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Smartmatic Fights First Corporate FCPA Indictment Since 2010
The U.S. government charged Smartmatic in October 2025 with conspiracy to violate the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions, money laundering conspiracy, and money…
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ESMA Orders Unlicensed Crypto Firms Out of EU Markets by July 1
The European Securities and Markets Authority confirmed April 17 that MiCA's transitional grace period closes July 1 — any firm offering crypto-asset…
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Sued Over Prediction Markets, Coinbase and Gemini Push Back
New York's Office of the Attorney General sued Coinbase and Gemini in state court Tuesday, charging both companies with operating illegal, unlicensed…
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PACE Act Cuts 40-State License Requirement for Payment Fintechs
Two House members introduced the Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act on April 21, giving nonbank payment service providers a federal path to…
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Sued for Price-Fixing, Amazon Faces California AG at July 23 Hearing
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Amazon, alleging the company ran a years-long price-fixing scheme that lifted consumer prices across rival retail…
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Ordered to Pay $35K, Key Tronic Executives Doctored Inventory Records
The SEC charged Key Tronic, a contract manufacturer of computer components and medical devices, along with two executives: Brett Larsen, the company's CFO…
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CBP Opens $166B IEEPA Refund Portal, Full Payout Still Uncertain
CBP opened the CAPE portal today, placing 330,000-plus importers in line for a share of $166 billion in IEEPA duties, two months after the Supreme Court…
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Opened: CBP's $127B Tariff Refund Portal; Walmart Owed $10.2B
Following the Supreme Court's February ruling that invalidated tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, U.S. Customs and…
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Zaglin Drops New Trial Motion, 8-Year FCPA Sentence Stands
Carl Zaglin, convicted of FCPA violations in the Southern District of Florida, has withdrawn his Second Motion for a New Trial — quietly collapsing a bid…
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OCC Hits Federal Savings Bank With Consent Order for Deceptive VA Loan Ads
The OCC issued a consent order against The Federal Savings Bank of Chicago this month, alleging deceptive acts or practices in the bank's advertising to…
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FinCEN Filed NPRM Offering 10-30% Cut to Financial Crime Whistleblowers
FinCEN published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under 31 U.S.C. § 5323 that would pay whistleblowers 10-30% of monetary sanctions collected in cases…
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Revived: $176.5M Patent Verdict Leaves Lilly to Evaluate Options
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday reinstated the $176.5 million verdict that Teva won in 2022, reviving its claim that Eli Lilly's…
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Huizenga Filed Bill to Sanction DeepSeek Under 1977 Law
If the Deterring American AI Model Theft Act passes, companies like DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax could face placement on the Commerce Department's Entity…
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FTC Sues NERD Solutions for $8.8M Student Loan Scheme
The FTC sued NERD Solutions Inc., ED REF Inc., and their operators Natalie Rodriguez and Pablo Ortiz in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of…
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Judge Orders Drillmec VP to Forfeit $1,019,757 in PEMEX Bribery Case
Judge David Hittner in the Southern District of Texas ordered Diego Bergonzi to forfeit $1,019,757 earlier this week, the exact proceeds Bergonzi pocketed…
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Judges Dismissed 5 FCPA Cases Over DOJ Misconduct in 26 Trials
Judge Howard Matz called it "an unusual and extreme picture of a prosecution gone badly awry.
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Seventh Circuit Frees 2 ComEd Execs, Orders New Trial
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered two former Commonwealth Edison executives released from federal prison hours after oral arguments on the FCPA's…
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Cleared: Judge Hoyt Acquits Rovirosa in FCPA's 4th Post-Trial Win
Judge Kenneth Hoyt of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed the FCPA indictment against Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez…
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Treasury Filed First GENIUS Act Rule on $10B Stablecoin State Oversight
Treasury filed its first proposed rule under the GENIUS Act, 12 C.F.R. Parts 1520–1521, setting the standard that determines whether a stablecoin issuer…
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Filed: DOJ Moves to Block Rovirosa Release Before Hoyt's Dismissal
The DOJ asked U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Hoyt in the Southern District of Texas to stay his forthcoming dismissal order in the foreign bribery…
