Preparing your labor force for Trump 2.0? Start with employee audits.

Employers can expect heavy scrutiny of workers’ immigration status, worksite inspections and likely changes to U.S. visa programs.

Grubhub to pay $25M in FTC settlement

The Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General alleged the company deceived customers with junk fees and added restaurants to the platform without permission.

Ironclad’s new GC on career changes and how AI will make lawyers better

Jasmine Singh, who traded Big Law for in-house counsel work, shares tips on doing your workplace diligence and why generative AI will improve legal practice.

In M&A, it’s possible for a GC to be too good

Getting everything you want in negotiations isn’t optimal if it leaves the other side – your future colleagues – feeling defeated, the CLO of a strategic acquirer says.

Trade groups sue CFPB over overdraft rule

It took only one day for trade groups and banks to take legal action against the financial watchdog, which announced its overdraft rule Thursday.

BD to pay $175M to settle charges of misleading investors on Alaris pump

BD will pay a civil penalty to resolve charges it misled investors about risks associated with sales of its Alaris infusion pump, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.

FTC cracks down on junk fees

The bipartisan Junk Fees Rule takes aim at “bait-and-switch pricing” for lodging, as well as live-ticket events.

Former OpenAI training employee dead in apparent suicide

The ChatGPT researcher had publicly expressed concerns about fair use for AI model training and might have played a witness role in copyright lawsuit.

Texas AG sues 3M, DuPont over PFAS-linked products

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged that the companies marketed products containing the forever chemicals as safe, despite knowing of potential harms for over 50 years.

4 not-so-nice holiday compliance pitfalls for HR to avoid

Employers should think through how to handle inappropriate gifts, alcohol and workplace decorations in advance, attorney Jonathan Segal said.

Handling linked content while courts and agencies differ over standards

Given the lack of agreement on how dynamic content should be treated in discovery and for compliance purposes, legal teams should develop workflows for preserving and managing the content internally.  

Trademark tussle raises corporate autonomy questions

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide if a $43-million infringement award under the Lanham Act wrongly included the profits of non-party corporate affiliates.

How your contracts can improve procurement and risk controls

Legal teams that support procurement need to ensure that vendors' focus is on their customer — your company — according to an expert seminar.

Judge blocks rule strengthening protections for temporary farmworkers nationwide

The regulation, which grants organizing and safety protections to H-2A visa holders, had already been overturned in a number of states.

Appeals court rejects Nasdaq effort to boost director diversity

The Fifth Circuit found that the Securities Exchange Act doesn’t allow a stock exchange to require listed companies to report directors’ race and gender.

SEC charges former Comtech CEO with insider trading

The charges against Ken Peterman are just the latest initiative by what, in some respects, has been the most aggressive SEC enforcement division on record.

New bipartisan legislation would force insurers, PBMs to sell pharmacy businesses

The PBM Act would make companies like CVS and UnitedHealth that own health insurers or PBMs sell pharmacy assets. That would help independent pharmacies, but may not help patients, according to one expert.

Compliance ranking tags Singapore as easiest, North America least costly

The Asian city-state was most efficient and reasonably priced in 2024, followed by the U.K. and Australia, while Brazil and the UAE ranked low, according to a Mercator report.

California to ease enforcement action on climate rules for first year of reporting

The California Air Resources Board said it would “not take enforcement action” on entities subject to Senate Bill 253 for incomplete reporting during the first reporting cycle due 2026.

Justices could scale back environmental law in NEPA case

The National Environmental Policy Act has become an important tool for obstruction by certain groups, one veteran appellate advocate told Legal Dive.

FTC plots new course on antitrust, Big Tech under Trump nominees

Current commissioner Andrew Ferguson will become chair under Trump and Mark Meador, a former Senate counsel, will join the commission.

Ex-TD employee charged in money laundering case

Leonardo Ayala, 24, issued dozens of debit cards linked to accounts opened by another TD employee in the names of shell companies, and received bribes for that work, the Justice Department alleged.

Albertsons sues Kroger over failed merger

Albertsons has terminated the merger agreement, alleging Kroger did not offer an adequate divestiture package and repeatedly ignored regulators’ concerns.

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Deputy GC is becoming a key Microsoft communicator

Rima Alaily is using public communications to position the world’s third-largest company as a champion of transparency.

SCOTUS weighs fraud claim involving racial preferences

Lying during a bid process to evade a government agency’s disadvantaged business enterprise program did not merit a fraud conviction, an attorney for the defendants told the justices.