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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (MAHA Strategy) this week. The MAHA Strategy, a cornerstone of the MAHA movement championed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and embraced by President Donald Trump in Executive Order 14212, “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission,” outlines more than 120 initiatives, including one focused on curbing misleading direct-to-consumer…

Tom Epps, white collar defense and investigations partner at Cooley, was quoted in The Law Society Gazette about the entry into force of the “failure to prevent fraud” offense under the UK Economic and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. In the article, Epps describes the act as a “landmark piece of legislation,” emphasizing its potential to significantly strengthen UK enforcement capabilities against fraud and other economic crimes. He also predicts a…

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has devoted its entire Second Issue 2025 of Consumer Compliance Outlook (Outlook) to fraud – a rare, single-topic focus that underscores regulators’ and industry’s heightened concern for addressing financial fraud. The Outlook’s special fraud issue was published amid sharply rising fraud and scam losses. US consumers reported $12.5 billion lost to fraud in 2024, a 25% jump from 2023. Banks are feeling the strain too –…

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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (MAHA Strategy) this week. Consistent with the MAHA Strategy’s overall theme of increasing transparency and trust with the American public, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plan to take several key actions in the food space, including reforming the process for establishing food that is Generally…

Cooley special counsel, Asha Allam, was mentioned in Home News Now about her presentation at the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) 2025 Regulatory Summit, where she explained that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was intensifying its enforcement of product recalls. Allam said that furniture makers, retailers and distributors must proactively report potential hazards and demonstrate product safety – or risk civil penalties and even criminal investigations. Read the…