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When confronted with defense arguments that the alleged misappropriation should have been discovered sooner with reasonable diligence and as such the claims were time-barred, the Eastern District of Virginia...

This alert summarizes recent developments regarding the District of Columbia's attempt to decouple its local tax laws from the federal One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (Public Law 119-21)...

On November 4, a federal judge from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the government to pay the relators' share of a settlement in connection with violations of the False Claims Act (FCA).

On March 26, President Trump signed a new executive order (EO) imposing mandatory anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) clauses in all federal contracts and subcontracts...

A three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently ruled that a disclaimer in a bus company’s employee handbook stating that management supported the employee’s individual right to choose whether to vote for or against union representation without influence or interference from management was insufficient to cure some overbroad rules in the handbook. First, Transit, Inc. 360 NLRB No. 72 (April 2, 2014).

On February 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the elimination of EPA's 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding and all subsequent federal GHG emission standards for vehicle model years 2012...

A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida recently convicted the owner of a marketing company for his role in a multiyear scheme to defraud Medicare...

As part of its recent rulemaking process, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a new exception to the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark Law)

After months of anticipation, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has issued its long-awaited opinion on the legality of the tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic...

The rapidly expanding consumer biomarker testing market — a major pillar of the longevity ecosystem — has produced its first major lawsuit between competitors.

The Department of Justice's ("DOJ") Fraud Section recently released a year-in-review report that shows the section's strong performance in 2020, despite challenges caused by the global pandemic.

Often times indenture trustees seek to sit on creditors committees in furtherance of their fiduciary duties to holders.

On September 16, 2014, a New York trial court (the New York Supreme Court) issued an important ruling for indenture trustees and assignees of indenture notes.

In the case of In re Lower Bucks Hospital, et al., the Third Circuit affirmed a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment on the plaintiff's trade secrets claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and Louisiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act (LUTSA)...

On October 25, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its 2024 Annual Report, which highlights significant trends and statistics in ICSID's...

Associations are walking antitrust risks, and plaintiffs and the government took their aim at a variety of association activity in 2013 — from dentists to music teachers, wire transfers to equines.

For the first time since 2009, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has sustained an opposition on the grounds that the applicant committed fraud on the USPTO.