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Lessons from the Insider Trading Prohibition Act After Its Likely Demise In the Senate Image

Lessons from the Insider Trading Prohibition Act After Its Likely Demise In the Senate

Telemachus P. Kasulis

For a moment there, it really looked like it was going to happen. After a long and winding road, insider trading reform had reached the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote. The Insider Trading Prohibition Act (ITPA) had support on both sides of the aisle and on Dec. 5, 2019, the House voted to pass the ITPA. Then the bill went to the Senate and vanished. We should take this opportunity to learn what lessons we can from the successes and failures of the ITPA as a bill with an eye toward fashioning the best possible legislation next time — whenever that may be.

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An Ounce of Prevention: Preparing for CARES Act Fraud Investigations Image

An Ounce of Prevention: Preparing for CARES Act Fraud Investigations

Nekia Hackworth Jones

The government appears to be fulfilling its commitment to rooting out PPP fraud, even when the amount at issue falls below the $2 million threshold. No matter the size of the loan, a company that obtained PPP funds is not immune from a possible government investigation or audit. Borrowers have already started to submit loan forgiveness applications, and many more will be submitted in the weeks ahead, and both lenders and the government will be scouring these submissions for red flags.

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Recent Decisions Clarify Scope of Illinois Biometric Privacy Law Image

Recent Decisions Clarify Scope of Illinois Biometric Privacy Law

Frank Nolan & Andrew Weiner

For users of biometric information subject to BIPA's rigorous requirements, the last two years have brought mostly bad news, most notably a smattering of unfavorable decisions on the question of whether plaintiffs must suffer an injury in order to avail themselves of BIPA. Against this backdrop, however, courts have issued decisions on other aspects of BIPA

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Agreement to Amend CA's AB5 Helps Music Industry Image

Agreement to Amend CA's AB5 Helps Music Industry

Sidney S. Fohrman & Ariel D. Shpigel

After over a year-and-a-half of lobbying efforts by the music industry and negotiations with lawmakers, it was recently announced that AB5 would be amended to accommodate musicians' unique niche in the California economy.

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Defending FCA Actions Related to Pandemic Programs Image

Defending FCA Actions Related to Pandemic Programs

Steve Sozio, Rebecca Martin, Rajeev Muttreja & Mark Rotatori

With the federal government appropriating more than $2 trillion for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiffs' lawyers, regulators and politicians have trumpeted the search for whistleblowers — many of whom will try to cash in on perceived fraud in the funding programs created by the CARES Act and other enactments.

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CARES Act Puts Inspectors General Back in the Spotlight Image

CARES Act Puts Inspectors General Back in the Spotlight

Daniel R. Alonso, Preston Burton & Meredith Leeson

IGs have been part of the federal landscape for more than 40 years, so why all the fuss now? The answer is that they are a key element of the government's built-in mechanisms for protecting the nation's public treasury, and a relief package of this scope strongly indicates that the IGs and the new oversight bodies will spend many years scrutinizing funds spent under it.

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Prosecuting PPP Fraud May Be Harder Than It Seems Image

Prosecuting PPP Fraud May Be Harder Than It Seems

Christopher M. Ferguson

This article discusses what tools the government has for pursuing seemingly undeserving PPP borrowers, the obstacles to bringing such cases, and the factors that may influence the government's decision in pursuing criminal or civil cases.

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New Jersey's Latest Effort on the Privacy Front Image

New Jersey's Latest Effort on the Privacy Front

Kenneth K. Dort & Mitchell S. Noordyke

New Jersey legislators are joining a growing line of states in proposing a bill to strengthen data privacy protections, following in the footsteps of privacy laws enacted in Europe and California.

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Asset Protection, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Code §727(a)(2)(A) Image

Asset Protection, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Code §727(a)(2)(A)

Carlos J. Cuevas

This article examines asset protection and pre-bankruptcy planning and its impact on a debtor's discharge through Bankruptcy Code §727(a)(2)(A).

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Florida Lawmakers Introduce Online Privacy Legislation Image

Florida Lawmakers Introduce Online Privacy Legislation

David M. Stauss & Malia Rogers

Florida lawmakers have introduced companion bills in the Florida House (HB 963) and Senate (SB 1670) that would create limited online privacy rights and obligations in the state. The legislation appears to be very similar to the Nevada Online Privacy Protection Act, which was amended last year to add a right to opt-out of sales of covered information.

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