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Second Circuit Narrows Scope Of Federal Criminal Fraud Statute In NFT "Insider Trading" Case

In United States v. Chastain, a split panel of the Second Circuit recently vacated the convictions of a former executive of an NFT marketplace who had been charged with misusing confidential information...

United States Criminal

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Perkins Coie LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Discharge Of Debt In Martin v. Parker, Clarifies Embezzlement Standard Under Section 523(a)(4)

In a published decision issued July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court's reversal of a bankruptcy court ruling that had deemed a state court judgment nondischargeable under the Bankruptcy Code's embezzlement exception...

United States Insolvency

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

False Claims Act Settlements To Know From The First Half Of 2025

With the first half of 2025 in the rearview mirror, the government's continued focus on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement shows no signs of slowing.

United States Healthcare

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Bass, Berry & Sims

DOJ Announces Unit To Prosecute Criminal Customs And Trade Fraud

Escalating what has already been a strong focus on combating customs and trade fraud in President Donald Trump's second administration, on July 10, 2025...

United States Criminal

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Founder Of Lender Service Convicted In Multimillion-Dollar PPP Fraud Scheme

United States Criminal

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Miller Shah

DOJ Declines Prosecution Of Liberty Mutual For FCPA Violations: Key Compliance Lessons For Financial Institutions

Worldwide Criminal

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

CFTC Joins FERC And SEC In Issuing Guidance On DOJ Referrals For Criminal Offenses

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

Second Circuit Narrows The Scope Of Wire Fraud Statute And Now Requires Prosecutors To Prove A Victim's Property Interest Had "Commercial Value"

United States Criminal

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Duane Morris LLP

FinCEN Addresses Increased Fraud Involving Convertible Virtual Currency Kiosks

United States Technology

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Perkins Coie LLP

Target Acquired: DOJ Strikes At Defense Contractors Over Cybersecurity Compliance And Pricing Issues

United States Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Second Circuit Reverses Wire Fraud Conviction After Supreme Court's Ciminelli Ruling: Key Takeaways On The Right-To-Control And Misappropriation Theories Of Fraud

United States Criminal

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Perkins Coie LLP

Theories Of Surety Liability Under The False Claims Act

United States Real Estate

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

File First, Facts Later? Eleventh Circuit Says That Discovery Can Inform False Claims Act Allegations In Amended Complaints

United States Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

Blockchain 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Winston & Strawn LLP

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Workplace Violence: Why Employers Can't Afford To Ignore The Warning Signs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

Analysis Of The 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Legislation

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BakerHostetler

Business Tax Law Provisions Of The OBBA

United States Commercial

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Offit Kurman

DOJ Settles Cybersecurity FCA Claims With PE Firm And Government Contractors

On July 31, 2025, the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Commercial Litigation Branch (Fraud Section) announced new settlement agreements with government contractors to resolve their respective False Claims Act (FCA) liabilities arising out of cyber fraud allegations

United States Government

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

When Oversight Fails: What Healthcare Fraud Reveals About Risk, Compliance And Culture

In June 2025, the Department of Justice announced the largest coordinated healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history.

United States Healthcare

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NAVEX

Podcast - Bring Out The Bad Stuff

In this episode of "The Trial Lawyer's Handbook," litigation attorney Dan Small examines the challenges of preparing witnesses for trial, emphasizing the importance...

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

Reversals Of Fraud Charges Highlight Difficulties In Bringing Market Manipulation Cases

Establishing that criminal defendants engaged in market manipulation is extremely difficult, often due to the difficulty in establishing that the defendant created prices that did not reflect legitimate sources...

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

DOJ Identifies Tariff Fraud As Enforcement Priority

United States Criminal

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

What The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Criminal Enforcement Pause Means For Companies

United States Criminal

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Wiley Rein

FCPA Compliance Post-February 2025: No Time To Relax

United States Commercial

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Butler Snow LLP

FinCEN To Postpone Effective Date And Reopen Anti-Money Laundering Rule For Investment Advisers

United States Government

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Two's Company, Three's A Crowd: District Court Dismisses Complaint Because Of Group Pleading

United States Criminal

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Arnold & Porter

Pharma Company Challenges The U.S. False Claims Act: What's At Stake For Whistleblowers And Government Enforcement?

United States Healthcare

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A&O Shearman

The False Claims Act (FCA) Enforcement – Healthcare

United States Healthcare

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Trump DOJ Elevating Criminal Prosecution Of Tariff Evasion

United States International

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K&L Gates LLP

If A Tree Falls In The Forest, Is It A Felony? Why The Trump Administration May Reel In Illegal Timber And Fish Imports

United States Criminal

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Beveridge & Diamond

Eastern District Of Pennsylvania Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Life Insurance Company

United States Commercial

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A&O Shearman

The False Claims Act (FCA) Enforcement – Healthcare

The False Claims Act (FCA) has long been one of the most powerful tools for combating fraud against the U.S. government.

United States Healthcare

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Forensic Risk Alliance

Trump DOJ Elevating Criminal Prosecution Of Tariff Evasion

As part of the Trump administration's broad repositioning of US international trade policy toward higher tariffs and enhanced customs enforcement, on 12 May 2025...

United States International

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K&L Gates LLP

If A Tree Falls In The Forest, Is It A Felony? Why The Trump Administration May Reel In Illegal Timber And Fish Imports

Wildlife trafficking enforcement has been a significant area of environmental criminal enforcement in the second Trump administration. Illegal fishing and timber trafficking...

United States Criminal

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Beveridge & Diamond

Eastern District Of Pennsylvania Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Life Insurance Company

On July 24, 2025, Judge Jennifer Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against a life insurance company and certain of its officers.

United States Commercial

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A&O Shearman

DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Whistleblower Rewards Program

United States Anti-trust

HK

Holland & Knight

US Supreme Court Decision In Kousisis Unlikely To Have Any Bearing On Damages Recoverable For Common Law Civil Fraud Claims Under New York Law

I have commented often on the type of monetary damages that are recoverable in the context of a claim for fraud in a civil (as opposed to criminal) action.

United States Criminal

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Meyer Suozzi English & Klein

Inside The Ninth Circuit's Interpretation Of EKRA: Clarity For Kickback Law

On July 11, 2025, in United States v. Schena,[1] the Ninth Circuit adopted an expansive interpretation of the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA)...

United States Healthcare

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

In Case Of First Impression, Looking To AKS Precedent, Ninth Circuit Affirms EKRA Conviction For Improper Payments To Marketers

The Ninth Circuit held that EKRA, like the AKS, applies to payments made to marketers (not just doctors and providers who interface with patients).

United States Healthcare

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BakerHostetler

No Rest For The Caretakers: Health Care Industry In Crosshairs For Expanded False Claims Act And Criminal Enforcement Activity

The health care industry – already bracing for the financial impact of Medicaid cuts – faces another hard truth: This administration isn't slowing the pace of health care fraud enforcement.

United States Healthcare

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Global Anti-Corruption Insights: Summer 2025

United States Criminal

AP

Arnold & Porter

Protect Yourself From Banking Phone Scams

United States Finance

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K2 Integrity

Veil Piercing, Revisited

United States Commercial

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Butler Snow LLP

Importers Beware: Signals Point To Significant Enforcement Risks For Tariff Evasion

United States Criminal

HK

Holland & Knight

Evading DOJ Crosshairs As Data Security Open Season Starts

United States Privacy

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Cohen & Gresser

Deceiving Your Way To The American Dream: The George Santos Story (Podcast)

United States Criminal

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Wiley Rein

USTR Launches Brazil 301 Investigation, Requests Comments

United States International

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Cassidy Levy Kent

High Tariffs, High Stakes: The Rise In Customs Fraud And Enforcement Risk

United States International

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Diaz Trade Law

DOJ And HHS Announce New False Claims Act Enforcement Group

United States Healthcare

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Duane Morris LLP

DOJ Antitrust Implements Whistleblower Incentive

United States Anti-trust

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Mintz

Internal Investigations That Actually Fit Your Budget

United States Government

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Bass, Berry & Sims

DOJ Antitrust Division Launches Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program

United States Anti-trust

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Podcast - Persistence And Determination

United States Criminal

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Holland & Knight

State AG News: Deceptive Practices, Federal Funding, Antitrust Lawsuits July 3-9, 2025

United States Anti-trust

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Bounty Hunting: DOJ Launches Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program

United States Anti-trust

AP

Arnold & Porter

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

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Mintz

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 92: Key Trends In Consumer Fraud Class Actions (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Contracting With The Government? Beware Of The Department Of Justice's Heightened Focus On Procurement Collusion, Antitrust & Fraud (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Law Of Probability: Real-Money Games And Gambling (Video)

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Gamma Law

Cybersecurity = National Security: How The Investment Management Community Should Prepare For SEC's Proposed Rules (Video)

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Lowenstein Sandler

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