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 ...

On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) as part of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. FEPA criminalizes demand-side ...

Standup comedian and actor Kevin Hart is taking legal action against controversial YouTuber LaTasha Kebe, also known as Tasha K, and his former assistant, Miesha Shakes, over an alleged extortion ...

"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (“FEPA”) into law as part of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, sweeping in a new era in U.S.

VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for "substantial sums of money." The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its ...

A member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group has been charged in the U.S. for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion crimes. An investigation from the FBI uncovered that 33-year old Deniss ...