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March 21, 2025
Treasury Lifts Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash
The U.S. Department of the Treasury said Friday that it has removed U.S. government sanctions against cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, ending the Biden-era blacklisting after the Fifth Circuit said last year that key code underpinning the service wasn't sanctionable.
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March 21, 2025
CFPB Says Comerica Trying To Forestall Agency Suit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a Texas federal judge on Friday that Comerica Bank was merely trying to use a lawsuit against the agency to forestall an enforcement action over the bank's handling of a government benefit card program.
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March 21, 2025
Dems Call On Trump To Reinstate Axed FTC Commissioners
A pair of top House Democrats called on President Donald Trump on Friday to reinstate the fired Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission because their firing was a "clear violation of the law."
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March 21, 2025
Boutique Firm Accuses IRS Of Illegally Enforcing Payroll Tax
A consumer-protection boutique law firm accused the IRS of illegally enforcing payroll taxes while delaying the processing of pandemic-era employee retention tax credits, which the firm claimed would have helped with compliance, according to a complaint in Connecticut federal court.
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March 21, 2025
Ex-UBS North America CEO Agrees To $4.9M FBAR Judgment
The former North American CEO for Swiss bank UBS on Friday agreed to a $4.9 million judgment to end claims that he failed to file timely or accurate foreign bank account reports with the Internal Revenue Service between 2003 and 2013.
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March 21, 2025
Fed Defends Swipe Fee Cap Against Ky. Pizzeria's Challenge
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday asked a Kentucky federal judge to uphold its existing cap on debit card swipe fees, defending the regulatory measure's substantive and procedural merits in a suit brought by a family-owned pizza shop operating in the state.
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March 21, 2025
DOJ Seeks To DQ Judge From Perkins Coie's Exec Order Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice moved Friday to disqualify the D.C. federal judge presiding over Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its political representation.
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March 21, 2025
Ga. Law Firm Hit With Telemarketing Calls Class Action
An Illinois man is suing Kaila & Solomon Law Group LLC, which does business as Guardian Law, and marketing company ClicTree LLC in federal court, alleging they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making unsolicited telemarketing calls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry.
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March 21, 2025
No Suspension Pause For Ex-Alex Jones Atty, Ethics Boss Says
A former Alex Jones attorney's two-week suspension from practicing law in Connecticut should not be halted amid an impending appeal, but he should get credit for a previous weeklong suspension he served over the same mishandling of confidential information about family members of Sandy Hook shooting victims, the state's chief legal ethics official said in a new filing.
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March 21, 2025
DC Circ. Won't Let Apple Intervene For Google Search Fix Trial
A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday rejected Apple's appeal seeking to participate in the remedy trial for the U.S. Department of Justice's search monopolization case against Google next month.
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March 21, 2025
Credit Unions Denied Class Cert. In NY Rate Cut Suit
A trio of Western New York credit unions can't get certification for a class of state court consumer debt judgment holders after a lengthy "abusive and tactical" delay in filing their certification bid in a suit over a state law aimed at decreasing the default interest rate for such judgments, a Manhattan federal judge found.
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March 21, 2025
Idaho Hospital Wins Reprieve From State Abortion Ban
Idaho's near-total abortion ban "must yield" to a federal requirement that doctors provide emergency abortions for pregnant women facing severe injuries, an Idaho federal judge ruled Thursday.
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March 20, 2025
Trump Rescinds Paul Weiss Order After Firm Strikes Deal
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will rescind an executive order suspending security clearances held by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP employees after the law firm agreed to not adopt DEI hiring practices and to provide $40 million worth of pro bono services to support administration initiatives.
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March 20, 2025
Musk Gets Summons In Tardy Twitter Stock Disclosure Row
Elon Musk received a court summons last week for a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing the billionaire of failing to timely disclose his purchases of Twitter stock ahead of his $44 billion acquisition in 2022, according to a return of service filed Thursday in D.C. federal court.
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March 20, 2025
OCC Says It Will Stop Examining Banks For Reputation Risk
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Thursday that it will no longer examine banks for reputation risk, adopting a policy change that some Republican lawmakers want to require for all federal banking regulators to help curb so-called debanking.
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March 20, 2025
Nippon Calls Consumer Suit Over US Steel Merger 'Baseless'
Nippon Steel Corp. has urged a California federal court to throw out a consumer suit over its blocked $14.9 billion merger with U.S. Steel Corp., calling it yet another "in a long line of baseless lawsuits" over a merger of public companies that they have "no standing to challenge in the first place."
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March 20, 2025
Iowa Adviser To Pay $15M Over SEC Conflict Claims
An Iowa-based adviser has been ordered to pay $15 million over claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it invested client assets in funds that benefited an affiliated broker-dealer instead of lower-cost alternatives, without disclosing its conflicts of interest.
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March 20, 2025
SEC Steps Back From Crypto Mining In Staff Statement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance said Thursday that certain crypto mining activities are beyond the agency's purview, but the commission's lone Democrat warned against interpreting the statement as a "wholesale exemption for mining."
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March 20, 2025
Sequoia Capital Rallies For Musk's $56B Tesla Pay Appeal
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital Operations on Tuesday asked the Delaware Supreme Court for permission to back Elon Musk's appeal aimed at a Court of Chancery decision that had short-circuited the electric car company's 10-year, $55.6 billion compensation plan for the CEO.
