On June 17, 2010, the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Health & Human Services, and Labor issued an interim final regulation detailing changes that will -- or will not -- cause an employer’s group health benefit plan to lose its "grandfathered plan" status.

In 2005, CAFA was enacted to assure fair and prompt recoveries for class members with legitimate claims, restore the intent of the framers of the United States Constitution by providing for Federal court consideration of interstate cases of national importance under diversity jurisdiction, and benefit society by encouraging innovation and lowering consumer prices.

Arbitration emerged as a mainstream form of dispute resolution because many litigants were fed up with the cost and time of traditional litigation.

The 2026 proxy season is expected to bring meaningful developments that have the potential to reshape how companies approach the proxy process.

Tax executives face material transactions that cannot wait for litigation to resolve interpretive uncertainty. This practical guide explores four critical IRS mechanisms—prefiling agreements, closing agreements, private letter rulings, and tax opinions—that provide varying levels of certainty for managing tax exposure before issues reach examination. Through conversations between controversy and transactional practitioners, discover when and how to deploy these tools along the continuum from inf

The Fourth Circuit will consider a critical issue for False Claims Act (FCA) defendants—whether an objectively reasonable interpretation of a statute or regulation, even if erroneous, is a defense...

One of the most basic questions under the False Claims Act—what facts a relator must plead to state a claim—is also one of the most difficult to answer.

Federal court litigation can be a regular occurrence for many organizations. Often, litigants invest the bulk of their time and resources in managing discovery, developing experts and setting up cases for summary judgment.

The passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Bill") represents the most ambitious and thorough regulatory reform of the laws governing the financial industry since the Great Depression. The Bill touches every domestic financial entity and affects most foreign financial entities.

MODERATOR: What are the most cost-effective means of protecting a company’s trademark? GAMBREL: Most business owners are aware that it is possible to register a trademark, either on the state or the federal level. Federal registration is the most cost-effective way of protecting a trademark.

Regulators have addressed market manipulation with Rule 10b-5 since its promulgation under the Securities Exchange Act in 1942.

In a defendant-friendly opinion, a split panel held that conduct based on an "objectively reasonable" reading of an ambiguous statute, absent contrary circuit court precedent or agency guidance, cannot constitute "knowing" misconduct under the False Claims Act.

With this year fast coming to a close, there may be notices, plan amendments and/or administrative changes that should be completed as the new year approaches.

Environmental laws affect a company’s business operations at nearly every level. Following the 2010 election, most pundits agree that change is in the air. In Ohio, will that change extend to environmental regulation? Will it have a positive impact on Ohio businesses?

High-ranking officials within the Obama administration have made it clear that investigating and prosecuting public corruption is a top enforcement priority.

Each year the U.S. Department of State ("DOS") runs a lottery program that encourages "seed" immigration from countries that have been under-represented in recent immigration trends.