If you thought your company's collection of email address, IP address, zip code, birth date, or cookie data was too mundane to catch the federal government's attention – think again. Effective April 8, 2025, a new DOJ final rule…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Privacy
What's New? On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an $800,000 settlement with a large Florida-based health care provider over potential violations of the HIPAA…
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/ Privacy, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
In today's digital landscape, many human resources departments are expected to understand many evolving areas including AI, privacy, and cybersecurity. This hour-long overview examines the numerous considerations for HR…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Department of Treasury announced a forthcoming Fast Track Pilot Program where foreign investors can register to streamline compliance with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The goal of the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
Virginia Governor Youngkin signed House Bill 2269 and Senate Bill 1260 into law on March 24, 2025. These identical bills amend Virginia Code § 32.1-127, which regulates medical care facilities and services. Effective July 1,…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
In a one-sentence, 4-to-4 per curiam decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Oklahoma Supreme Court's ruling that approval of a religious school's participation in the state's charter school program would violate the…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
On May 28, 2025, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) does not give the President authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
If a defendant uses material misrepresentations to induce a party to enter a contract, but does not economically harm the induced party, has the defendant committed fraud? The Supreme Court has decided: Yes. On May 22, 2025,…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Government Contracting
In our prior client alert, we examined the growing risk that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would deploy the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue entities that receive federal funds and operate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The Data Security Program (DSP), implemented by the Department of Justice's National Security Division (DOJ/NSD) under Executive Order 14117 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States…
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/ Health, International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In the chaos following a cyberattack, forensic reports are often pulled together under intense pressure and can assist companies in responding to and remediating the incident. However, if you're not careful, these reports might…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 12, 2025, a strategy shift in its approach to white collar enforcement, identifying specific high-impact areas of focus; an expansion of whistleblower and self-disclosure…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
Aging Baby Boomers are bringing higher-than-ever demand to the seniors housing market, and prudent developers are looking to build additional facilities now. This significant and immediate need for additional seniors housing…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Effective July 1, 2025, Tennessee enters the national privacy conversation with the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA), becoming the latest state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. However, this isn't…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Privacy
I. Introduction - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule on April 11, 2025, for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) fiscal year (FY) 2026 update (the proposed…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
