June 17, 2026 In a sign of the times, Union Pacific Railroad Chairman Jim Vena visited President Trump in the Oval Office to receive a blessing after announcing Union Pacific’s historic agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway to combine and create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. The visit was followed by Union Pacific donating several million
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The False Claims Act Confronts DEI
May 6, 2026 For more than 160 years, the False Claims Act (FCA) has been the federal government’s primary tool to combat fraud. In 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $6.8 billion in recoveries driven largely by health care fraud cases. Now, the Trump administration is using the FCA to target what it
The Future Structure of Private Equity Investment in College Sports
March 17, 2025
AJ Rudowitz (LAW ’17), Bryan Shapiro (LAW ’20), Sean P. McConnell, and Leigh M. Skipper discuss the growing relationship between college sports and private equity firms.
President $Trump’s Foray into Digital Assets Signals Big Changes for Crypto
February 7, 2025
Allegra Abramson, postdoctoral fellow at Temple Law’s Center for Compliance & Ethics, discusses the current administration’s changing stance on cryptocurrency following the launch of President Trump’s meme coin.
New Guidance on Recreational Cannabis Taxation and Cannabis Business Deductions in New Jersey
July 26, 2023
Hannah Travaglini (LAW ’21) of Montgomery McCracken outlines the newly introduced tax regulations and deductions for the New Jersey cannabis industry.
Getting into the Weed(s): Representing Marijuana Businesses in Tax Matters
Sonya Bishop (LAW ’18) of Baker & McKenzie co-authored an article with Ethan Kroll, Stewart Lipeles, and Julia Skubis Weber discussing the need for change in federal money laundering laws criminalizing tax practitioners from representing marijuana enterprises that operate legally under state law.
Closing the Gate: House Adopts ENABLERS Act Amendment to 2023 NDAA
James Mangiaracina (’20) of Ballard Spahr describes the new amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) which includes a version of the “Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security Act.”
Temple Law Hosts SEC Roundtable Featuring Former Directors of Enforcement
Three former Directors of the SEC Division of Enforcement, all Temple Law alumni, discussed developments from insider trading to crypto scams and the evolution of securities enforcement past, present, and future at a roundtable moderated by Professor Tom C. W. Lin.
‘Country Road, Take Me . . . Where?’ New “Deconstruction of the Administrative State” Decision – What is a Business Law Practitioner to do?
Professor Jonathan Broder assesses the impact of the recent SCOTUS decision against the Environmental Protection Agency on the power of administrative agencies over regulated industries.
Fundamental Procedural Fairness: The Sine Qua Non for the Enforcement of Third-Party Releases Authorized in a Foreign Proceeding
Matthew E. Kaslow (LAW ’15) of Blank Rome LLP co-authored an article discussing the hot-button issue of third-party releases in U.S. bankruptcy cases, in the context of chapter 15 cases involving foreign restructuring.