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The IRS and Treasury Department have proposed sweeping new regulations that could strip tax-exempt status from private schools using race-based criteria in admissions, scholarships, or programs—even when designed to promote diversity or remedy historical discrimination. These proposed rules would affect an estimated 18,000 educational institutions nationwide and create significant compliance challenges for schools, their donors, and holders of tax-exempt bonds financing educational facilities.

The Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC marks an important development in the ongoing constitutional debate surrounding the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions. By rejecting an Appointments Clause challenge, the court aligned itself with every other circuit that has spoken on the issue.

In a recent decision, Judge Phillip Bentley resolved an open question for the Southern District of New York that has divided other districts: Does Section 506(b)’s requirement that an oversecured creditor’s fees...