Since the COVID-19 pandemic, remote depositions have gone from emergency workaround to everyday practice. Advocates praise remote depositions for their reduced costs, lessened travel, and increased flexibility, while ignoring the credibility concerns that arise when parties are not in person.
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its much-anticipated decision in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC and reversed the district court’s landmark ruling that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) qui tam provisions are unconstitutional.
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention did not take much of a summer vacation.
“Polluter pays” has intuitive political appeal. But the first federal merits ruling on a state climate-superfund statute shows the harder legal question: not whether climate-adaptation costs are real, but which institution has authority to allocate them.
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How does tax policy go from an idea to enacted law? In this episode of “Tax Stuff You Should Know,” hosts Bob Pluth and Gene Magidenko sit down with former US Congressman and longtime tax policy leader Phil English to explore the process behind tax legislation and what it means for taxpayers, businesses, and policymakers.
On July 31, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, affirmed the dismissal of a Proposition 65 enforcement action in Consumer Protection Group, LLC v. Signal Brands, LLC, holding that a prior consent judgment entered in a separate private enforcement action barred the subsequent suit under res judicata.
Oregon’s win in the first federal trial over a packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law is a practical warning to companies facing the spread of EPR programs: courts may not treat complexity, cost, or multi-state compliance burdens as sufficient grounds to invalidate these laws.
In this episode of Five Questions, Five Answers, Birgit Matthiesen, David R. Hamill, James Kim, and Antonio J. Rivera explore the complexities of tariffs, including stacking, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) implications, and enterprise risk management amidst global trade tensions.
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On August 26, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied all petitions for review challenging the portion of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 framework rule for new chemical reviews addressing how persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals (PBTs) are evaluated for exemptions from the premanufacture notice (PMN) process under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
If you use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to draft, edit, or proofread content, those tools may now leave invisible fingerprints in the text they produce. These fingerprints are not metadata or hidden characters but are embedded within the actual words of the textual output.
On August 17, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision in Contento Suquilanda v. Skyway Roofing, Inc., affirming summary judgment in favor of a general contractor on both retained-control negligence and negligent hiring claims brought by a subcontractor’s injured employee.
“Whether ‘tis nobler to deviate from the RLD and rely on established data, or take arms against a sea of troubles with a bioequivalent product that conforms to the sameness requirement — that is the question.” That might have been Shakespeare’s opening to Hamlet, had the Bard traded quills for regulatory submissions and Denmark for the District of Delaware or New Jersey.
On June 17, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally denied a citizen petition requesting that the agency establish temporary tolerance levels and action levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in certain foods.
On July 13, the US Department of Defense/War (DoD) announced the immediate suspension of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase 2 requirements, which previously were scheduled to go into effect November 10. Contractors were subsequently invited to comment on the future of the CMMC.
A federal court just issued a multimillion trade dress disgorgement award, and within a month, the defendant filed for bankruptcy.
Health care providers using skin substitutes now face a two-front enforcement campaign. On August 5, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada indicted physician Dr. Stephen Dubin on health care fraud charges, alleging a $95 million illegal kickback scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts.
Nonprofit organizations often maintain significant cash balances for operations, reserves, and restricted gifts. When those amounts exceed available deposit insurance limits, uninsured deposits can raise important legal and operational considerations.
In a recent Federal Register notice, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is conducting a Section 610 review of its Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products rule.
The Texas Attorney General’s office recently announced a settlement of nearly $34 million with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The settlement resolves allegations that AstraZeneca violated the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act (THFPA) — the state-law analog to the federal False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) — in connection with the sale of 17 of the company’s drugs.
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Family offices depend on a web of trusted advisors — lawyers, accountants, trustees, investment managers, and others — sharing sensitive information under carefully maintained protections. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are quickly becoming part of that web.
Welcome to the August 2026 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and significant insights in an accessible format, concluding with our main takeaways — aka “And the Fox Says…” — on what you need to know.