Langie Cadesca

The 2026 White Collar Year in Preview ebook provides a comprehensive analysis of anticipated enforcement trends and legal developments across key areas of white collar law. As the federal government continues to advance its enforcement agenda, the e-book examines the likely impact on health care fraud, False Claims Act enforcement, higher education compliance, SEC, CFTC, and PCAOB priorities, HIPAA enforcement, international trade, anticorruption, and congressional investigations.

This is the sixth installment in our 2026 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting one additional installment in the series on international trade enforcement. Our previous post, Congressional Investigations: 2026 Year in Preview, can be found here. The False Claims Act (“FCA”) has long served as the federal government’s workhorse for fraud investigations and enforcement.

I. Key Takeaways Federal enforcement under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) may be changing after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded guidance issued under the Biden administration following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.