Under the Biden Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA" or the "Agency") has announced the advancement of environmental justice and civil rights as an Agency goal.

On April 6, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to publish its proposed Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air...

On February 1, 2022, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Civil Division, Brian M. Boynton, announced that the Civil Division recovered over $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act ...

On April 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit addressed the application of the statute of limitations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act...

The German competition authority (Bundeskartellamt) has found that seven insurance companies participated in a price-fixing cartel and imposed fines totaling more than €20 million against the companies and their directors.

This month the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana denied Community Health Network's motion to dismiss the United States' complaint-in-intervention alleging that Community submitted false claims ...

A court in the District of Maryland again dismissed a declined qui tam action in which the relator, a bariatric surgeon, alleged that two medical device companies violated the AKS by providing surgeons...

On December 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is considering a rulemaking on commercial Artificial Intelligence (AI).

On 13 September 2017, the European Commission presented its draft work program for the next sixteen months up to the end of 2018.

As part of its continued focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added four PFAS substances to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...

On February 8, 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan announced the appointment of Robin Morris Collin as Senior Advisor of Environmental Justice to the Administrator.

The European Commission recently proposed a new EU Regulation concerning so-called advanced therapy medicinal products. The proposed legislation establishes specific rules concerning the authorization, supervision and pharmacovigilance of advanced therapy medicinal products.

On April 14, 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) released an Equity Action Plan, in accordance with Executive Order 13985, which directs EPA and other federal agencies to develop a plan...

Executive Order 13990 mandated that IWG publish estimates of the monetized damages associated with incremental increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

With the rise of social media, the FTC is concerned that consumers cannot differentiate between authentic content and advertising.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently issued an opinion that could have far-reaching impacts on the Title V air permit operating program and the enforcement of clean air laws and regulations in general.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that a controversial Directive on food supplements remains valid.

The U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a Final Rule regarding implementing regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on Wednesday, April 20.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to reclassify the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), a bat species found in 38 U.S. states or territories...

On January 21, 2022, the First Circuit affirmed the government's request for dismissal of a whistleblower complaint alleging that several pharmaceutical companies had colluded to defraud Medicare Part D.