Our recent Client Alert discusses that last week, a Texas federal district court judge in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., No. 4:24-cv-00478 (E.D. Tex., Dec. 3, 2024) issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 5 – Cannabis Chronicles
In the fifth episode of our 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Nick Ramos is joined by Jean Smith-Gonnell, the leader of the firm’s Cannabis Industry practice to discuss significant regulatory updates in the cannabis industry from 2024 and the potential impacts of the recent election on the industry in 2025.
Potential State-Centric Marijuana Policy in the 119th Congress
With power changing hands in Washington, D.C., what can marijuana industry members expect from the 119th Congress? Two GOP proposals from the 118th Congress may foreshadow the likely path for federal marijuana legalization. These bills — the “States Reform Act of 2023” and the “Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES)
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 4 – A Focus on the FCA
In the fourth episode of our 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Dan Waltz is joined by colleague Amy Williams, a partner at Troutman Pepper, and Allison O’Neil, co-chair of Locke Lord’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice group. They dive into recent enforcement actions under the False Claims Act (FCA) at both federal
FinCEN Concedes Temporary Stay Regarding CTA Compliance and Enforcement
FinCEN has posted the following on its website in light of a recent litigation outcome regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) in the Eastern District of Texas. As we have blogged, and as the below notes, other federal district courts have reached opposite conclusions. Also, the Eleventh Circuit still needs to rule on
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 3 – State AG Oversight in the Health Care Industry
In the third episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Chris Carlson is joined by Barry Boise, a seasoned partner in Troutman Pepper’s Health Sciences Litigation practice group, to explore the increasing oversight of the health care industry by state attorneys generals (AGs) in 2024 and what to anticipate in 2025.
New Jersey’s Updated Sports Betting Policy for Combative Sports
Fifth Circuit Rejects OFAC Designation of Tornado Cash Immutable Smart Contracts
In a closely watched and complicated case, Van Loon et al. v. Dep’t of the Treasury et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) cannot sanction Tornado Cash, “an open-source, crypto-transactions software protocol that facilitates anonymous transactions by obfuscating the origins and destinations
Event Alert: Wilson Sonsini’s MCLE Days, December 12, January 17 and 23
Wilson Sonsini is pleased to offer MCLE Days, a newly expanded programming to meet your MCLE requirements. The first of our three MCLE Days will be held Thursday, December 12, 2024, at the Sheraton Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California (details below), and will also be available virtually. Register for this event here. The
November 2024 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: GAO Reminds Agencies that They Must Consider the Impact of a Corporate Transaction When Evaluating Proposals
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a summary of the most notable bid protest sustain decision each month. Below, Crowell Consultant Cherie Owen discusses DecisionPoint Corporation- fka Emesec Inc., in which