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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of June 1 - 5, 2026

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Shaikh v. Fox News - frivolous claims lacking subject matter jurisdiction - USA v. Niksich - foreign bank accounts, Eighth Amendment challenge - Lil Joe Records v. Won -...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Announces New West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) continues to expand its aggressive health care fraud enforcement efforts with the announcement of a new West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

North Korean Remote IT Worker Fraud: Managing Insider Threat, Sanctions and Employment Risk

In recent years, a sophisticated fraud scheme has emerged that poses a serious and growing threat to companies worldwide: the infiltration of corporate workforces by fraudulent remote workers, including employers and...more

Hogan Lovells

DOJ Antitrust official lays out criminal enforcement playbook for algorithmic pricing cases

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Glad reiterated what has been a throughline at DOJ across administrations with respect to antitrust enforcement of algorithmic pricing: agreements among competitors to fix prices, allocate markets, or rig bids violate the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo's Financial Markets & Innovation - June 5, 2026

On May 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed parallel criminal and civil insider trading actions in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...more

DLA Piper

US designates two Brazil-based transnational criminal organizations as terrorist entities

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On May 28, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States Department of State (DOS) designated Brazil-based drug-trafficking and transnational criminal organizations Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro...more

Bracewell LLP

In Two Sentencing Cases, Supreme Court Sets Limits on Compassionate Release

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Under the US Criminal Code’s compassionate release provision, a court may reduce a criminal sentence after it is imposed if “extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction.”...more

Adams & Reese

Tennessee Outlaws Spiking Drinks

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Tennessee outlawed placing roofies and other date rape drugs in drinks. The practice becomes a Class D felony starting July 1, 2026....more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 422 -- Adani OFAC Settlement and Red Flag Lessons Learned

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On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), an India-based multinational, agreed to pay $275 million to settle 32 apparent violations of...more

A&O Shearman

AMLA consults on draft guidelines on ongoing monitoring of business relationships

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The EU Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) has launched a consultation on draft guidelines on ongoing monitoring of business relationships under Article 26(5) of Regulation...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills: Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Adult-Use Sales Law

It’s déjà vu all over again. In a move that surprised many — and disappointed more — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has vetoed legislation that would have finally established a regulated adult-use marijuana retail market in...more

Maynard Nexsen

White House Unveils Executive Order Promoting Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security

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On June 2, 2026, the White House unveiled another executive order on artificial Intelligence (“AI”), entitled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security”. This executive order follows previous...more

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White House issues executive order on AI and cybersecurity

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On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” (the “Order”) directing federal agencies to establish a framework for the secure...more

Bracewell LLP

United States Expands Cuba and Latin American Enforcement: Brazil FTO Designations and New Cuba Sanctions Target Terrorists and...

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The Executive Branch continues to expand its influence south of the border, pursuing its agenda of the “total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations” and the economic isolation of hostile regimes in...more

Mayer Brown

President Trump Signs Executive Order on Advanced AI Innovation and Security

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On June 2, 2026, President Donald Trump issued a new Executive Order (the “EO”), Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security, directing agencies to strengthen federal cybersecurity, expand use of...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Corporate Insider Trading on Prediction Markets: United States v. Spagnuolo

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In April 2026, U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged for allegedly profiting over $400,000 on bets placed on an offshore cryptocurrency-based prediction platform using classified information...more

Cozen O'Connor

State AGs Roll Challenge to Federal Marijuana Rescheduling

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers and Indiana AG Todd Rokita are seeking D.C. Circuit review of a DOJ and DEA final rule rescheduling certain FDA-approved and state-licensed medical marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III....more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes - Vol. 7, Issue 11

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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES - Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance Maine: The Maine Ethics Commission voted unanimously on May 27 to circulate an advisory statement warning candidates that...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing AI Cybersecurity and Frontier Model Framework

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The Trump administration has issued a light-touch executive order focused on cyber risks stemming from frontier AI....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ and CFTC Bring New Insider Trading Cases in Prediction Markets

On May 27, 2026, the SDNY and CFTC filed parallel actions against Michele Spagnuolo, a software engineer employed by Google, alleging that he misappropriated confidential corporate information and used it to trade on a...more

K&L Gates LLP

Latin America in Focus: Trump Administration Bolsters Regional Focus by Designating Brazilian Organized Crime Groups as SDGTs and...

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On 28 May 2026, the State Department announced that it designated Brazil’s two largest organized crime groups—Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)—as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

DOJ Applies Insider Trading Theories to Novel Prediction Market Contract Case

On May 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed a criminal complaint against a Google employee, Michael Spagnuolo, accusing him of generating more than a million dollars in profits by using confidential...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Beyond Economic Crime: UK Corporate Criminal Liability Expanded

From 29 June 2026, organisations will face potential criminal liability in the UK where senior employees commit any criminal offence under UK law. Under section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026, where a “senior manager”...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

From Criminal Risk to Terrorism Liability: Why Companies With Exposure to High-Risk Regions Must Act Now

On May 6, 2026, the White House released a counterterrorism strategy that expands and reinforces an enforcement posture already created by the designation of major cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially...more

Holland & Hart LLP

IP, Privacy, and Criminal Liability: The AI Executive Order's Private-Sector Impact

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On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled, “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” (EO) addressing AI and national cybersecurity. While directed primarily at federal...more

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