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Washington State Enacts Sweeping Ban on Noncompete Agreements
1+ week, 5+ day ago (193+ words) Washington has joined the growing list of states that ban almost all employee noncompete agreements....
DC Heads to the Polls for Consequential 2026 Elections
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (331+ words) With the release of the DC Board of Elections" (DCBOE) official ballot for the 2026 District party primaries on June 16, the field is now set for one of the District"s most consequential local elections in the 50 years since Home'Rule. The…...
What You Should Know About ISSB's Practice Statement on Nature'Related Disclosures
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (587+ words) Sustainability reports have become a routine part of corporate disclosures for many US companies, even though no single federal law requires'them. In practice, these reports are widely used by investors, lenders, customers, insurers, and business partners to evaluate how companies…...
DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division Announces Over $340 Million in Fraud Actions in One Week
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (29+ words) Arent Fox Schiff Read the DOJ's press release here. All Insights from Investigations Blog...
FTC Signals Intensified Enforcement Across the Health Care and Life Sciences Industries
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (449+ words) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is signaling that health care and life sciences companies should expect heightened regulatory scrutiny related to consumer protection and'competition. The Task Force will support the broader mission of the FTC to enforce the consumer protection…...
White House Executive Order Signals Major Policy Shift on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (256+ words) On April 18, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) directing multiple federal agencies to accelerate research and expand access to psychedelic drugs as potential treatments for serious mental health conditions. The EO represents a notable shift in federal policy toward…...
Annual Professional Advisor Seminar
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (155+ words) Arent Fox Schiff Annual Professional Advisor Seminar AFS Partner Lauren Wolven will be a panelist at the WTTW | WFMT Annual Professional Advisor Seminar, sponsored by Northern Trust, in Chicago on June 17, 2026. Lauren will serve as a speaker for "Paying It…...
Diagnostics and Laboratory Services: Enforcement Trends and Practical Safeguards
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (366+ words) Health care enforcement targeting diagnostic and laboratory services accelerated in 2025 and shows no signs of slowing down in2026. The US Department of Justice's record-setting 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, for example, reported that 49 defendants were charged in connection with the submission…...
SDNY vs. DOJ: Competing Corporate Enforcement Policies
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (523+ words) On April 14, Jay Clayton, US attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), made headlines when he announced that the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy did not supersede the SDNY Corporate Enforcement'Policy. According…...
First Mover Advantage: How New Rule 16. 1 Rewards the Prepared in Multidistrict Litigation
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (627+ words) Imagine you are about to enter a sprawling, complex product liability multidistrict litigation (MDL) " on either side of the "v." Hundreds of parties, a mountain of discovery, and years of litigation loom ahead. What if you could shape the case's trajectory from…...