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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) began implementing the Bulk Sensitive Data Transfer Rule (the “BSD Transfer Rule” or the “Rule”) on April 8, 2025, to prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and weaponizing large volumes of sensitive U.S. personal and government data that could be used for espionage, surveillance, or exploitation.

Non-disclosure agreements are a standard tool in workplace settlements. Across three continents, lawmakers are now restricting when employers can use them. Writing in Ius Laboris, Susan Gross Sholinsky of Epstein Becker Green examined how Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are narrowing the use of non-disclosure agreements in employment.

The first half of 2026 reshaped how employers weigh wage and hour risk. Federal courts revisited arbitration, collective actions, agency authority, and the reach of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the Law360 article "5 Major Wage And Hour Rulings So Far In 2026," the publication reviewed five decisions already influencing employer strategy. Jeffrey H. Ruzal, a Member of the Firm at Epstein Becker Green who focuses on wage and hour matters, offered his perspective on several of them.

This year, the Access to Justice Commission recognized 32 law firms across the District for their substantial financial support for local civil legal services organizations. Collectively, these firms contributed $5.83 million in 2025, funding that proves essential as grant programs face cuts. Epstein Becker Green is honored to stand alongside its peers in this work.

In May 2026, the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (collectively, the “Departments”) published proposed rules that would establish a new category of “excepted fertility benefits” under federal law.

Whistleblower complaints under the False Claims Act often sit under court seal for years while the government decides whether to intervene. Judges are starting to ask why. In the Law360 article "Patience Thin on Bench for Dragged-Out FCA Probes," the publication examined recent rulings in which federal judges questioned repeated government requests to keep qui tam records sealed. George B.

Epstein Becker Green has been named to the BTI Client Service A-Team 2026, The BTI Consulting Group’s annual ranking of law firms scored solely on unprompted feedback from corporate counsel. The firm was also named a “Standout” on BTI’s “113 Law Firms Clients Love Most” list, published in The Mad Clientist. Now in its 25th year, the BTI Client Service A-Team named 258 firms, scored by corporate counsel on 17 client-service activities through BTI’s Annual Survey of General Counsel.

When the rules governing a federal advisory committee are rewritten, the change shapes who serves on it and how its recommendations carry weight. The CDC’s vaccine panel is the latest example. In a recent article by Bloomberg Law, the publication examined the CDC’s revised charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, posted as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeks a path forward after a court halted his overhaul of the panel. Richard H.

Each round of Medicare drug-price negotiations reshapes how manufacturers price, package, and defend their products. For the first time, the rules for the next round are being written directly into federal regulation. In a recent article by Bloomberg Law, the publication examined that shift. Constance A. Wilkinson, a Member of the Firm at Epstein Becker Green who focuses on drug pricing and reimbursement policy, was among the attorneys who weighed in on what it could mean for manufacturers.

The federal grants that fund academic medical centers, universities, and research institutes run on decades-old management rules. A proposed overhaul would rewrite them.