Administrative

First Circuit Adopts “But For” AKS Standard, Leaving Third Circuit Alone in Causal-Link StandardCMS Nearly Doubles Prior Stark Self-Disclosure Dollar Record in 2024Fourth Circuit Upholds OIG Advisory Opinion Process

Class Action & Mass Torts

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Townstone Financial, Inc.Second Circuit Strikes Down Attempted Bankruptcy Contempt Proceedings In Class ContextNinth Circuit Reverses Award of Attorneys’ Fees More than 30 Times Greater than Amount Received by Class Members

Corporate & Commercial

Another Fintech Company Acquires a National Bank Charter through MergerRestoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement – The White HouseEurope Steps Up as U.S. Pauses FCPA Enforcement: What Companies Need to Know About the New International Anti-Corruption Taskforce

Featured

Up-and-Coming Women in PE to Know: Pooja Goel

Financial

Another Fintech Company Acquires a National Bank Charter through MergerPonzi Perspectives: 2024 Year-End RoundupAmerica’s Aging Dams and Other Infrastructure is an Urgent Insurance Coverage Issue

Health Care

Has the Reset Really Hurt Healthcare M&A? With Diwakar SinhaHealthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Ampersand Invests in Lexington MedicalLinden Closes New Fund With $5.4 Billion

Insurance

America’s Aging Dams and Other Infrastructure is an Urgent Insurance Coverage IssueThe SEC’s Cybersecurity Incident, Governance, and Management Reporting Requirements: What you Need to Know to Avoid Cyber and D&O Coverage GapsXerox Obtains Important Pro-Policyholder Decision in New York’s First Department, Adopting Narrow Construction of “Arising From” Exclusions and Confirming That Insurers Who Show Indifference to Policyholders’ Rights May Be Liable for Bad Faith in New York

International

Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement – The White HouseEurope Steps Up as U.S. Pauses FCPA Enforcement: What Companies Need to Know About the New International Anti-Corruption TaskforceFifth Circuit Concurrence Adds Voice to FCA Constitutionality Questions

Privacy & Data Security

Businesses Beware:  The California Privacy Protection Agency Is Taking a Strict View on CCPA Compliance and Seeking to Impose Maximum Fines for Non-ComplianceCFPB Explores the Need for Greater Financial PrivacyHHS Proposed Rule May Enhance HIPAA Security but Leaves AI Questions Open

Technology

Another Fintech Company Acquires a National Bank Charter through MergerCalifornia Enacts New Bill to Strengthen Customer Protection on Automatic RenewalsCFPB Establishes New Obligations for Covered Nondepository Institutions Subject to Judicial or Administrative Enforcement Orders