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DOJ Settlements Highlight Continued Customs And Trade Fraud Vigilance

The Department of Justice has secured major settlements totaling over $550 million against companies for customs fraud, signaling an aggressive enforcement posture on trade violations. These cases demonstrate that businesses of all sizes face significant civil and criminal liability for misrepresenting imported goods to evade tariffs and duties. Companies must now evaluate their supply chains and compliance programs to avoid becoming the next target of DOJ's Trade Fraud Task Force.

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

The Data-Driven Prosecutor: How DOJ’s Analytics Revolution Is Reshaping Fraud Enforcement

The Department of Justice's Health Care Fraud Unit has fundamentally transformed fraud detection by deploying sophisticated data analytics to identify billing outliers before complaints are filed.

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Foley & Lardner

In Two Sentencing Cases, Supreme Court Sets Limits On Compassionate Release

The Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions limiting the scope of compassionate release in federal criminal sentencing. In Rutherford v. United States and Fernandez v. United States, the Court established that non-retroactive...

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Bracewell

DOJ Announces Accelerated Review And Enhanced Enforcement In Benefits Fraud Matters

The Department of Justice has announced sweeping reforms to accelerate review of False Claims Act qui tam complaints alleging fraud in federally funded benefits programs...

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Jones Day

Implications Of DOJ’s New Expedited Review Of Benefits Fraud Qui Tam Actions

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Winston Taylor

Latin America In Focus: Trump Administration Bolsters Regional Focus By Designating Brazilian Organized Crime Groups As SDGTs And FTOs

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K&L Gates LLP

DOJ Accelerates False Claims Act Enforcement: New Protocol Signals Faster Action On Benefits Fraud Whistleblower Cases

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Indiana Businesses Should Heed DOJ's Self-Disclosure Policy

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Compensating Victims Of Deep Fake Fraud: Global Responses

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K&L Gates LLP

Wartime Fraud And The False Claims Act: Historic Solutions In Modern Times

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Miller Shah

Procurement Fraud Enforcement Trends Continue Into 2026

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Bass, Berry & Sims

Brazilian Criminal Factions Designated As Terrorist Groups By U.S. State Department

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Jones Day

DOJ’s New West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force: What Digital Health Companies Need To Know

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Holland & Knight

DOJ Announces Changes To Accelerate Enforcement Of Alleged Public Benefits Fraud

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WilmerHale

Federal Court Vacates $100K H-1B Payment Requirement

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Fennemore

The Trump Administration’s Security-for-Minerals Model Faces Test In The DRC

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Steptoe LLP

Tennessee Limits Non-Compete Agreements With Lower Compensated Employees While Presuming That Restrictive Covenants Of Up To Two Years Are Reasonable In Duration

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

The Hidden Ingredient Problem: PFAS Litigation And Regulation Are Reshaping The Beauty Industry

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Students May Sue Professors Individually For Sexual Harassment Under Massachusetts Law

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Foley Hoag LLP

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Updates To DOJ And CBP Trade Fraud Task Force

The Trade Fraud Task Force, established last year, is gaining even more teeth. The Trade Fraud Task Force (Task Force) is a cross-agency effort established in August 2025 between the DOJ and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs or CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Any Comments On FDA’s New Proposed Rule On Prior Notice Regulations?

On June 3, 2026, President Trump signed the new Executive Order “Strengthening Customs Enforcement.” This new order from the administration tackles different administrative priorities related to customs: Customs Reform and Combatting Customs Fraud.

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Customs Fraud, Whistleblowers, And $1.8 Billion In Liability: Lessons For Importers

Between July 2011 and June 2014, California-based Perfectus Aluminum Inc., Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC, and four affiliated warehousing companies imported more than 2.2 million aluminum extrusions from China.

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

DOJ’S Post - Chastain Playbook: How Insider Trading Theories Are Expanding Into Prediction And Crypto Markets

United States Technology

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Cohen & Gresser

CFTC Targets Alleged Insider Trading On Polymarket In Expanding Prediction Market Enforcement Push

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Gesmer Updegrove LLP

CFTC Division Of Enforcement Issues New Cooperation Policy

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Indicting A Dictator: How Narco‑Terrorism Charges Reshape US National Security Enforcement

Worldwide Government

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Bracewell

Supreme Court Clears Path For SEC’s Disgorgement Authority

United States Commercial

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Bracewell

DOJ Settlements Highlight Continued Customs And Trade Fraud Vigilance

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

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Corporate Crime

Indiana Businesses Should Heed DOJ's Self-Disclosure Policy

The Department of Justice has revamped its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, offering significant incentives for companies that proactively report misconduct. Understanding how voluntary self-disclosure, full cooperation, and timely remedial actions can help businesses avoid prosecution is crucial for corporate compliance strategies.

