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Financial Crimes Compliance

Winston’s financial crimes compliance lawyers have been providing regulatory compliance counseling and enforcement services related to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML), and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policy for decades. We also have experience with international AML matters, including in the EU and with respect to Financial Actions Task Force (FATF) recommendations....Read more

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Financial Services Litigation

Winston’s financial services litigators advise financial services companies of every size and scope on litigation, dispute resolution, and regulatory matters in local, state, and federal jurisdictions. While we are proud to have advised many clients as to how avoid formal legal proceedings, should litigation arise, we bring to bear the full strength of our nationally renowned litigation and trial practice when it does arise....Read more

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Qualified Retirement Plans

Our team’s deep market knowledge of laws affecting retirement plans enables us to develop customized retirement plan solutions, practical advice, and strategies for our clients’ unique needs and workforce composition. Our experienced benefits attorneys represent public companies, private companies, and private equity operating companies in retirement plan design and day-to-day plan compliance....Read more

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June 12, 2025

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Reforming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: An Overview of President Trump’s May 23 Executive Order

On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission” (EO) aimed at accelerating and expanding the nuclear energy industry in the United States. The EO directs a comprehensive structural reorganization of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and an overhaul of its regulatory framework related to the licensing and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors....Read more

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June 12, 2025

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Safeguarding Public Health Grants: How States Fought Against Abrupt Federal Funding Cuts

On May 16, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[1] As a result, HHS must continue to provide access to healthcare-related funding to the 23 plaintiff States and the District of Columbia (the States) after attempting to unilaterally terminate access to those funds, and it may not “tak[e] any action to reinstitute” the terminations “for the same or similar reasons.”[2]...Read more

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June 10, 2025

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PTAB Acting Director Denies IPR Merely Because Petitioner Knew of the Challenged Patent Over a Decade Ago

We previously reported how the PTAB’s institution rate has fallen to approximately 40% in the new administration, with many of those denials stemming from the PTAB’s increased usage of its discretionary denial processes to deny IPR challenges without otherwise addressing the merits of the identified prior art. The latest grant of discretionary denial continues that trend and exemplifies the current challenges in pursuing IPR/PGR invalidity challenges at the U.S. Patent Office. 

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What Is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a federal statute prohibiting United States citizens and entities from engaging in corruption. It has two main elements: (1) anti-bribery provisions, forbidding the giving or offering of anything of value to a foreign government official for business and (2) accounting requirements, establishing mandatory practice guidelines for companies to maintain accurate records and internal controls. The FCPA is enforced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....Read more

Law Glossary

What Is the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team?

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) is part of the DOJ’s Criminal Division. It is to identify, investigate, support, and pursue cases involving the criminal use of digital assets, with a particular focus on virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, infrastructure providers, and other entities that are enabling the misuse of cryptocurrency and related technologies to commit or facilitate criminal activity....Read more

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What Is a Federal Contract?

A federal contract is a binding contract or agreement with an authorized official of any agency or department of the U.S. Government for the purpose of purchasing goods, products or services of any kind, or purchasing, renting, or leasing property, for the direct use or benefit of the U.S. Government. Federal contracts are the procurement mechanism the U.S. Government uses to obtain such goods, products, services, and property across all sectors and industries. Federal contracts may be express or implied and may be of various different types, e.g., fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, time and materials, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ). ...Read more
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