Daily Compliance News: December 20, 2024 – The First Post-Wirecard Client Edition
Classroom Insiders, Season 2 – A Deep Dive into Panuwat and Shadow Insider Trading
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 42 – The Holiday Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 60 - The Evolution of Fintech: Asia, The US and the Implications for Inclusion with Theodora Lau
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 57 - A Path to Financial Inclusion Through Technology with Eelee Lua
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 58 - The AI-fication of Jobs with Huy Nguyen Trieu
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 59 - Four Decades Fighting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery – A Diplomat Reflects with Matt Friedman
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 11 – State AGs on the Antitrust Frontline — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Daily Compliance News: December 19, 2024 - The Prison Labor Edition
TechLaw10: Online Fraud & How to Stop It
Compliance into the Weeds: NRA Governance Reforms: A Compliance Case Study
The Hill Country Podcast: Behind the Scenes at Kerrville Daily Times with John Wells
Great Women in Compliance – Holiday GWIC-tacular
Daily Compliance News: December 18, 2024 – The Turn Your Knife on Yourself Edition
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 9 - Trends in the Tobacco Industry — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Daily Compliance News: December 17, 2024 – The Extraordinary Circumstances Edition
SBR-Author’s Podcast – Exploring Storytelling with James Jennings
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 146, The Holiday Edition
Innovation in Compliance – Boosting Corporate Culture Through Engagement with Stephan Poschik
All Things Investigations: Mike Huneke on Navigating Uncharted Waters: Compliance Strategy in a Changing Administration
The HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a Special Fraud Alert to inform health care professionals (“providers”) and Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) about the OIG’s view of potentially abusive marketing...more
In addition to a myriad of issues to consider during M&A transactions, parties should conduct due diligence related to US trade regulations and the often-related foreign investment regulations that arise in the context of an...more
On Dec. 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the withdrawal of their decades-old guidelines regarding collaboration among competitors. The...more
On Dec. 17, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule on junk fees entitled “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees” which will become effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. This rulemaking process...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently settled complaints against two data brokers over their handling of consumers’ sensitive location information. The agency alleged that such practices constitute unfair practices. Under the...more
The former head of the European Central Bank is proposing a significant recalibration of EU competition enforcement in a bid to boost the European economy. The focus now is on whether his plans will be implemented. For...more
With Bitcoin hitting record highs and breaking a barrier long seen as aspirational, and with a new administration making key appointments, the year is ending with much excitement and momentum for the digital assets industry....more
In a landmark decision, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Local Division Mannheim set standards for enforcing standard essential patents (SEPs) and for negotiating fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licenses under...more
In 2010, the so-called “Flash Crash” of the U.S. stock market brought the overlooked practice of high-frequency trading into the spotlight for the first time. Initial efforts to study and curtail the practice, including a...more
Deemed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the newest watershed technological development of the 21st century, as evidenced by its near ubiquity in discussions of everything from how...more
M&A practitioners anticipate a ‘Trump bump’ - The scale of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election – and the fact the Republicans now have full control of Congress – has been greeted with optimism by U.S....more
California amends Prop 65 short-form warnings. California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has announced long-expected new amendments to its Prop 65 short-form warning requirements. ...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently finalized its “Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions Rule,” introducing sweeping changes to how overdraft credit is structured and regulated for the...more
On December 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice unexpectedly withdrew the 2000 Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (Collaboration Guidelines)....more
On December 18, 2024, the American Active Anode Material Producers, an ad hoc trade association of domestic manufacturers, filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade Commission...more
Antitrust enforcers and private plaintiffs over the past few years have pursued increasingly aggressive theories of liability based on information exchange and the use of algorithmic pricing and revenue management software....more
A recent decision from the United States District Court underscores the antitrust risks of non-solicitation clauses in service agreements. In St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center v. American Anesthesiology of Syracuse, P.C. et...more
On December 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) jointly announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division have announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (the Collaboration Guidelines). While...more
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul and the FTC have settled with Grubhub Inc. and Grubhub Holdings Inc. (collectively, “Grubhub”) to resolve allegations that it engaged in deceptive business practices that harmed customers, food...more
On December 17, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new rule requiring “timely, transparent, and truthful” upfront disclosures of pricing information to consumers of: Live-event tickets, which is not defined...more
Our International Trade & Regulatory Group discusses the latest U.S. export controls on China’s advanced computing, supercomputer, and semiconductor sectors....more
On December 10, a federal court in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons, which would have been the largest supermarket merger in US history (Albertsons...more
In parallel, same-day rulings, a federal and state court blocked The Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion proposed acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc., relying on traditional antitrust analysis and evidence of...more
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin has appointed David Reichenberg as his Antitrust Section Chief. Reichenberg was previously a partner in several law firms, including Cozen O’Connor, where he advised on the antitrust...more