Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the eighth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the...more
2/25/2025
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Controls ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Regulation ,
Thought Leadership ,
White Collar Crimes
Morrison Foerster partner Carrie H. Cohen, global co-chair of the Investigations + White Collar Defense Group and State + Local Government Enforcement team, spoke with Edward Imperatore, a partner in MoFo’s Investigations +...more
On August 1, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Pilot Program). The Pilot Program, previewed by Monaco in March 2024, provides another avenue...more
8/7/2024
/ BSA/AML ,
CFTC ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Pilot Programs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On March 7, 2024, during her keynote remarks at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division...more
3/19/2024
/ Asset Recovery ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Pilot Programs ,
Self-Reporting ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced an important extension of DOJ’s voluntary self-disclosure policy aimed specifically at incentivizing companies engaged in mergers and acquisitions “to...more
11/1/2023
/ Aggravating Factors ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Integration ,
Mergers ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
On May 24, 2023, Edward A. Imperatore, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White-Collar Defense group and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, moderated a panel, entitled “Market...more