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Figure Technologies: Balance in Non-Accrual Status Skyrockets as Figure Takes Troubled Loans onto Balance Sheet

Figure Technologies (FIGR), known for its fast-growing home equity line of credit (HELOC) origination business, reported a sharp spike in non-accrual loans on its balance sheet for the first quarter of the year, a signal that the credit quality of the loans originated by the company’s...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Pave: Compensation Benchmarking Service Provides Customers Access to Sensitive Non-Public Salary Data, Raising Questions About Potential Collusive Effect

Pave, a compensation benchmarking service, gives over 9,000 companies access to sensitive non- public salary and bonus data, a Capitol Forum investigation found. The platform’s features, including monthly data refreshes and the ability to benchmark against custom peer groups, could...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

FDA’s Forthcoming Proposal Could Make Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Ads Prohibitively Long and Expensive to Run; Some Scenarios Could Make Some Current Ads Over Ten Minutes Long

An anticipated proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could make direct-to- consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical ads so lengthy as to be cost-prohibitive, according to The Capitol Forum’s analysis and conversations with sources. In some scenarios, a stringent interpretation of...

Jul 30, 2026 Read Now >

Hims & Hers Health: FTC, Utah, and California Sue Hims & Hers Over Deceptive Billing and Privacy Practices

Today, the FTC, as well as regulators in California and Utah, filed a lawsuit against the telehealth provider Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), alleging that the company enrolled consumers in prescription subscriptions without their consent, obstructed cancellations, and shared sensitive...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: FDA Compounding Advisory Committee Votes Favorably on Six Peptides; Updates on CMS’ Implementation of SDP, Provider Tax Law; Judge Dismisses NSA Case Against HaloMD in GA; CVS Accused of 340B Spread Pricing; OpenAI Faces Unlicensed Practice of Medicine Suit; FDA 483s

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • FDA opens pathways for compounded peptides. • CMS receives comments on SDP...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Life and Annuity Industry: KKR- and Apollo-Backed Insurers, Heavily Invested in Private Credit, Have Little Cushion to Stave off Regulatory Action if Investments Take Write-Downs

A Capitol Forum analysis of statutory filings indicates that three life insurers owned by private equity giants KKR (KKR) and Apollo Global Management (APO) have remarkably little room to absorb losses on their most subjectively-valued investments before depleting capital thresholds to...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: New Advertising Policies Raise Privacy, Safety Concerns as Platform Lifts Ban on Ads for Kids Under 13

The embattled online gaming platform Roblox (RBLX) is expanding the ways brands can reach kids on the platform by lifting its self-imposed ban on showing ads to users under 13, likening its offerings to the Saturday morning cartoons of earlier...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Trump’s CFPB Nominee Distances Himself From Staffing Cuts; Swing-Vote Dems Reject Clarity Act as Deadline Looms; Oregon Latest State to License Buy-Now, Pay-Later Firms; Bipartisan Push for FinCEN Reform; Celsius Founders Pay Millions for Misleading Customers Before Collapse

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Background-check questions and call for Carvana investigation arise in...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

Xponential Fitness: SBA Loan Losses Exceed $9 Million

Small Business Administration (SBA) loan losses linked to franchisees of Xponential Fitness (XPOF) now exceed $9 million after more than $1.4 million in new charge-offs were recorded in the second quarter of this year, a Capitol Forum analysis of SBA loan data has...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

Universal Health Services: Lawsuit Alleges Three Minors Were Sexually Assaulted While Patients at Missouri Psychiatric Hospital; One Allegation Relates to 2025 Assault, Potentially After Company Lost Insurance Coverage

A lawsuit filed in Vernon County, Missouri last month alleges that three minors were sexually assaulted during their stay at Heartland Behavioral Health, a psychiatric facility operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) in Nevada, Missouri. Importantly, one of the allegations of assault,...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: HHS Withholds More Medicaid Funds from CA and MN, Citing Suspected Fraud; House Dems Propose Bill Targeting Commercial Health Insurance Denials; Senate Votes Against Resolution to Scrap WISeR; Eli Lilly Buys Psychedelics-Focused Drugmaker; FDA Issues Letters, Asks for Input on Monitoring Infant Formula Industry; CMS Collects Public Comment on Implementing PBM Laws

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • HHS defers more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Rising Conservative Media Outlet Formed By Political Operatives Doesn’t Disclose Lobbying Ties in Articles About Clients

The Washington Reporter, a conservative media outlet promoted by President Donald Trump, regularly fails to disclose conflicts of interest stemming from Garrett Ventry’s work as a paid lobbyist for companies the outlet covers. In several cases, the site published articles on Ventry’s...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Primo Brands: Customers, Former Employees Report Fee Increases, Declining Water Delivery Services and Cancellation Difficulties

