On August 20, 2026, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael S. Selig used the inaugural meeting of the agency’s Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC) to outline the agency’s plans to develop a regulatory framework for crypto asset markets using existing
On August 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) charged the former CEO, CFO, and Senior Director of Finance of a Texas-based auto lending company with securities fraud in connection with the collapse of the subprime
On August 5, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that a Taiwan-based, publicly traded manufacturer of light-emitting diodes and its U.S.-based subsidiary agreed to pay the United States $5.15 million to resolve allegations that they
Two announcements in the span of nine days reflect a significant expansion of federal healthcare fraud enforcement resources. On August 4, DOJ announced expansion of its Northeast Health Care Fraud Strike Force to Philadelphia, marking the fourth geographic expansion in
We just released Episode 47 of the False Claims Act Insights podcast where Kip Randall, Abe Souza, and I look at how False Claims Act enforcement has changed so far in 2026.
We discuss how DOJ’s creation of
As we noted in our recent civil update, the pace of criminal cases related to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud has not slowed. Here are a few significant cases from the last several months.
We just released Episode 46 of the False Claims Act Insights podcast where Robert Hess and I talk about a Ninth Circuit case that opens to door to False Claims Act liability for 340B overcharges.
Rob talks about why 340B
On August 4, I spoke with Cormac Connor, Todd Gee, Michael Schrier, and Julia Kopcienski for the latest edition of Husch Blackwell’s Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations webinar series. The session examined the federal government’s expanding use
The first half of 2026 has confirmed that False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement is not only continuing at historically elevated levels but is expanding in scope, sophistication, and institutional backing. With the Department of Justice (DOJ) reporting more than $6.8
