United States: Government Policy & Public Finance

FY27 Moves Forward. Congress continues to march forward in its efforts to work through as many of the twelve appropriations bills as possible before the August recess.

A recent initiative from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division is designed to allow the division to prioritize the most promising False Claims Act qui tam actions brought by data miner whistleblowers.

As California continues to grow, addressing the need for more housing supply, such as in West Hollywood, casts into the spotlight the balance between state and local...

Election season shifts campaign activity into overdrive, but lobbying compliance can’t be an afterthought. As primaries ramp up and political ads flood every platform, corporations and associations...

The global energy landscape in 2025 stands at a moment of profound transformation as oil and gas companies face intensifying scrutiny from regulators, investors, and an increasingly litigious public.

Two major developments signal heightened legal scrutiny of prediction markets: the first U.S. insider trading arrest involving classified military information used for Polymarket bets, and the Senate's unanimous vote to ban itself from prediction market trading. These cases establish that insider trading laws fully apply to prediction markets, creating immediate compliance obligations for any organization whose employees hold nonpublic information related to tradeable events.

As federal and state governments continue to prioritize drug pricing reform, employers across the nation face a rapidly evolving landscape...

The U.S. Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration have rescheduled certain marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act...

Product manufacturers, developers, agricultural operators, utilities, and local governments should take note of Maryland’s 2026 environmental actions. The most immediate impacts include new pre-construction...