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The IRS Fact Sheet 2025-08 reflects the Agency's decision maintaining the Form 1099-k reporting threshold at $20,000 and 200 transactions for 2025.

In September 2025, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced a $4.2 million settlement with the former CEO of True Health Diagnostics, LLC ("True Health"), Christopher Grottenthaler...

As telehealth companies continue to grow, many physicians and clinicians are classified as 1099 independent contractors—but under federal and state law...

On July 21, 2025, Farooq Khan was sentenced to 42 months in prison for participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $3.6 million in minor business loans under the Coronavirus Aid...

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts’ 2025 Dodd-Frank Report examines how the post-2008 financial regulatory landscape has performed under renewed stresses, such as bank failures and crypto-asset collapses.

On September 25, 2025, the Department of Justice published a press release announcing the creation of the Enforcement & Affirmative Litigation Branch (EALB).

On June 20, 2025, Stephanie Hockridge, founder of service provider Blueacorn, received a federal jury conviction in connection with her fraudulent applications to the Small Business Association's...

On January 1st, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced on X that the agency suspended "6,900 Minnesota borrowers" over suspected fraudulent activity regarding...

According to the EEOC's lawsuit filed on June 24, 2024, a Pita Pit restaurant in Sioux Falls violated federal law after firing an employee after she requested accommodations for pregnancy-related nausea.

A federal judge recently granted preliminary approval to a $4.9 million class settlement involving Cargill Meat Solutions workers who alleged unpaid overtime for time spent walking to time clocks and undergoing COVID-19 health screenings. This case highlights critical differences between federal and Pennsylvania state law regarding compensable work hours, particularly concerning preliminary activities performed on employer premises.

One of the most important bars that a potential copyright infringement lawsuit must overcome to be considered by a court is the test of substantial similarity.

On September 19, 2025, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced that Robert Desselle, a healthcare marketer from Sarasota, FL, was convicted on charges of fraudulently billing...

On July 24, 2024, OSHA issued a press release detailing several new programs intended to help employers comply with federal labor laws.

Businesses are required to determine whether individuals providing services are employees or independent contractors.

Window stickers, or Monroney labels, are federally mandated disclosures on new vehicles that provide critical pricing and specification information to car buyers. When these labels contain misleading or inaccurate information about safety features, fuel economy, or included options, manufacturers may face legal liability under consumer protection and false advertising laws.

In a 2-1 decision on Thursday, July 17, 2025, the Fourth Circuit upheld a $9 million judgment against the medical staffing firm Steadfast Medical Staffing ("Steadfast") for misclassifying more than 1,100 travel nurses...

On September 10, 2026, The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged a New Jersey fund operator and two companies he controls, alleging that they raised approximately $16 million from more than 200 unsophisticated investors through a Ponzi scheme beginning in January 2020. The complaint alleges misappropriation of more than $5.8 million for the operator’s personal use and Ponzi-like payments of approximately $6.6 million.

Two Florida men have been charged in a $34.8 million Medicare fraud scheme that exploited vulnerable beneficiaries and billed for medically unnecessary services.