The Trump Administration is enlisting the CFPB and other federal agencies in the effort to freeze non-citizens out of the banking system. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8102

Banking regulators are helping Trump rewrite the history of January 6 and its aftermath. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8098

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes a US$500 million price-fixing fine imposed on flour milling companies in South Korea and a US$73 million fine against steel giant ArcelorMittal for water pollution in Quebec. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

The DOJ’s slush fund for purported victims of the Biden Administration is likely to be used as a precedent for future demands for compensation from corporations currently being harassed by the Trump Administration. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8094

The Trump Administration's Commodity Futures Trading Commission is fighting for the right to regulate prediction markets lightly. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8089

A Florida utility company has just agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle its role in a lawsuit alleging that nuclear power plant operators around the country engaged in wage-fixing. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8085

Apple's exorbitant prices are supposedly based on the high quality of its devices, but a series of lawsuits tell a different story. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8081

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes a fine of US$165 million imposed on PricewaterhouseCoopers by authorities in Hong Kong for misconduct related to the auditing of the failed real estate firm China Evergrande. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

Trump insists he is not a king, but the capricious attacks on perceived foes make him look increasingly like another monarch. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8078

The California Attorney General has amassed evidence suggesting that Amazon has been pressuring its suppliers to make sure their products are not being sold at lower prices on competing retail platforms. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8073

Trump's DOJ accused IBM of contractor fraud because the company sought to enhance the diversity of its workforce. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8068

Trump's Securities and Exchange Commission is boasting about cutting back on enforcement. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8063

Contrary to its tendency to go easy on rogue corporations, the Trump Administration has recently announced a spate of mega-penalties. Some prosecutors and regulators are apparently still doing their job. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8061

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes: The South Korean Fair Trade Commission fined Mercedes-Benz the equivalent of US$7.5 million for misleading customers about the batteries used in its electric vehicles. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

The newly chosen senator from Oklahoma is controversial for the wrong reason. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8056

Trump's EPA, which revels in eliminating regulations, wants us to believe it is doing a sterling job at enforcement. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8052

The Trump DOJ's new policy on corporate crime focuses on leniency rather than prosecution. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8048

Under Trump 2.0 the Securities and Exchange Commission is a shadow of its former self. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8045

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes: The German Cartel Office fined Amazon $70m for restricting the visibility of third-party vendors competing with its own listings. Israeli regulators fined El Al $39m for charging excessive fares. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

Donald Trump had a lot to say about crime in his State of the Union speech. Most of it was untrue and none of it concerned the kind of crime his administration is abetting. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8036

A $68 million enforcement action against a predatory lender by the DOJ and the Texas Attorney General is really about something very different. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8030

A new ranking of government corruption around the world scores the United States worse than ever under Trump 2.0. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8025

Prosecuting pharmaceutical companies for price fixing will do a lot more for drug affordability than Trump's dubious discount plan. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8021

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes: HSBC paid $312 million to resolve allegations of dividend tax fraud in France. The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority fined Saxo Bank $49 million for anti-money-laundering deficiencies. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

Adopting Trump-style exaggeration, the Justice Department is giving the false impression it is aggressively prosecuting corporations for foreign bribery. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8017

Why is a regulation-bashing administration bragging about--and even exaggerating--its success in pursuing one type of enforcement action against corporations? dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8010

Trump's DOJ is still prosecuting corporate fraud but with a lot less antipathy than it directs against supposed immigrant fraudsters. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/8003

A new feature of Violation Tracker shows most significant cases added to the database as part of the latest monthly update: violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/recent-penal...

The DOJ division responsible for prosecuting fraud by government contractors is now investigating companies for the supposed crime of seeking diversity in their hiring and promotion policies. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7990

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes: Australia's ANZ Bank was fined US$250 million for "widespread misconduct and systemic risk failures" and the EU fined X $140 million for breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

A review of regulatory enforcement in 2025 finds disarray at the federal level but a more encouraging picture with state/local regulators and private litigation. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7953

The Supreme Court's apparent intention to give Trump absolute control over independent agencies will serve to undermine their regulatory mission. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7948

Trump's move to take ownership stakes in companies opens up the possibility the federal government could address corporate misconduct from the inside. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7944

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes a US$134 million fine imposed on TotalEnergies in France for participating in a fuel cartel a $51 million penalty against JPMorgan Chase in Germany for deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering practices. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

Trump's ideas for dealing with affordability seem to be gimmicks that will accomplish little. Is there one exception? dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7940

The latest list of the biggest corporate greenhouse gas emitters is dominated by companies that also have plenty of other stains on their record. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7931

A MAGA-friendly appellate court judge is seeking to block whistleblowers from filing False Claims Act lawsuits exposing fraud by federal contractors. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7924

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes a $1 billion fine imposed on ENI and other motor fuel companies for colluding on prices and a fine brought by Brazil's Public Ministry of Labor against JBS for failing to provide heat breaks for workers. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

ExxonMobil no longer denies the reality of climate change, but it doesn't want to admit it has played a major role in causing the problem. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7919

A federal jury's $20 million award to several victims of the genocidal practices of the regime of Omar al-Bashir in the Darfur region of Sudan could lead to the payment of billions in damages by banks that did business with that regime. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7911

ExxonMobil is leading a big business effort to weaken shareholder activism and consolidate the power of management. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7904

Larry and David Ellison are parlaying their Trump ties to create an enormous media empire that could serve as a MAGA megaphone. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7898

Unlike the rest of the Trump Administration, the Federal Trade Commission has continued to go after corporate abuses. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7895

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes a $3 billion fine against Google by the EU for anti-competitive ad practices and a $30 million fine against VW in Brazil for allowing slave-like labor conditions at a cattle ranch it used to own. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

There may or may not be a link between Tylenol and autism, but a reliable answer won't come from the White House. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7889

Texas is obsessed with stamping out what remains of DEI and ESG in the corporate world. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7885

The Trump-JFK Jr. move against deceptive drug ads sounds good, but it is unclear it will amount to anything. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7880

Trump Administration policies are not consistently pro-business or pro-worker, but they always work to the benefit of the Trump family. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7875

The latest update to Violation Tracker Global includes a $330 million settlement by JPMorgan relating to the 1MDB corruption scandal in Malaysia and a $4 million fine paid by Armani in Italy for misleading statements about its social responsibility practices. violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org

Along with drought in western states and Trump's politically motivated tariffs against Brazil, corporate collusion among the big meat processors has contributed to soaring beef prices. dirtdiggersdigest.org/archives/7869