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March 20, 2025
NTSB Says Maryland Didn't Track Risks Of Key Bridge Collapse
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday that 68 bridges in 19 states be evaluated for risk of collapse in the event of a vessel strike, and found that Maryland officials failed to adequately calculate vulnerabilities in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge well before its collapse last year.
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March 20, 2025
3 Firms Win Lead Plaintiff Spot In Boeing Chancery Case
Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP got the nod Thursday to pursue potentially massive damages in a Delaware Court of Chancery derivative suit on behalf of The Boeing Co. arising from a string of plane crashes and oversight failures.
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March 20, 2025
FTC Asks 8th Circ. To Nix Click-To-Cancel Rule Challenges
The Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission isn't planning an about-face on the "click-to-cancel" rule debuted last year under the Biden administration, at least according to a recent filing asking the Eighth Circuit to dismiss a petition challenging the rule.
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March 20, 2025
Hesai Says DOD's View On 'Chinese Military Co.' Too Broad
The legal team representing a Shanghai-based manufacturer of lidar products urged a D.C. federal judge to remove the company from the U.S. Department of Defense's list of "Chinese military companies," saying the department's definition of the term is so expansive it could apply to almost any company in China.
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March 20, 2025
Utah High Court Leaves Youth Climate Claims Down For Now
The Utah Supreme Court on Thursday found that a group of youths hasn't shown it has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against the state over its energy policies that allegedly contribute to climate change.
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March 20, 2025
Ore. City Can License Channels For Public Safety System
A small town nestled in the northwestern part of Oregon will be allowed to license four business channels for public safety and first responder communications, the Federal Communications Commission has said.
Expert Analysis
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10 Practical Takeaways From FDA's Biopharma AI Guidance
Recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides much-needed guidance on the usage of artificial intelligence in producing information to support regulatory decision-making regarding drug safety, with implications ranging from life cycle maintenance to AI tool acquisition, say attorneys at Covington.
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Making The Opportunity Zones Program Great At Last
As the opportunity zone program approaches its expiration, the Republican-led government could take specific steps to extend and improve the program, address its structural flaws, encourage broader participation and enable it to live up to its promised outcomes, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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What Rodney Hood's OCC Stint Could Mean For Banking
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood's time at the helm of the OCC, while temporary, is likely to feature clarity for financial institutions navigating regulations, the development of fintech innovation, and clearer expectations for counsel advising on related matters, say attorneys at Vedder Price.
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Opinion
We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment
As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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4 Actions For Cos. As SEC Rebrands Cyber Enforcement Units
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signals its changing enforcement priorities by retooling a Biden-era crypto-asset and cybersecurity enforcement unit into a task force against artificial-intelligence-powered hacks and online investing fraud, financial institutions and technology companies should adapt by considering four key points, say attorneys at Troutman.
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High Court Water Permit Ruling Lacks Specificity
The enforcement impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in San Francisco v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may not be significant, because while the ruling makes clear that certain water permit provisions must instruct permittees on how to achieve stated goals, it doesn’t clarify the level of necessary instruction, says Daniel Deeb at ArentFox Schiff.
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What To Know About NAIC's Risk-Based Capital Task Force
Attorneys at Debevoise outline key details of the Risk-Based Capital Model Governance Task Force, which was recently launched by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, including the task force's objectives, and potential implications for insurers and their investment strategies.
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A Path Forward For Employers, Regardless Of DEI Stance
Whether a company views the Trump administration's executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs as a win or a loss, the change rearranges the employment hazards companies face, but not the non-DEI and nondiscriminatory economic incentive to seek the best workers, says Daniel S. Levy at Advanced Analytical Consulting Group.
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Mitigating The Risk Of Interacting With A Designated Cartel
There are steps companies doing business in Latin America should take to mitigate risks associated with the Trump administration's designation of several cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and the terrorism statute's material-support provisions, which may render seemingly legitimate transactions criminal, say attorneys at Covington.
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How Health Cos. Can Navigate Data Security Regulation Limbo
Despite the Trump administration's freeze on proposed updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act security rule, there are critical cybersecurity steps healthcare organizations can take now without clear federal guidance, says William Li at Axiom.
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Opinion
Firms Must Speak Up After Trump Orders: An Associate's View
Rachel Cohen at Skadden discusses why she is helping to organize a movement of BigLaw associates urging their firms to stand up for the rule of law after the Trump administration’s moves against Covington, Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss.
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Preparing For Tariffs On Canadian Power In The Northeast
The on-again, off-again risk of import and export tariffs on energy transactions between the U.S. and Canada may have repercussions for U.S. energy stakeholders in the ISO New England and New York Independent System Operator electricity markets — but there are options that could help reduce cost impacts, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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New SEC Guidance May Change How Investors, Cos. Talk
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent updates to the Schedules 13D and G compliance and disclosure interpretations may mean large institutional investors substantially curtail the feedback they provide companies about their voting intentions in connection with shareholder meetings, which could result in negative voting outcomes for companies, say attorneys at Cleary.
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4 Key Payments Trends For White Collar Attys
As the payments landscape continues to innovate and the new administration looks to expand the role of digital currency in the American economy, white collar practitioners should be aware of several key issues in this space, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Series
Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.