In the wake of the November 2024 merger between BlueTriton Brands and Primo Water that created North America’s largest bottled water and water delivery company, the combined firm’s service quality has deteriorated as its prices continue to rise, a Capitol Forum investigation...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Amazon: Sellers’ Inventory and Fund Access Frozen After ‘Kafkaesque’ Counterfeit Accusations; New Bill Would Ban Holds, Require Transparency and Appeals Process

Amazon (AMZN) third-party sellers say that when accused of trading counterfeit goods by the e- commerce giant, they’ve been left with few ways to plead their case and verify their inventory’s legitimacy. Even when they’re able to prove their products’ chain of custody...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Buy Now Pay Later, Earned Wage Access, and Student Loan Servicing Industries Face Likely Scrutiny with Rohit Chopra at Helm of California Enforcement Agency

Former CFPB Director and FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra has garnered a reputation as one of the most effective and aggressive enforcers of consumer protection law in the nation. Now, with Chopra overseeing California’s consumer finance law enforcement apparatus, the sector could soon...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Clarity Act Grants Legal Immunity to Trump-Affiliated Crypto Company; Democrats Say They Were Unaware and Provision Raises Further Ethics Concerns

Congress’s signature cryptocurrency legislation would quietly shield crypto platform Solana, which has financial ties to the Trump family’s crypto empire, from past allegations of offering unregistered...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: State AGs Warn Against Giving Banking Charters to Fintechs; Crypto Bank Asks SCOTUS to Weigh In on Fed Master Account Access; Dems Raise Concern About Fed Jobs Task Force’s Links to AI; Mamdani Proposes Sweeping Junk Fee Rule; Trump’s CFPB Nominee to Appear Before Congress Next Week

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • State AGs warn that lending fintechs are seeking banking charters to dodge...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

As Florida AG Investigates Caremark, Independent Pharmacists and Pharmacy Owners Say CVS Self-Preferences and Targets Independents with Unfair Rates and Audits

Last month, the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to CVS (CVS) to determine whether its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Caremark, is harming independent pharmacists by steering patients to its own pharmacies, giving higher reimbursements to itself, and subjecting independent...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

Proposed OPPS and ASC Rule May Curb Hospital Consolidation in Imaging Space, Drive Volume to Non-Hospital Settings

A proposed rule from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would disincentivize hospital ownership of outpatient imaging clinics—potentially driving down costs for patients and the government—and may push more services out of the hospital setting into ambulatory surgical...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: HHS OIG Requests Information on Direct-To-Consumer Drug Sales, Anti-Kickback Laws; CMS Seeks to Break AMA Monopoly on Coding and Payments; CMS to Propose Rule Loosening Conditions for Participation in Medicare, Medicaid; FTC Settles With Caremark; FDA to Defend Legal Authority to Publish CRLs; FDA Cracks Down on Online Ketamine Sales; FDA Issues Guidance, Schedules Hearing on Psychedelic Research and Usage

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • HHS OIG may seek to update anti-kickback regulations to accommodate DTC drug...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Capitol Forum Analysis of June MAUDE Data

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Maude Monthly: Abbott CGM Low Reading Problem Continues to Grow as Company Discloses Additional Death; Medline Reports Hundreds of Late Reports in Wake of FDA Scrutiny; MAUDE Data Reveals Additional Issue with Insulet Omnipod

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Vought To Testify Before Senate; Housing Bill To Become Law Tonight, Probably; CFPB Signals Turnaround on Credit Card Fees; Earned Wage Advance Bill Passes Committee But Has No Path Forward; Cash App Pays $45 Million Over Scam Accounts; Fed Unveils Task Force Members

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Vought to testify on Capitol Hill next week. • CFPB reverses course and...

Jul 10, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: VA Suspends Harrow’s Out-of-State Compounding Licenses; CMS Reneges on Bone Growth Stimulator Payment Change; CMS Proposes Bundling Payment for Phosphate Binders into ESRD in 2027; OPPS Rule Includes Site Neutrality Measures, 340B Reimbursement Crackdown; CMS Seeks Stricter Enrollment Oversight for Home Health, DME; FDA 483s

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Virginia suspends Harrow’s compounding licenses. • CMS walks back pricing...

