In the last year, Nebraska, Texas, and other states have passed foreign influence laws requiring disclosure of lobbying and other advocacy activities on behalf of foreign actors. Although these so-called…
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We just released Episode 39 of the False Claims Act Insights podcast where I discussed recent oral arguments in the Third Circuit appeal of the Janssen Products case with Husch…
Supreme Court Clarifies Ex Post Facto Status of MVRA Restitution: Ellingburg v. United States
The Supreme Court recently and unanimously held in Ellingburg v. United States[1] that restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) qualifies as “criminal punishment” subject…
DOJ Issues Department-Wide Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy
On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a new Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”), which now governs all corporate criminal matters handled by DOJ except…
We just released Episode 38 of the False Claims Act Insights podcast where I discussed DOJ’s dismissal process under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A) with Husch Blackwell’s Tanner Cook. Tanner…
Review of 2025: Executive Orders and Federal Deregulation for More Targeted Enforcement
Rebecca Furdek recently published an article in Wisconsin Lawyer magazine reviewing the first year of the second Trump administration. She discusses three primary trends: the use of executive orders, deregulation…
Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations Webinar Series: Self-Reporting and Cooperation Credit
On February 26, 2026, Laura Higbee and I presented the latest edition of Husch Blackwell’s Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations webinar series. During Self-Reporting and Cooperation Credit, we discussed recent…
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