When conducting investigations or determining whether to bring charges, the Department of Justice (DOJ) evaluates whether a company’s AI governance prevents deliberate or reckless misuse that could violate criminal law.

Prediction market platforms continue to battle state regulators over prediction contracts tied to the outcome of sporting events. A recent 6th Circuit appeal by KalshiEX LLC reflects this trend and…

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…

The autism therapy industry is a growing target for government enforcement. As I discussed recently in Emerging Target: Federal Enforcement Comes to the Autism Therapy Industry, Applied Behavior Analysis…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…