. It was a big deal at the time. Nothing has been said about this in months. Is this still going to happen? If so, when? ...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC’s Proposed Budget Trims Staff

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A review of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 may shed light on the FTC’s activities for the near future....more

Hogan Lovells

What should companies know about Mexico's digital identity reforms?

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On July 16, 2025, various legal reforms were published in the Federal Official Gazette, modifying the framework of identity, security, and administrative management in Mexico. These reforms seek to establish a unified digital...more

Mayer Brown

CFTC Issues Guidance for Referrals of Criminal Regulatory Offenses to DOJ

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On July 9, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an advisory describing its plan to address criminally liable regulatory offenses in accordance with Executive Order 14294, Fighting Overcriminalization...more

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China Monthly Data Protection Update: July 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s data protection sector for July. The following events merit special attention: CAC Issues Third Edition of the Data Export Security Assessment Application Guide: On...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC removes reference to disparate impact for examiners

On July 14, the OCC announced it has removed the references to disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook and has started removing references in other issuances. The OCC has also...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 7.11.25

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The Trump administration will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would reconsider the rule. The rule requires companies to phase out their use of chrysotile asbestos, which is the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2025

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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New York Legislature Passes Landmark FAIR Business Practices Act: Implications for Consumer Finance Lending and Debt Settlement...

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On June 18, 2025, the New York Legislature passed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable (FAIR) Business Practices Act (the “FAIR Act”). This significant legislation marks the most substantial update to...more

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FTC’s “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Struck Down by Eighth Circuit

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On Tuesday July 8, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) “Negative Option” Rule, also called the “Click-to-Cancel” Rule, which expanded regulations on...more

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California et al. pen letter against proposed rule to market fair housing

On July 3, the attorney general of California announced his intent to lead a coalition of 21 attorneys general in sending a letter to HUD opposing a proposed rule that would roll back decades-old fair housing regulations...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A New Rule Embraces Modernity in the Customer Identification Process

Financial institutions across the United States have grappled with compliance requirements under the Customer Identification Program (CIP) Rule for more than two decades. A new exemption, approved in June 2025, promises...more

King & Spalding

The Global Content Regulation Landscape – Developments in the EU, UK, U.S., and Beyond

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Global digital platforms face an increasingly complex and fragmented content regulation landscape. Governments worldwide are imposing overlapping and sometimes conflicting rules for monitoring, managing, or restricting online...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Eighth Circuit Vacates FTC’s Negative Option Rule

On the metaphorical eve of the July 14 effective date for the FTC’s Negative Option Rule, the Eighth Circuit released an opinion Tuesday vacating the Rule in its entirety. The economy-wide notice, consent, cancellation, and...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Anesthesia in North Carolina Dentistry: Safety, Regulation, and Future Trends

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The administration of anesthesia in dental offices across North Carolina is under heightened scrutiny. A series of tragic patient deaths, public advocacy, and legislative interest have prompted the North Carolina State Board...more

Vicente LLP

Texas Cannabis Legalization: What the SB 3 Veto Means for Hemp Businesses - UPDATED

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What is Texas Senate Bill 3? As it stands, current Texas law permits hemp-derived products with less than 0.3% THC content, which are widely available at more than 8,000 locations throughout the state. In comparison to a...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

OFCCP invites contractors to disclose efforts to wrap up EO 11246 compliance

File under “thanks, but no thanks.” In an open letter to contractors, Catherine Eschbach, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, offers contractors the opportunity to explain how they have wound...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

German Accessibility Act Comes into Force

Individuals with disabilities face numerous challenges when accessing digital services and products, encountering significant barriers in their daily lives. The German Accessibility Act (Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz,...more

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