The European Parliament has backed more breathing room for companies facing the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), voting to push key compliance dates into 2026 and 2027 while simplifying due diligence rules. The goal is to give organizations time to adapt, but the politics around deforestation-free supply chains are now more contentious than ever, and certainty remains elusive.
Federal officials have closed out the week with a one-two punch against False Claims Act misconduct, showing us how fraud takes different forms across the government programs millions of Americans rely on. One case centers on pandemic-era laboratory testing that investigators say sidestepped medical necessity and relied on kickbacks to fuel volume. The other involves international mail delivery, where logistics records were allegedly massaged to secure payments for timely performance that didn’t occur.
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has recently released updated guidance explaining how it evaluates corporate compliance programs during investigations and enforcement decisions, including newly added standards related to the “failure to prevent fraud” offense introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA).
Italy’s competition regulator is tightening the screws on Meta, warning that the company’s latest changes to WhatsApp could choke off competition in the fast-moving AI chatbot market just as it begins to take shape.
The Justice Department is pushing RealPage to unwind the software practices that federal antitrust officials say helped landlords move in lockstep on rent prices, a big shift authorities argue has undermined competition and contributed to surging housing costs for renters nationwide.
Federal banking regulators signed off Tuesday on a rule they say will help large banks stay active in lower-risk markets, especially the critical plumbing of U.S. Treasury trading, without being boxed in by leverage rules that weren’t designed for those activities.
Lowe’s Home Centers is facing a $12.5 million penalty and a sweeping compliance overhaul after federal regulators said the company repeatedly fell short of lead-safety requirements during renovation work in older homes, work that stretched across hundreds of properties nationwide between 2019 and 2021.