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The federal Judicial Branch no longer has funds to sustain full operations, the U.S. Courts system has announced.

In March, we wrote about the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issuing a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) aimed to combat Mexican-based drug cartels.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released an updated Public Housing Procurement Handbook...

A California federal court denied class certification in a privacy lawsuit against Magnite's cookie-based advertising platform, finding fatal flaws in the plaintiffs' ability to demonstrate classwide harm and identify class members. The decision highlights critical defenses available to companies facing tracking technology litigation, particularly around individualized consent issues and pseudonymous data collection.

You should consult with legal counsel for assistance to determine whether, and how, HIPAA may impact your workplace and what other steps should be taken.

On January 20, 2026, the Congressional appropriations committees released a bipartisan, bicameral funding package...

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Across the United States, empty office buildings have become a common sight. According to Moody's Analytics, office vacancies are at their highest since the 1990s.

The International Maritime Organization ("IMO") Maritime Safety Committee ("MSC") convened November 2 – 11, 2022, to consider important amendments to the Convention...

Despite the disruption of vessel trade caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea continued to plague shipping interests in 2020.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, many West Coast states passed laws that encouraged employees to freely discuss workplace sexual harassment and forbid employers from stopping this speech.

An issue with the two proposals is that if adopted as proposed there would be a group of loans that could not qualify for the GSE Patch or the new general QM.

In a unanimous decision, the Washington Supreme Court has held that a city's termination of a public works contractor partway through construction was a termination for convenience...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced it will stop publishing consumer complaint narratives and data visualizations in its public database, marking a significant shift in how the agency shares complaint information. The Bureau cites concerns about unverified allegations, potential for misleading information, and unnecessary reputational harm to companies as key reasons for this policy change.

A Maine federal district court ruled that that two 2019 amendments to Maine's credit reporting law are preempted by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and granted the motion for judgment filed by the plaintiff, the CDIA.

President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach, an Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as CFPB director.

The cruise ship industry has been subject to dozens of lawsuits in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These folks make for fun – if occasionally zany – clients.