On May 9, 2025, the White House issued an executive order, titled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations,” that could have a significant impact on the administration’s enforcement of criminal regulatory...more
7/8/2025
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Issued on February 10, 2025, Executive Order 14209 (“Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement To Further American Economic and National Security”) called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “review guidelines and...more
6/13/2025
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On May 9, 2025, the White House issued an executive order, titled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations,” that could have a significant impact on the administration’s enforcement of criminal regulatory...more
5/21/2025
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As the Oval Office and Congress flip to Republican control, we expect more state AG-led efforts to impact public policy.
Shortly after the New Year, we gathered together attorneys from our State Attorneys General team to...more
2/13/2025
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The False Claims Act imposes liability for false and fraudulent claims a defendant submitted with the requisite state of mind, or scienter. Before the Supreme Court handed down its June 1, 2023, decision in the combined...more
6/8/2023
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US ex rel Tracy Schutte et al v SuperValu Inc et al
In remarks given yesterday to the American Bar Association’s 2021 White Collar Crime National Institute, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco made clear that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is changing its approach to the...more
State Attorneys General in more than 40 states and their federal counterparts are using consumer protection authority triggered by state and federal COVID-19 emergency declarations to ferret out and stop scams and price...more