As the 2026 midterm elections near, House and Senate Democrats are signaling possible investigative priorities in the event they are successful in taking control of either chamber. This a...
On August 13, 2026, DOJ published a memorandum outlining the enforcement priorities of the National Fraud Enforcement Division – the new DOJ component created earlier this year to comba...
On July 17, 2026, Scoular, a Nebraska-based agricultural company, entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with DOJ to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...
FinCEN and the federal banking agencies have taken additional steps to implement the AML/CFT and sanctions compliance obligations under the GENIUS Act through proposed rules related to Cu...
Between January and April 2026, the SEC filed 57 actions against a combined total of 112 defendants and respondents. (These figures exclude follow-on actions, bars, and suspensions.) Ther...
The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement announced its new cooperation policy for corporate enforcement matters. The advisory seeks to incentivize companies to voluntarily disclose, cooperate...
In his first public remarks since becoming Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, David Woodcock outlined his enforcement priorities, includi...
FinCEN and OFAC have taken steps to implement the AML/CFT and sanctions compliance obligations under the GENIUS Act, the most notable of which include compliance requirements applicable t...
Following the April 2026 proposed rules from FinCEN, OCC, FDIC and NCUA, the Federal Reserve has released its own proposed AML/CFT program rule. The proposed rules largely reorganize the ...
The SEC announced its 2025 enforcement results while outlining shifts in its enforcement priorities to focus on fraud, market manipulation and individual accountability.
