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Governmental Practice Cybersecurity and Data Protection: 2024 Recap & 2025 Forecast Alert

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

To kick off the New Year (and as is now tradition, since we put out a similar Recap & Forecast last year), Sheppard Mullin’s Governmental Practice Cybersecurity & Data Protection Team has prepared a cybersecurity-focused 2024 Recap (highlighting major updates and including links to the re

District Court Grants Summary Judgment Win to False Claims Act Defendants, Adopting But-For Causation Standard for Claims Based on Anti-Kickback Violations

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

Courts continue to reject aggressive Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) allegations. Most recently, on January 6, 2025, Judge Patti Saris of the U.S.

No. 10: Unlocking the Secrets of OSHA Inspections Through FOIA Requests

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

Did you know that you can request files from OSHA? Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), employers, employees, and third parties have the right to request documents from OSHA’s inspection files.

Re-designing rights to terminate on reasonable notice

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

In Zaha Hadid Ltd v The Zaha Hadid Foundation, the High Court confirmed that agreements of indefinite duration would not necessarily be interpreted to include bilateral termination rights and that the absence of such rights did not mean the relevant agreements operated in restraint of trade....

Significant ACA Improvements for 2025: What Employers Need to Know

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

The Affordable Care Act reporting requirements are undergoing significant changes in 2025, thanks to the recently enacted Employer Reporting Improvement Act and Paperwork Burden Reduction Act. These changes simplify the reporting process for employers and reduce administrative burdens....

CMS Updates Scope of Providers Subject to Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule (Final Rule) expanded the scope of providers subject to a provisional period of enhanced oversight (PPEO) to include providers reactivating their Medicare enrollment and billing privileg

AAR’s Bribery Schemes: Bribery in the Aviation Industry (Part II of II)

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

AAR, a provider of aviation products and services, engaged in two separate bribery schemes. State-owned entities and government agencies permeate the aviation industry. As a result, FCPA risks are embedded in direct industry activity and related services and suppliers....

Why the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Were Struck Down

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

The decades-long fight over net neutrality appears to be over. In one of the first appellate decisions since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024), the U.S.

SBA Proposes Faster Payments and Simplified Reporting

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

On December 19, the Small Business Administration published proposed amendments to 13 CFR § 125.3 that would affect small business subcontracting. Their goal is to accelerate payments to small business subcontractors and simplify the reporting process for prime contracts....

Virtual Reality in Accident Reconstruction: How High-Tech Tools Are Changing Florida’s Legal Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/25

Advancements in technology are revolutionizing the way legal cases are presented in Florida’s courtrooms, particularly in personal injury and accident-related claims. One of the most powerful tools emerging in this field is virtual reality (VR) for accident reconstruction.

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