Less than 10 months since inauguration day, the Biden Administration’s civil and criminal enforcement arms are signaling a more aggressive stance, looking squarely at corporate America. Recent speeches from senior officials...more
In December 2020, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (“Defense Act”), which includes significant reforms to the United States’ monitoring system for financial crimes. Although...more
The COVID-19 pandemic presents novel challenges to U.S. regulators investigating allegations of corporate misconduct. Companies currently under investigation or that may find themselves under investigation must be prepared...more
On March 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, pursuant to sections 201 and 301 of the National Emergencies...more
Last week, in what marked the first FCPA enforcement action of 2019, a federal grand jury in New Jersey returned an indictment against two former high-level executives—the president and chief legal officer—of Cognizant...more