Enforcement Data

Structured enforcement actions from the FTC, HHS, and 19 state attorneys general. Each event includes the entity, fine amount, violation types, laws cited, remedies, and a link to the official source.

Why teams use enforcement data

In-house legal teams need to know when regulators take action in their industry. An enforcement event against a competitor or vendor can trigger contract reviews, policy updates, and board reporting. This data turns those events from scattered press releases into structured, searchable records that feed directly into legal workflows. Common use cases:

Monitor enforcement actions relevant to your industry
Scan vendor contracts when a new violation type emerges (using search_terms)
Auto-create matters in your legal workspace when high-risk events drop
Track enforcement trends by jurisdiction or violation type for compliance reporting

What’s included

Every enforcement event contains:

Field	Type	Description
`title`	string	Official title of the enforcement action
`event_date`	date	When the action was announced
`jurisdiction`	string	Enforcing authority (CA, FTC, NY, TX, HHS, etc.)
`event_type`	string	settlement, consent_decree, fine, enforcement_action, investigation, etc.
`entity_name`	string	Company or organization involved
`fine_amount`	number or null	Monetary penalty (null for non-monetary actions)
`violation_types`	string[]	Categories from a fixed taxonomy of 18 types
`risk_level`	string	critical, high, medium, or low (based on fine amount and scope)
`summary`	string	Plain-English summary of the action
`laws_cited`	string[]	Statutes referenced (CCPA, FTC Act, COPPA, etc.)
`remedy_types`	string[]	Required remedies (monetary_penalty, injunction, compliance_program, etc.)
`primary_source_url`	string	Link to official government press release
`document_urls`	string[]	Links to complaints, judgments, consent orders
`is_multistate`	boolean	Whether multiple jurisdictions were involved
`co_enforcers`	string[]	Other agencies involved in multistate actions

Example: searching enforcement actions

Call search_enforcement_actions with filters to find relevant events:

{
  "jurisdiction": "CA",
  "violation_type": "opt_out_failure",
  "date_from": "2026-01-01",
  "limit": 10
}

Abbreviated response:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "evt_001",
      "title": "Attorney General Bonta Announces $2.75M CCPA Settlement with Disney",
      "event_date": "2026-02-11",
      "jurisdiction": "CA",
      "event_type": "settlement",
      "entity_name": "The Walt Disney Company",
      "fine_amount": 2750000,
      "violation_types": ["opt_out_failure"],
      "risk_level": "high",
      "summary": "Disney's opt-out processes failed to stop data sharing across devices. $2.75M penalty.",
      "primary_source_url": "https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/..."
    }
  ],
  "total": 1
}

See MCP: Enforcement Data for the full search_enforcement_actions tool reference, or API Reference for direct REST access.

Jurisdictions covered

21 federal and state authorities:

Level	Jurisdictions
Federal	FTC, HHS (HIPAA enforcement)
State	CA (OAG + CPPA), TX, NY, CT, CO, OR, NJ, VA, MN, GA, OH, IN, FL, IL, PA, MA, WA
City	NYC (DCWP)

Violation types

18 categories organized by data subject:

Category	Types
Consumer data	opt_out_failure, notice_failure, consent_failure, dark_patterns, data_sharing_unauthorized, data_broker_noncompliance
Sensitive data	children_data, student_data, health_data, employee_data, biometric_data, geolocation_data
Security	data_breach, security_failure, breach_notification_delay
Other	record_retention, ai_automated_decisions, surveillance_pricing

Risk levels

Level	Criteria
Critical	Fine exceeds $10M or involves industry-wide injunction
High	Fine exceeds $1M
Medium	Fine between $100K and$ 1M
Low	Fine under $100K or no monetary penalty

Access methods

Enforcement data is available through:

MCP Server: Use search_enforcement_actions, get_enforcement_details, and get_enforcement_stats tools. See MCP: Enforcement Data.
Web Console: Browse and filter events at courtrules.app/enforcement.

Data quality

Every event sourced from official government press releases
Entity names normalized for consistent search and deduplication
No duplicate events across overlapping sources
Source quotes preserved for traceability
Data refreshed when government pages are updated

Data freshness

New enforcement events appear within 24 hours of the official government announcement. Source-specific timing:

Source	Check frequency	Typical latency
FTC	RSS feed	Under 4 hours
State AGs (19)	Daily	Same day or next day
HHS OCR	Daily	Same day or next day

To get only new events since your last check, use date_from with search_enforcement_actions:

{
  "date_from": "2026-03-20",
  "limit": 50
}

Webhook notifications for new events are on the roadmap. For now, poll with date_from filters.

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Why teams use enforcement data

What’s included

Example: searching enforcement actions

Jurisdictions covered

Violation types

Risk levels

Access methods

Data quality

Data freshness

​Enforcement Data

​Why teams use enforcement data

​What’s included

​Example: searching enforcement actions

​Jurisdictions covered

​Violation types

​Risk levels

​Access methods

​Data quality

​Data freshness

Enforcement Data

Why teams use enforcement data

What’s included

Example: searching enforcement actions

Jurisdictions covered

Violation types

Risk levels

Access methods

Data quality

Data freshness