When Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders were negotiating a final state budget last June, they reduced some health and welfare programs to help close a multi-billion-dollar gap between income ...

Howard Master and Alberto Orozco discuss how shifts in U.S. foreign policy, particularly under the new administration, are amplifying the risk of extortion for global businesses. They address the ...

The largest national association of lawyers is seeking to force Trump’s hand over his orders targeting big law firms.

The Silent Ransom Group extortion gang is actively targeting U.S. law firms and professional services organizations in social ...

On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), a new anti-bribery statute long considered as a likely accompaniment to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of ...

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When a local property manager in La Mesa received a letter in the mail asking if his rental office had a text-to-voice machine, he was confused. The 72-unit apartment complex he managed didn’t even ...

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Google and the FBI warn that Silent Ransom Group is sending fake IT workers to offices to steal legal data and extort firms.