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• January 16, 2026

  SEC Fines Adviser Over Black Rifle Coffee SPAC Deal Conflict

  Engaged Capital LLC was fined $200,000 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and agreed to a censure Friday over allegations the investment adviser failed to disclose conflicts of interest related to a special purpose acquisition company merger with Black Rifle Coffee Co. in 2022.

• January 16, 2026

  Stolen Google AI Info Valuable To Rivals And China, Jury Told

  Federal prosecutors questioned a foreign policy expert and an MIT computer science professor Friday in the trial of an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing AI trade secrets to help China, seeking to show that artificial intelligence is a major priority for the Chinese government and that Google's technology was nonpublic and extremely valuable.

• January 16, 2026

  4th Circ. Won't Rethink Toss Of Prosecutor's Fraud Conviction

  The Fourth Circuit won't revisit a split decision tossing a mortgage fraud conviction brought against former State's Attorney of Baltimore Marilyn Mosby, despite the government's claims the ruling hinged on a decades old ruling that has been criticized as a "relic."

• January 16, 2026

  DOJ Reports Historic $6.8B False Claims Act Haul In 2025

  The U.S. Department of Justice secured more than $6.8 billion via settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act in the fiscal year that ended September 2025, the largest amount recovered in a single year in the history of the FCA, the DOJ said Friday.

• January 16, 2026

  SEC Secures $39M Orders Wrapping Fla. Investor Fraud Suit

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has gotten final judgments totaling nearly $39 million to wrap up claims that a Florida hedge fund manager, associated entities and their owner defrauded would-be investors by concealing self-dealing and misappropriation.

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