#WSJ #Trump administration is withdrawing from some types of #whitecollar law #enforcement, including cases involving #foreign #bribery, public #corruption, #moneylaundering and #crypto markets effectively redefining what business conduct constitutes a #crime. #WhiteHouse #executive order in Feb said #bribery prosecutions hurt the ability of #US companies to compete #overseas, punishing them for practices that are #routine in some parts of the world. #WTF https://www.ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/doj-is-leaving-some-kinds-of-white-collar-crime-enforcement #ElSalvador

https://www.europesays.com/uk/18123/ Top EU official downplays expectations over Apple, Meta digital fines – POLITICO #Antitrust #BigTech #Competition #digital #DigitalMarketsAct #Enforcement #EU #Europe #European #Markets #OlivierGuersent #TeresaRibera #UnitedStates

NAFSA Releases Initial Analysis of #Visa #Revocations and other Actions Targeting #International #Students and #Scholars. NAFSA is able to provide some preliminary information about the size, scale, and nature of the #enforcement actions affecting international students and scholars in the #UnitedStates. As of April 10, there have been > 800 reports of international students and scholars either having their visa revoked and/or their record in SEVIS terminated. https://www.nafsa.org/reports-of-actions-targeting-international-students #Lawfedi

A quotation from Lincoln

In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who moulds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1858-08-21), Lincoln-Douglas Debate No. 1, Ottawa, Illinois

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/4895…

EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/879636/ #Antitrust #BigTech #BjörnSeibert #Competition #CompetitionRules #digital #DigitalMarketsAct #DonaldTrump #Enforcement #Europe #Markets #MarošŠefčovič #Regulation #tariffs #TeresaRibera #trade #TradeWar #UnitedStates #UrsulaVonDerLeyen

https://www.europesays.com/1956750/ EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war – POLITICO #antitrust #BigTech #BjörnSeibert #competition #CompetitionRules #Digital #DigitalMarketsAct #DonaldTrump #Enforcement #europe #markets #MarošŠefčovič #regulation #tariffs #TeresaRibera #trade #TradeWar #UnitedStates #UrsulaVonDerLeyen

The Crisafulli Government’s Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (Qld) allows the seizure and destruction of illegal vapes sooner.

Queensland's new Health Minister Tim Nicholls has a new bill to boost seizure, forfeiture, and destruction powers in respect of illicit vapes

https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/102170

“Our government is taking decisive action and increased enforcement efforts, with more than 74,000 vapes seized in the last two months alone...

“However, under current legislation, the forfeiture of these illicit vapes is subject to a show cause process that takes at least eight weeks.

“This is an expensive and time-consuming exercise so we’re slashing needless red tape so illicit vapes can be immediately forfeited and rapidly destroyed by enforcement authorities.

“The new Bill also contains new powers for courts to order convicted people to reimburse costs incurred by Queensland Health for dealing with these products, and for investigating and prosecuting offences.

“Hitting the hip pockets of offenders will serve as yet another deterrent and help prevent illicit tobacco and vaping products from reaching the hands of kids and teenagers.”