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On October 1, 2026, the Chief of DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division issued Directive 26-12 (Directive) highlighting “an aggressive, all-tools approach to investigating and prosecuting” health care, government, tax and trade ...

State attorneys general (AGs) are the chief legal officers of each state and select United States territories. These 56 AGs have the responsibility of representing the state in court, protecting and educating the public, enforcing state laws and ...

Organized retail crime (ORC) rings, which operate on a regional or national scale, are medium to large criminal organizations that perpetrate mass theft upon retail shops, warehouses and factories. ORCs are officially recognized criminal enterprises ...

This article was originally published by The Legal Intelligencer on July 15, 2026. How many government lawyers should be permitted to represent the Commonwealth in a single case, and what happens when they disagree? This question is playing out in ...

Four defendants recently entered a not-guilty plea following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Two of the defendants were also charged with money laundering. All four ...

Introduction Since the widespread release of artificial intelligence (AI) to the public, the regulation of AI and its applications at the federal and state levels has been the subject of a major debate nationwide. Throughout 2025, federal and state ...

A former member of the U.S. Air Force pled guilty on April 1, 2026, for his role in a nine-year scheme that involved falsely inflating IT contracts by at least $37 million. The individual then used these funds to enrich himself, his family, a ...

When a government investigation targets a company, the general counsel often becomes the focal point for managing the response. But in this role, counsel must take extra care not to cross the line from defense into obstruction. Both federal and ...

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to the Corporate Enforcement and Self Disclosure Policy (CEP). Under the new policy, announced by DOJ Criminal Division Head Matthew Galeotti, companies now have increased ...

This article was originally published by The Legal Intelligencer on May 28, 2025. In January 2025, Dave Sunday was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s newest attorney general. At the time of his inauguration, much was written about what Pennsylvanians ...