On December 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a broker-dealer for…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently obtained several cybersecurity-related False Claims Act (FCA) settlements totaling more than $50 million dollars. Collectively, these settlements reflect a clear message: Cybersecurity is an…
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sweeping new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector, citing the Kremlin’s continued refusal to…
The public-disclosure bar is a defense to the False Claims Act (FCA) that prevents relators from pursuing fraud and false claims allegations that have already been publicized, unless the relator…
On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion highlighting that, when public companies disclose risks using hypothetical language, those disclosures may be…
On September 5, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought enforcement actions against a public company and one of its executives for materially misleading statements. Although disclosure fraud…
Under federal law, government agents are authorized to “interrogate any alien or person believed to be an alien as to his right to be or to remain in the United…
On August 11, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought two settled administrative proceedings against a broker-dealer and one of its registered representatives for violations of Regulation Best…
In United States v. Mims, No. 22-13215, 2025 WL 1934570 (11th Cir., July 15, 2025), the Eleventh Circuit addressed a relatively straightforward question of first impression: “whether a district…