Jul 08, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Supreme Court Lets Texas Age Verification Law Stand—For Now; Tech Firms Push for USMCA Renewal; Senate Commerce to Markup Kids’ Online Safety Bill; Receiver Looks to Sell Jupiter Systems Before Company Runs Out of Cash; New Jersey Goes After Data Brokers

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the Courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >

SAP: Company’s New API Policy Could Further Vendor Lock-In, Risking Additional Regulatory Scrutiny

A new letter to the European Commission, obtained by The Capitol Forum, highlights the alleged anticompetitive effects of SAP’s (SAP) updated application programming interface (API) policy and calls on the Commission to open an investigation into the...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: SEC Chair Says Crypto Bank Deposits Coming Next Year; Landmark Illinois Law Requires Buy Now, Pay Later Lenders to Obtain Licenses; Banking Dems Call for Investigation into Fed Board Member Bowman; Warsh Teases Task Force Unveiling Next Week

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: SEC Chair says crypto bank deposits to be approved by next year. New Illinois...

Jul 02, 2026 Read Now >

Universal Health Services: Former Employee Accused of Sexual Assault in Washington Had Suspended Nursing License in Britain; Former Employees Raise Concerns Regarding Background Check Process

An ongoing Capitol Forum investigation of patient safety at psychiatric facilities operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) has found that a former employee accused of sexual assault of a patient at Fairfax Behavioral Health, a 157-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital in Washington...

Jul 01, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: CFPB Cracks Down on Consumer Complaints; Housing Agency Pushes Fannie and Freddie to Expand Into Mobile Home Lending; Senators Clash Over Credit Card Cap; New York Fed Warns About Synthetic Stablecoin Risk; Gensler Addresses Prediction Market Gambling

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week...

Jun 26, 2026 Read Now >

Advertising Industry: How a Lack of Advertiser Verification Standards Across Major Platforms Like Google and Meta Can Help Scammers

Existing verification processes for advertisers vary widely across social media platforms, likely contributing to the surge of scam ads and fraud facing consumers today, according to ad industry...

Jun 25, 2026 Read Now >

Stride Learning, Inc: Ongoing Problems in Texas Raise Doubts About Company’s Ability to Respond to School Performance Concerns to Maintain Contracts

School districts continue to sever ties with Stride Learning, Inc. (LRN) as the virtual education company struggles to address persistent academic concerns despite repeated...

Jun 18, 2026 Read Now >

Acadia Healthcare: CMS Issues Immediate Jeopardy Citation to Youth Hospital Under Ongoing Federal Investigation and Facing Multiple Sexual Assault Lawsuits; Investigators Find 20 Girls Locked in Rooms for Several Days for No Reason and Abusive Staff Repeatedly Put Back on Floor with Patients

A Spring 2026 inspection of Lakeland Behavioral Health, a youth psychiatric facility in Missouri operated by Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), resulted in government investigators issuing an immediate jeopardy citation to the facility, the worst citation a facility can...

Jun 17, 2026 Read Now >

Use of AI in Drug Development Raises Novel Patentability Questions

With pharmaceutical companies and inventors increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery and development, legal challenges to the validity of patents on drugs that were developed with assistance from AI may start emerging in the coming years, health care and...

Jun 17, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: Poor Quality of Nitrile Gloves May Exacerbate Possible Shortages and Price Increases

When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the conflict with the United States, industries around the globe that depended on petrochemical inputs, from fuel to fertilizer, saw shortages and price jumps due to the restrained trade. That shortage, however, has rippled out far...

Jun 17, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: L.A. County Report Likely to Add Fuel to States’ Challenge of Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger; Coupang Hit with Record Penalty Despite U.S. Pressure; Defense Contractors Face Ban on Chinese Parts; Expert Scrum Could Shape Collusion Jurisprudence

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the Courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Jun 16, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Who’s Attending the Seaside Resort Retreat Featuring 19 State AGs; California Affordability Squad Ramps Up; The Pro-Industry Advisors Who Help Dictate USTR and USDA Policy; Keurig May See Antitrust Trial in 2027, Judge Says

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week...

Jun 15, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Possible Breakthrough Looming in Import-Export Bank Board Seat Dispute; CoStar Filing Shows Everyone Agrees the MLS System is Dead; Inflation Report Increases Fears in Congress; Trump Nominates Capital One Exec to Head CFPB; Warren Introduces Bill on Banking Exposure to AI

Optimism for Democratic nominees could pave way for unshackling of Export-Import Bank; Scott says housing bill deal as soon as next week. In public, the fight over partisan agency board seats continued this week with Senate Democrats calling on President Donald Trump to drop his blockade...

