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2026 Proposed Amendments To The Federal Sentencing Guidelines—Key Changes For Economic Crimes

The United States Sentencing Commission (the "Commission") published its proposed 2026 amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in two phases—in December 2025 and January 2026...

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

CVA/HTA Practice Newsletter - March 2026

Welcome to the third edition of our Child Victims Act/Human Trafficking & Assault (CVA/HTA) Practice's newsletter.

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Trump Administration Considers Requiring Banks To Collect Citizenship Information From Their Customers

On February 24, 2026, several media outlets reported that the Trump administration is internally considering requiring banks to collect citizenship...

United States Criminal

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Residential Real Estate Rule – FinCen Reporting Starting March 1st

In 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") issued the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers...

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Liskow & Lewis

DOJ Continues To Incentivize Self-Disclosing Misconduct, But When And Where May Be Complicated: Takeaways From The SDNY's Corporate Enforcement And Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program

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Goodwin Procter LLP

SDNY Formalizes New Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

SDNY To Become Haven For Corporate Declinations Through New Voluntary Self-disclosure Program

United States Commercial

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Podcast - Cases Come In Many Ways

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

SDNY's Announcement Confirms That Revised Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program Offers New Incentives

United States Criminal

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Legal Uncertainty Clouds Direct-To-Consumer Drug Program After OIG Advisory And Senate Scrutiny

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Wiley Rein

FinCEN, OFAC Intensify Efforts Targeting Mexican Cartel Money Laundering

United States Criminal

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McDermott Will & Schulte

FinCEN Issues Exceptive Relief Order On Beneficial Ownership Verification Requirements

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Second Circuit OKs ‘Good Acts' Evidence on Intent

United States Criminal

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Lowenstein Sandler

FINRA's Annual Guidance Spotlights AI And Cyber Risk Management And Governance

United States Technology

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Goodwin Procter LLP

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

United States Insolvency

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Mediator-and Arbitrator-Retained Experts In Construction Or Business Disputes

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JAMS

Ohio's New E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act: What Construction Employers Need To Know

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Cleaning The Palette: Anti-Money Laundering Is Coming For The U.S. Art World

For years, the United States has treated the high-value art trade as a regulatory outlier: enormous single-transaction prices...

United States Government

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Narco Traffickers In The Classroom—and Whistleblowers At The Gate

On 12 February 2026, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a US$1.72 million civil settlement with a Florida-based elite boarding school and athletic training complex.

United States Criminal

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K&L Gates LLP

SDNY Previews New Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy And Heightened Individual Accountability

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY or the Office) is emphasizing rapid resolutions...

United States Commercial

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BakerHostetler

Recent FinCEN Actions Signal Trump Administration's Focus On Escalating AML Enforcement

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently announced a sweeping enforcement operation targeting money services businesses (MSBs) operating along the Southwest U.S. border.

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

Federal Government Continues Anti-Fraud Enforcement In The Sports Industry And Signals Desire To Work Cooperatively With Organizations Under Investigation

United States Criminal

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Steptoe LLP

Is Lying To Keep Lawfully Obtained Money Fraud? In Rinsch, Judge Rakoff Holds It Is Not

United States Criminal

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Steptoe LLP

New Leadership In New Jersey: Acting Attorney General Davenport Announces Her Team

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Duane Morris LLP

New York City Council Passes Landmark Amendment To Victims Of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, Overriding Mayor's Veto

United States Criminal

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

DOJ Whistleblower Programs: How We Got Here

United States Criminal

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Winston & Strawn LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Holds MVRA Restitution Constitutes Criminal Punishment Under The Ex Post Facto Clause

United States Litigation

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Dechert

Artificial Guilt? A Practitioner's Guide To Criminal Liability In The Age Of GenAI

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

FCPA Year-in-Review: 2025 Developments And Predictions For 2026

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

Newly Created DOJ Division Set To Heighten Fraud Enforcement Nationwide

United States Criminal

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Navigating Evolving Guardrails For Internal Investigations

Worldwide Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Artificial Guilt? A Practitioner's Guide To Criminal Liability In The Age Of GenAI

The rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence ("GenAI") — capable of autonomously producing text, images, and video — is nothing short of astounding.

