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EPA’s Revised National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives: One Year Later

Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance A...

ESG Compliance Challenges for U.S. Companies

Key Takeaway U.S. companies must manage environmental compliance across a mix of federal rules, state laws, and public reporting requirements. These obligations span waste, emissi...

CFTC Division of Enforcement Issues New Cooperation Policy: What Commodities Market Participants Need to Know

On May 19, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or the Commission) Division of Enforcement (the Division) issued CFTC Letter No. 26-15, a new Staff Advisory setti...

EPA’s Revised National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives: One Year Later

On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a memorandum providing guidance to EPA staff for im...

Navigating DOJ’s New Corporate Enforcement Landscape: Key Considerations for Environmental Voluntary Self-Disclosures

The Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) released its new Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”) on March 10, 2026, establishing, for the f...

Environmental Inspections – Practical Tips for Regulated Facilities

Environmental inspections are a routine part of operating a regulated facility, but they can still create operational and legal risk—particularly where there have been prior violat...

Enforcement Alert: EPA Prioritizes Inspections of Imported Pesticides and Devices

Over the past several months, EPA has significantly increased its enforcement focus on imported pesticides, targeting unregistered, misbranded, or adulterated items coming into the...

Canada arms FINTRAC with $30 million penalties and a new public disclosure rule

Compliance agreements are now mandatory, and penalties for affiliated groups scale to total revenue

Priorities, Carrots, and Sticks at the CFTC: New Enforcement Director Previews a Revised Enforcement Approach

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Enforcement is zeroing in on core misconduct while signaling a clearer path for self-disclosure and cooperation. Our Whi...

Sponsor compliance under scrutiny

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A First Among OCR Enforcements: Publicly Traded Energy Co. Pays $245K After Employer Plan’s Breach

For most of its HIPAA enforcement history, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has engaged in a remarkably similar pattern with (allegedly) noncompliant healthcare organizations:...

MOECC Detects Facilities Without Licences, Camel Grazing Breaches and Waste Dumping

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has monitored several environmental violations during an inspection tour of desert areas across central Qatar and surrounding...

CFTC Enforcement Issues a New Cooperation Policy, Replacing the Previous Enforcement Advisory

On May 19, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s or Commission’s) Division of Enforcement (Division) issued a new policy for evaluating cooperation when consider...

Fishery Officers finding high local compliance

Fisheries New Zealand Officers have carried out thousands of recreational catch inspections throughout summer, with an overall compliance rate of 94 per cent. Around the country it...

CFTC Enforcement Issues a New Cooperation Policy, Replacing the Previous Enforcement Advisory

On May 19, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s or Commission’s) Division of Enforcement (Division) issued a new policy for evaluating cooperation when consider...

OFAC Enforcement: A Practical, Profession Overview For Compliance, Legal, and Risk Teams

]Air Enforcement: New Mexico Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Violation Addressing Santa Fe County Facility

The New Mexico Environmental Department (“NMED”) issued a March 3rd Notice of Violation (“NOV”) to Vulcan Materials Company (“VMC”). See EPCEB Air Case No. VUL-1666-2201....By: Mit...

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 рџ›  TOOLBOX TALK: рџ¦є PPE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT“PPE is your last line of defense — don’t ignore it.”1пёЏвѓЈ Introduction (Engage the Team)Today, we’re focusing...

EPR Compliance: Your Questions Answered

One of the most urgent compliance topics involves Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, now on the books in seven states. Although the laws differ in some respects, precludi...

A New Era: New CFTC Enforcement Director Outlines Updated Priorities and Cooperation Policy

Making clear that the era of “regulation by enforcement” is over, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Director of Enforcement David Miller delivered a comprehensive address...

The Desk: April Edition

Enforcement Round-Up - New Enforcement Director, Updated Enforcement Priorities, and Forthcoming Self-Reporting and Cooperation Policy Changes - As previewed in last month’s upda...

Self-Reporting and Cooperation 3.0: CFTC Enforcement Division’s New Policy Offers a Clearer Path to Declination

Building on recent public statements by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Enforcement Director David Miller,[1] the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement (the Divi...

SEC Fraud and Violations: Whistleblower Enforcement and Legal Protections

I. Introduction: The Expanding Reach of SEC Whistleblower Law Since the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010, the SEC has fundamentally reshaped how securities fraud and corporate misconduct are...

The Compliance Clinic: A cross-disciplinary look at healthcare compliance risk

The Compliance Clinic examines key Medicare, Medicaid, and government enforcement developments across the healthcare industry. Each edition focuses on a specific sector and provide...