On August 13, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald issued a memo entitled The Fraud Division’s Enforcement Priorities to all personnel of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new National Fraud Enforcement Division. As the title suggests, the memo sets
Trade fraud takes center stage and continues to expand as a priority for the Department of Justice (DOJ).
On July 14, 2026, the DOJ announced its plans to expand trade fraud enforcement by creating the Global Trade & Commerce Enforcement
We previously wrote about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) May 2026 withdrawal of its longstanding no-deny policy, under which a settling party generally could not deny the SEC’s allegations. At that time, we noted that a company settling
Two recent settlements reached between federal antitrust authorities and antitrust defendants highlight that the federal government is open to settlements in which the defendants agree to curb allegedly anticompetitive conduct. The government publicly tallies the resolution as a win, and
China is increasingly on the minds of state legislators and regulators. Across the country, state legislatures and attorneys general have launched a growing wave of laws, enforcement units, and investigations targeting Chinese influence in American commerce, real estate, technology, and
While traditional government enforcement areas, such as healthcare, dominate headlines, one emerging enforcement priority continues to grow, albeit with less fanfare: compliance with cybersecurity requirements in government contracts. The government announced its most recent settlement last month, signaling that
On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Trump v. Slaughter. On its face, the case asked a simple question: Did President Trump act lawfully when, shortly after taking office in 2025, he fired the
On June 23, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the results of the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The so-called “takedowns” have become an annual event, and this year’s involved the largest number of defendants in Takedown history.
On June 10, 2026, nineteen states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the District of Maryland seeking to halt implementation of Executive Order 14398, which was issued on March 26, 2026. The order requires federal agencies to insert
In a unanimous decision issued on June 4, 2026, the Supreme Court handed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an enforcement victory. That case — Sripetch v. SEC — concluded that the SEC is not required to show a pecuniary