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

FCPA Year-in-Review: 2025 Developments And Predictions For 2026

In sharp contrast to President Donald J. Trump's first term, during which enforcement activity stayed robust despite President Trump's previous criticism of the law, President Trump's second term...

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

Newly Created DOJ Division Set To Heighten Fraud Enforcement Nationwide

At the start of the second Trump Administration, it appeared that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would tread lightly on white collar crime and civil fraud enforcement.

United States Criminal

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Navigating Evolving Guardrails For Internal Investigations

Those involved with internal investigations will continue to contend with a set of increasingly defined and evolving set of constraints in 2026...

Worldwide Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Une reconnaissance juridique des enquêtes internes, pour un encadrement a minima : aperçu de la proposition de loi du 9 décembre 2025

United States Criminal

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Mayer Brown

Deepfakes-as-a-Service Meets State Laws: Governing Synthetic Media In A Fragmented Legal Landscape

Deepfake production is increasingly being offered "as a service," powered by autonomous AI systems capable of executing multi-step fraud schemes...

United States Criminal

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Jones Walker

How The Murphy Administration And The Senate Solved New Jersey's Judicial Vacancy Crisis

As the Trump administration and the U.S. Senate continue to fight over U.S. Attorney nominees, a number of U.S. Attorney's Offices around the country have been thrown into chaos.

United States Criminal

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Lowenstein Sandler

Podcast - Reading The Room

In this episode of "The Trial Lawyer's Handbook," litigation attorney Dan Small continues the discussion of U.S. v. Rendle and explains why reading the room matters in court.

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

Trump Administration Unveils New National Fraud Enforcement Division Of DOJ

On Thursday, January 8, 2026, the Trump administration unveiled the creation of a new division within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat fraud on the federal government.

United States Criminal

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Recent Enforcement Cases In China Life Sciences Compliance

United States Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

China Compliance Update — December 2025

United States Criminal

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Arnold & Porter

New Corporate And Limited Partnership Requirements Under The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA): A Practical Guide To Impacts And Actions

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Podcast - Respect In The Courtroom

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

Do U.S. Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Maduro's Criminal Case?

Worldwide Litigation

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

AI Tools Improve Workflows, But Open Doors For Fraud And Manipulation

United States Technology

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Kaufman Rossin

Virtual Currency Exchange Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges Related To Anti-Money Laundering Violations And Pays Multi-Million Dollar Fine To FinCEN

United States Criminal

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Mayer Brown

DOJ Establishes Health & Safety Unit Within The Criminal Division's Fraud Section

United States Criminal

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Mayer Brown

SDNY Offers Companies Facing Investigation New Incentives For Quick Self-Disclosure

United States Criminal

HK

Holland & Knight

Jimmie "Chris" Duncan Is Released After 27 Years On Louisiana's Death Row

United States Criminal

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Understanding ICE Warrants: What Employers Need To Know About Limits On A "Blackie's Warrant"

United States Immigration

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Littler Mendelson

U.S. Government Launches Interagency Effort To Combat Online Cryptocurrency Fraud Schemes

United States Technology

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Ballard Spahr LLP

'Ban The Box' Expands In Philadelphia: Latest Updates For Employers

United States Criminal

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Cinderella Effect: Transforming Quality Control In Financial Crime Compliance With AI

United States Technology

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Compliance Update — Insights And Highlights October 2025

United States Criminal

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Jones Walker

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Crowley Law LLC

Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions As Crimes? (Video)

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Wiley Rein

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Duane Morris LLP

Forward Risk & Foley Webinar: Key Takeaways (Video)

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Foley & Lardner

Recent Ransomware Attack On Critical Infrastructure Highlights Increasing Risk To U.S. Economy (Video)

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Baker Botts LLP

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