Jun 12, 2026 Read Now >

Maude Monthly: Medline Reports Uptick in Malfunctions in Products Highlighted in Prior Capitol Forum Reporting; Abbott Backlog Indicates Company Knew of Freestyle Libre Problems for Years; ConvaTec Infusion Sets Breaking Reports Continue to Increase After Warning Letter

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jun 12, 2026 Read Now >

Xponential Fitness: New Lawsuit Raises Fresh Complaints Around Sales of Brands; $3.9 Million Fine in New York Marks First Major State-Based Restitution to Franchisees

As major shareholders push boutique fitness franchisor Xponential Fitness (XPOF) to sell some or all of its five remaining brands, a newly filed lawsuit stemming from the 2025 sale of CycleBar and Rumble could complicate future deals by raising concerns that franchise-related liabilities...

Jun 12, 2026 Read Now >

California Poised to Take On For-Profit Colleges with Former CPFB Director Rohit Chopra Taking Charge of New Consumer Protection Agency

When Rohit Chopra takes the helm as secretary of the newly formed California Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA) on July 1, the former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director and FTC commissioner will have broad power to enforce consumer protection and corporate oversight...

Jun 12, 2026 Read Now >

Encompass Health: HHS OIG Report Highlights High Rate of Medicare Advantage Denials for IRF Stays

A report published today by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) indicates that the three largest Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are denying requests for stays at inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) at an outsized rate. The report raises...

Jun 11, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: SCOTUS Sides with Generic Drugmaker in Skinny Labeling Case; FDA, Congress Aim to Speed Up Investigational New Drug Applications; OpenEvidence Says Doximity Misled Pharmaceutical Advertisers; CMS to Launch GLP-1 Bridge Program in July; FDA 483s

SCOTUS rules in favor of generic drugmaker in “skinny labeling” case. On June 4, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion to reverse a previous Federal Circuit ruling in a patent case filed by drugmaker Amarin (AMRN) against its generic competitor Hikma, ruling that Hikma had not...

Jun 10, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Fed Vice Chair Says Fed Officials Are Defying Silicon Valley Bank Investigation; Illinois Swipe Fee Deadline Averted but Legal Fight Continues; Bessent Testifies Before House; Dems Introduce Bill to Fund CFPB

Bowman says Fed staff are defying Silicon Valley Bank investigation. Unnamed Federal Reserve officials are refusing to comply with an outside investigation into the causes of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, Fed Vice Chair of Supervision Michelle Bowman said...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Verisign: Interisle Study Finds Malicious Actors Registered 10-20% of New Domain Names in 2025, Accounted for ‘Significant Share’ of Market

A new study by Interisle Consulting Group suggests that cybercriminal demand represents “a significant share of the domain name market”—the digital ecosystem where domain registrars and registry operators facilitate the buying, selling, and management of web...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Four Years After OTC Hearing Aid Rule, Competition in Hearing Aid Market Remains Limited Due to Deep Vertical Integration, Sources Say

In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule expected to increase competition in the hearing aid market by giving patients with mild-to-moderate hearing loss access to over-the-counter hearing aids, a potentially cheaper alternative to expensive prescription...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Compass Inc: Following Anywhere Acquisition, Company Pressures ‘Preferred’ Photographers in Boston Area for Rebates

The January acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate gave Compass (COMP) several major real estate brands, including Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s International Realty, and Better Homes, making it the country’s largest real estate brokerage by agent...

Jun 04, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: Whistleblower Suit Accuses Corcept of Off-Label Marketing; CMS Finalizes Long-Awaited Rule on NSA Dispute Process; Democrats Seek Congressional Disapproval of WISeR; FDA Publishes More Draft Guidance on Reducing Animal Testing; Optum Close to Settling FTC Insulin Case; MultiPlan, Insurers Face Price-Fixing Lawsuit in AZ; FDA 483s

Recently-unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accuses Corcept of off-label marketing. Originally filed in February 2017 on behalf of the United States of America, almost 30 states, and unnamed insurance policyholders, the just-unsealed lawsuit alleges that Corcept (CORT) engaged in off- label...

Jun 03, 2026 Read Now >

Zillow: Democratic Reps Urge FTC Probe of Real Estate Giant’s Referral Practices

Two Democratic lawmakers last week urged Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson to investigate Zillow (Z) and other real estate platforms over their referral practices, according to a letter obtained exclusively by The Capitol...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Survival of Texas App Store Accountability Act Could Encourage Other States; FCC Poised to Lift Ownership Cap; Vietnam Trade Probe Could Trigger Increased Tariffs on Electronics; Student-athletes Left Out of Cruz-Cantwell NCAA Antitrust Discussion; Vermont Passes Privacy Measure, But Will Governor Sign?

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the Courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: Company Receives Warning Letter from FDA Over Bacterial Contamination in Infant Surgical Wipes

Earlier today, the FDA published a warning letter that the agency sent to Medline (MDLN), citing the company for several systemic failures in how it has responded to bacterial contamination in its ReadyPrep Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) antiseptic wipes, which are used to prepare...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

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