Traditions Health has agreed to pay $34 million to resolve civil allegations that it improperly billed Medicare for home health services and provided financial benefits to physicians in connection with patient referrals, federal authorities announced Thursday.
As regulatory expectations rise and market risks grow more complex, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission is showing that stricter supervision, tougher enforcement, and deeper digital capabilities will define its approach heading into 2026, a year that will see Cyprus take on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland has drawn a firm line under a long-running merger dispute, leaving intact a €600,000 penalty imposed on Valio for breaching conditions attached to its acquisition of foodservice wholesaler Heinon Tukku.
The President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) recently announced formal charges against Samsung Electronics Polska, alleging that the company’s approach to publishing and labeling online reviews may mislead consumers. If the allegations are confirmed, the company could face a fine of up to 10 percent of its turnover.
Europe’s long-planned reshuffle of its anti-money laundering architecture quietly became reality at the start of the year. The European Banking Authority (EBA) formally handed over all of its AML and counter-terrorist financing responsibilities to the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), marking the end of the EBA’s stand-alone AML/CFT mandate and the beginning of a new supervisory era for the European Union.
The federal government collected more than $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) in fiscal year 2025, marking the largest single-year total in the law’s history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
Italy’s competition and consumer authority has opened two formal investigations into Activision Blizzard, part of the Microsoft group, putting the spotlight on how some of the world’s most popular mobile games nudge players toward spending money.