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

U.S. Attorney’s Office For The Northern District Of Illinois Announces Innovative Individual Self-Disclosure Program

Last Thursday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced a new program designed to incentivize individuals to voluntarily report and cooperate in the investigation...

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Southern District Of Florida Sees Rare FARA Conviction

Last Friday a jury in the Southern District of Florida found former Florida congressman David Rivera guilty of failing to register after a foreign agent in connection with a $50 million deal with a Venezuelan...

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Florida Weighs Criminal Liability For Developers

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Jones Walker

Building Trust From Day One: How To Lay The Groundwork For A Successful Corporate Monitorship

United States Criminal

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Winston Taylor

DOJ Fraud Section Launches West Coast Strike Force To Target Health Care Fraud In Arizona, California, Nevada, And Other Western States

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Foley & Lardner

CFTC And Kalshi Announce Enforcement Actions Targeting Prediction Markets

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Lowenstein Sandler

“Fake News” Or Actual Clarity: U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton Addresses DOJ And SDNY Corporate Enforcement Policies

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Lowenstein Sandler

A New Era For Fraud Prosecutions At DOJ

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Arnold & Porter

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Crime

In Two Sentencing Cases, Supreme Court Sets Limits On Compassionate Release

The Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions limiting the scope of compassionate release in federal criminal sentencing. In Rutherford v. United States and Fernandez v. United States, the Court established that non-retroactive...

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Bracewell

U.S. Designates Brazil’s Comando Vermelho And Primeiro Comando Da Capital As Terrorist Organizations

The U.S. Department of State has designated two major Brazilian criminal organizations, Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

FinCEN Proposes Fundamental Reform Of AML/CFT Program Requirements

On April 7, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (the FinCEN Proposed Rule)...

United States Finance

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Game Changing! The CRD Steps Up Fair Chance Act Scrutiny

Worldwide Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

“Show Me Your Papers” — Do You Have To Carry Immigration Documents?

United States Immigration

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Fennemore

EPA Releases Report On Criminal Regulatory Offenses

United States Environment

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Liskow & Lewis

How Statutes Of Limitation Are Evolving For Child Sexual Abuse Claims

United States Litigation

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Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight

Canvas (Instructure) Pays Ransom To ShinyHunters: What’s Next?

United States Technology

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Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC

Good in Practice | Episode 26: Mercy for Survivors: How Pro Bono Lobbying Helped Pass Landmark Human Trafficking Legislation in Texas (Podcast)

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Public Order

To Seize Or Not To Seize: Campus Protests And Police Uses Of Force

Dozens of college and university campuses experienced protests in April and May of 2024 due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Many were peaceful, but some turned violent...

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Robins Kaplan

Ben & Jerry's Founder Arrested for Protesting the Prosecution of Julian Assange

Ben Cohen charged with "unlawful entry" whilst protesting against the prosecution of Julian Assange.

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Recent Court Of Appeals Case Regarding Georgia Street Gang Terrorism And Prevention Act A Win For Plaintiffs

On March 16, 2020, the Georgia Court of Appeals entered a ruling in the case of Star Residential, LLC vs. Hernandez for plaintiffs who bring claims under the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.

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Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP

Map Public Nuisance Video

United States Criminal

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

EU Foreign Investment Law In Force From April

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Congress Agrees To Final Opioids Bill With Vote Scheduled This Week

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BakerHostetler

Scott MacLatchie Discusses Constitutional Issues In Police-Public Interactions As DRI Civil Rights And Governmental Tort Liability Seminar

United States Government

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Hurricane Harvey Special Alert

United States Environment

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BakerHostetler

Trump Administration Likely To Maintain Yates Memo Priorities On Corporate Wrongdoing

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Womble Bond Dickinson

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Latest Videos

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The Politics Of Presidential Pardons – Perspectives From Best-selling Author Jeffrey Toobin (Podcast)

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Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Non-Financial Misconduct Miniseries: Episode 1 - Navigating the FCA's Regulatory Framework (Podcast)

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Note Bene Episode 175: The 10 Keys To Successful Investigations: A Crossover Edition Of The Fraud Eats Strategy (Scott Moriz) And Nota Bene (Scott Maberry) Podcasts

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Wicked Coin Turns One: Where Are They Now? (Podcast)

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Wiley Rein

Webinar Recording: DOJ Enforcement In The Trump Administration: Priorities, Shifts, And Legal Impacts (Video)

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Mintz

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