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RESOURCES: EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS, AND LITIGATION

By Carol L. O’Riordan

The challenge of understanding the impact of changes is second only to the challenge of identifying those changes and their status. The information below is intended to assist in the...

DOJ WILL NO LONGER DEFEND CHALLENGES TO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF CERTAIN BI-PARTISAN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris informed Sen. Dick Durbin, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, that the Solicitor General’s office will no longer defend the constitutionality of multi-member bi-partisan...

DOJ’S FOCUS ON FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT ENFORCEMENT RETOOLED

Two recent actions combine to signal an overhaul of the executive branch’s long-standing policy toward the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): (1) The issuance of the new...

ALERT: FRAUD SCHEMES AROUND BOI REQUIREMENTS

The Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has learned of fraudulent attempts to solicit information from individuals and entities who may be subject to rereporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act...

SMALL BUSINESS: CTA BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING STILL UNSETTLED

On December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit restored the nationwide preliminary injunction that had been issued by the U.S. District Court for the...

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS: PREPARATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Unless Congress can put together and pass a funding bill (and it looks increasingly unlikely that it will), the Federal shutdown is slated to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday,...