In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Chris Carlson is joined by colleagues Bryan Haynes and Agustin Rodriguez — members of our Tobacco and Nicotine Practice and RISE Practice Group — to review the year’s most consequential developments in the tobacco and nicotine space and what they mean heading into 2026.
In early December 2025, federally regulated derivatives exchange KalshiEX LLC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut challenging a cease-and-desist order issued by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) directing Kalshi to halt operations in the state. The DCP contends that Kalshi, along with platforms such as Robinhood and Crypto.com, operates an unlicensed and illegal sports betting platform in violation of Connecticut law. According to the agency, Kalshi’s sports event contracts fall squarely within the state’s definition of sports wagering and expose consumers to risk because they operate outside Connecticut’s regulated gaming framework, lack required integrity controls, and are not subject to consumer protection oversight. Connecticut officials have emphasized that “a prediction market wager is not an investment,” and that Kalshi’s platform offers no recourse for consumers under state law if disputes arise.
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Stephen Piepgrass is joined by Cole White from our RISE Practice Group’s gaming team for a timely, candid conversation on integrity risks and regulatory trends reshaping the legal gaming landscape.
The Oregon Department of Justice and Grocery Delivery E-Service USA, Inc. d/b/a HelloFresh (HelloFresh), recently filed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) in Oregon Circuit Court to resolve allegations by the Department of Justice (DOJ). HelloFresh is a meal-kit company, providing meal kits, ready-to-eat meals, and other products directly to consumers.
On November 21, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit (IPU) announced a $995,180 penalty against Kovack Advisors, Inc. (Kovack) for a series of violations of the Delaware Securities Act. The enforcement action — resolved through a consent order — highlights the IPU’s growing focus on registration accuracy, supervisory systems, and books-and-records compliance for investment advisers operating in the state.
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Gene Fishel, a member of the firm’s RISE Practice Group and State AG team, is joined by Partner Dave Navetta of the Privacy + Cyber Practice Group, to discuss the biggest privacy and cyber enforcement themes of 2025 and preview what’s ahead for 2026.
The Texas attorney general (AG) announced a $41.5 million settlement with Pfizer and Tris Pharma related to allegations that the companies provided adulterated pharmaceutical products to children and manipulated testing to secure Medicaid reimbursement in violation of the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act (THFPA).
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, RISE Practice Group Partners Lauren Fincher and Brian O’Reilly look at practical, recent developments and trends in open records laws for 2025. They explore the diverse — and often competing — perspectives in the public records space: protecting sensitive business information submitted to government versus fulfilling disclosure obligations as a governmental body.
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Stephen Piepgrass sits down with partner Mike Yaghi of the RISE practice group and State Attorneys General (AG) team to explore how businesses can strategically engage with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to build consumer trust, bolster reputations, and reduce regulatory risk.
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Chris Carlson, a partner in our RISE practice group and member of the State Attorney General (AG) team, is joined by colleagues Lauren Fincher, also a partner in our RISE practice and State AG team, and Barry Boise, a partner in our Health Care + Life Sciences Litigation practice, to examine how state AGs approached the health care sector in 2025, and what’s coming next in 2026.