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A Cybersecurity Awareness Month series from Thompson Coburn’s Data Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group
The AI Risks Worth Watching Are Mostly Old Ones
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This year, Thompson Coburn’s Data Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group…
The U.S. Department of Education’s (“ED”) September 10, 2026 Dear Colleague Letter (ANN-26-23), announced the planned move of Borrower Defense to Repayment (“BDR”) case management into FSA Partner Connect and announced webinars held on September 23 and 24, 2026…
In a recent Law360 article, Thompson Coburn partner Howard Lavin examined how employers can navigate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions that may be reconsidered under the Board’s current Republican majority. He detailed an August memo from NLRB General Counsel…
Welcome to the September 2026 edition of Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary, your resource for timely legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. Bold text indicates updates to the rulings.
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For employers with multilingual workforces, clear communication is both a legal and operational imperative. Federal and state laws prohibit policies that disproportionately affect employees based on language, accent, or national origin. Employers with sound language access practices are better positioned…
Thompson Coburn partner Mark Power was recently featured in the September 2026 issue of TMA NYC’s semi-annual newsletter, The Turnaround Report, where leading restructuring professionals shared their perspectives on current market conditions and the outlook for distressed companies in the…
For owners of C corporations, an asset sale can create a significant tax consequence: double taxation. The corporation generally recognizes gain on the sale of appreciated assets, with the amount of gain generally determined under IRC Section 1001, and pays…
TRADE ALERT – IMPORTSHEADLINE CBP Confirms Launch of Phase 3 of IEEPA Refund ProcessDATESeptember 17, 2026AGENCYU.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”)EFFECTIVE DATEOctober 6, 2026SUMMARYOn September 15, CBP announced (via a declaration to the Court of International Trade (“CIT”)) that Phase…
Thompson Coburn partner John Howard and associate Christine Moser recently collaborated with ECG Management Consultants on an article examining the growing regulatory scrutiny surrounding medical director arrangements. The article explores how health systems have long relied on these arrangements to…
On September 3, 2026, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) that provide that a “private school” is not described as an educational organization exempt from federal income tax under section…
