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Following the first day of the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ 2026 Global Summit, Foley & Lardner’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy team will be hosting a networking reception on the rooftop of The Delegate, conveniently located across the street from the venue.

Foley partner Judy Waltz, chair of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group, is speaking at the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues conference on the panel “Administrative Enforcement.” The panel will cover the following topics:

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) took a significant step in shaping U.S. digital asset regulation on February 25,…

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recently announced that it will accept new H-1B registrations from noon EST on March 4, 2026, through noon EST on March 19, 2026.

The independent contractor test under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which determines whether an individual is classified as an employee or an independent contractor, has started to resemble a ping-pong match — over the last five years the test has changed three times — leaving employers uncertain whether they may face steep penalties for employee misclassification.

In this special edition of The Path & The Practice, Alexis is joined by Dan Sharpe, DEI Manager at Foley & Lardner, for a conversation focused on advice to new associates. Based on their years of legal practice and their experience working in law firm talent development and DEI, they cover a variety of topics including time entry, meeting deadlines, responsiveness, and office presence.

In this episode, Lauren Carboni, co-chair of Foley’s Health Care Litigation Area of Focus, is joined by Chanda Hinton, Founder and Executive Director of The Chanda Center for Health, a pioneering nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with long-term physical disabilities.

This special edition of The Path & The Practice welcomes members of Foley’s Veterans & Allies Affinity Group, Patrick McMahon (Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment, Chicago), Alexa Goldstein (Associate, Litigation, Tampa), and Rashad Abdallah (Associate, Labor & Employment, San Diego).

The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management, and Division of Trading and Markets recently issued a statement to clarify the application of federal securities laws to tokenized securities.

At the Texas A&M School of Law Corporate Law Symposium on February 17, 2026, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul S. Atkins addressed the ballooning size and complexity of corporate risk factor disclosures in public filings — and his vision for cutting them down.

Judge Margaret “Meg” Ryan’s first speech as Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Director offered an early look at how the program will operate under Chairman Atkins and her leadership.