On Friday, February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against key provisions of executive orders issued by President Trump that are aimed at curtailing the...more
This is the fifth in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
I. Scope of Executive Order 14173 -
Executive Order 14173, issued on January 21, 2025, aims to end illegal discrimination and restore merit-based opportunities by ceasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies,...more
2/5/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
This is the fifth in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
On his first two days in office, President Trump issued a handful of executive orders aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and policies within the federal government and encouraged the private...more
1/30/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
OMB ,
Trump Administration
We kick off our annual Year in Preview series with a comprehensive look at health care fraud enforcement in 2025. This post proceeds in three parts. First, we explore what the second Trump administration might bring, looking...more
1/13/2025
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the final post in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year...
Politicians in Republican-led states have painted a target on environmental,...more
4/23/2024
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Asset Management ,
BlackRock ,
Business Litigation ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fund Managers ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investigations ,
Investment ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Tennessee ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the eighth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year...
It is not often that we can say that a federal fraud statute had a blockbuster...more
3/29/2024
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SCOTUS ,
United States ex rel Polansky v Executive Health Resources Inc ,
US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc ,
White Collar Crimes
As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules...more
8/21/2023
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Human Capital ,
National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
New Rules ,
Regulation S-X ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
West Virginia v EPA
As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules...more
8/16/2023
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Sustainability
This is the first in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: criminal tax enforcement.
The False Claims Act (or “FCA”) continued to drive significant enforcement...more
2/14/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes