Malicious actors continue to exploit our connected digital ecosystem, disrupting organizations across all sectors. Some of the most significant evolutions in the cyber threat landscape stem from artificial intelligence...more
10/20/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Third-Party Risk
The False Claims Act (FCA) is the government’s principal weapon against fraud. It is a broad and flexible statute that was intended to “reach all types of fraud, without qualification, which might result in financial loss to...more
10/9/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Whistleblowers
On September 15, 2025, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“DNI”) published the first exclusion and removal order (“Order”) under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (“FASCSA”). The...more
On September 9, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate contractual requirements to implement the Cybersecurity...more
On August 29, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) launched a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force (the “Task Force”) to pursue greater enforcement against importers, foreign...more
On August 6, 2025, following a four-week trial, a jury in the Southern District of New York delivered a mixed verdict in the criminal case against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm. The jury convicted Storm of conspiring to...more
On July 29, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination (the “Guidance”). Following the creation of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative by the...more
Leading businesses continue to suffer cyber attacks at the hands of sophisticated ransomware groups. For example, the threat group “Scattered Spider” (also known as UNC3944, Octo Tempest, 0ktapus) is once again making...more
On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration unveiled a comprehensive national action plan for artificial intelligence (“Action Plan”), accompanied by three Executive Orders that begin implementing key elements of the...more
On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Final Rule, now referred to as the Data Security Program (DSP), that establishes sweeping new restrictions on access to sensitive personal data and...more
On June 11, 2025, in a memorandum entitled Civil Division Enforcement Priorities (the “Memo”), the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division outlined its five priority areas for investigations and enforcement actions: (1)...more
6/26/2025
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Trump Administration
On June 9, 2025, in a memorandum entitled Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the FCPA(the “Guidelines”), the Department of Justice (DOJ) signaled that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and...more
Last week, two different district courts found that President Donald Trump did not have the authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) to impose sweeping tariffs....more
In recent weeks, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom have taken significant steps to relax of their sanctions on Syria, paving the way for long-awaited normalization of commercial relations and...more
5/29/2025
/ Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ,
International Trade ,
Investors ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Syria ,
Trump Administration ,
UK
On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance on white-collar enforcement priorities and revised its policies on corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD), the selection of...more
On April 11, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced additional guidance regarding the implementation of the Final Rule (the “Rule”), Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and...more
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the newly confirmed Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued fourteen memoranda to all Department of Justice (DOJ or the “Department”) employees regarding a wide range of new policies and...more
2/19/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
White Collar Crimes
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) addressing national security concerns regarding information and communications technology...more
1/22/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Final Rules ,
Hardware ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Russia ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On January 13, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” The IFR builds on a long series of...more
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On January 16, 2025, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity, to further address increasing threats from nation-state actors...more
On December 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Final Rule, Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons....more
1/7/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Management ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Exports ,
Final Rules ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information
As global economic and geopolitical environments enter a new era, companies need to continuously develop and adjust their coherent global business strategies to secure and further expand business opportunities in all markets...more
1/2/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Business Opportunities ,
Business Strategies ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Entity List ,
Exports ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Transactions ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Investment ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Investment ,
Joint Venture ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Semiconductors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On December 20, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise regulations under FARA, three years after an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sought input on...more
1/2/2025
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Agents ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Governments ,
Foreign Nationals ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Registration Requirement ,
Reporting Requirements
After yet another banner year for the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)—including high-profile prosecutions, an all-time high in registrations, a record number of inspections, and a key DC Circuit decision—US Department...more
On November 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark decision holding that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) exceeded its statutory authority by...more