The Department of Justice announced on June 5, 2026, that a federal jury convicted union officials affiliated with the Boilermakers in a prosecution centered on racketeering, fraud, and embezzlement involving union dues and benefit-related funds. The case was handled by DOJ’s Criminal Division, including the Violent Crime and Racketeering Section, and tried in federal district court—underscoring the government’s willingness to…
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Kalshi has reportedly referred former Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over allegedly suspicious trading tied to his publicly stated plans to attend President Trump’s State of the Union. Although the matter appears to be in the investigative stage, the referral is notable because it tests how traditional market-abuse concepts may apply in the…
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As of Sunday, June 7, 2026, the legal landscape is being shaped by a cluster of developments that matter well beyond the headlines. For litigators, in-house teams, and compliance officers, the significance is less about any single ruling and more about how courts and agencies continue to redraw the boundaries of enforcement, liability, and procedural strategy.

Among the most consequential…
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Federal prosecutors have escalated a New Mexico criminal case by filing a superseding indictment charging Wilfrido Saenz, Ignacio Jaramillo, and Ismael Jaramillo with conspiracy to transport noncitizens and conspiracy to kill a witness. The new charges significantly raise the stakes, transforming what might otherwise have been viewed as an immigration-related smuggling prosecution into a case centered on alleged obstruction of…
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The Justice Department’s latest public-facing developments, reported around June 5–6, 2026, reinforce a familiar but important message for legal departments and defense counsel: federal enforcement priorities remain active across corporate misconduct, fraud, and compliance-driven investigations. Even where no single blockbuster ruling dominates the weekend cycle, DOJ announcements often serve as practical signals about charging priorities, investigative momentum, and the kinds…
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The Supreme Court on June 4 delivered an important win for the Federal Communications Commission, holding 8-1 that the agency may continue imposing data-privacy fines on telecommunications carriers through its existing enforcement framework. The ruling rejects a constitutional challenge brought by AT&T and Verizon and leaves intact a key tool the FCC uses to police carrier handling of customer information.
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PayPal has agreed to waive roughly $30 million in fees to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into a 2020 program aimed at supporting Black- and minority-owned businesses. According to the government, the program unlawfully favored certain businesses on the basis of race, making the settlement a notable marker in the ongoing legal scrutiny of corporate diversity, equity, and…
Continue Reading PayPal’s $30 Million DOJ Settlement Puts DEI Program Design Under the Microscope

A newly filed putative class action in the Northern District of California takes aim at supplement maker Pharmavite LLC, placing the company’s marketing and labeling practices under the microscope. In Spencer et al v. Pharmavite LLC, filed May 29, 2026, the named plaintiffs appear to be pursuing claims on behalf of consumers who purchased Pharmavite products allegedly marketed in a…
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A Massachusetts federal judge has allowed a multistate challenge against the federal government to continue, concluding at this early stage that the plaintiff states had already shown harm from the challenged federal actions. That ruling is important not because it resolves the merits, but because it clears one of the biggest threshold obstacles in public-law litigation: whether the states can…
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s June 2, 2026 public order in IPR2026-00252 is brief but still worth attention for PTAB practitioners: the Director denied discretionary review, leaving the underlying Board action in place. In practical terms, the decision reinforces how difficult it remains to obtain Director intervention absent a clear policy issue, legal error, or case-specific circumstance warranting extraordinary…
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The Eleventh Circuit’s May 28, 2026 opinion in No. 24-11688 is now available, but practitioners should note an immediate practical issue: the publicly available case details provided here do not include the substance of the court’s ruling, the claims at issue, or the panel’s reasoning. That means the key takeaway at this stage is less about the merits and more…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has reaffirmed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to seek disgorgement of ill-gotten gains in fraud cases, preserving a remedy that has long been central to the agency’s enforcement playbook. For securities litigators and compliance professionals, the ruling matters not just as a doctrinal win for the SEC, but as a practical confirmation that one of…
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In a short but noteworthy unanimous decision issued on May 28, 2026, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment below in No. 24-935, with Justice Gorsuch writing for the Court. Although the Court’s disposition is formally simple—“AFFIRMED”—the opinion matters because unanimous Supreme Court affirmances often clarify how lower courts and litigants should understand the boundaries of appellate review, statutory interpretation, or…
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