On March 16, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) called on Attorney General William Barr to form a nationwide task force to monitor and investigate False Claims Act (FCA) allegations related to the Covid-19 pandemic....more
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) recently announced that it is launching an investigation into the foreign gifts reporting practices of two higher education institutions. ...more
2/28/2020
/ Colleges ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corruption ,
Department of Education ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethics ,
Failure to Comply ,
Failure to Report ,
Federal Funding ,
Gifts ,
Government Investigations ,
Higher Education Act ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Title IV ,
Transparency ,
Universities ,
White Collar Crimes
A Textbook Case of Alleged Money Laundering?
On November 18, 2019, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest and unsealed the indictment of Bruce Bagley – a 73-year-old college professor...more
11/26/2019
/ Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Embezzlement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Bank Accounts ,
Indictments ,
Money Laundering ,
Public Projects ,
Public Works ,
Swiss Banks ,
Venezuela ,
White Collar Crimes
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the restructuring of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Securities and Financial Fraud Unit within the Fraud section of the Criminal Division. The unit will now be known...more
10/10/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Commodities ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Institutions ,
Government Investigations ,
Investment Fraud ,
Policy Statement ,
Securities Fraud ,
White Collar Crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice-Criminal Division recently updated its internal guidance to federal prosecutors for evaluating corporate compliance programs....more
5/16/2019
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
White Collar Crimes
In recognition of the significance South America has played in recent FCPA enforcement, yesterday the FBI announced that it will establish a team of agents in Miami focused on FCPA cases in Miami and South America. ...more
In a highly anticipated speech to the New York City Bar White Collar Crime Institute this morning, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced two new Department of Justice (DOJ) policies...more
Canada’s Liberal government recently introduced a bill, known as C-74, that would allow for a type of deferred prosecution agreement called a “remediation agreement” for alleged violations of Canada’s foreign bribery law, the...more
In a case that may have significant impact for companies providing public Internet and cloud services, the Second Circuit has ruled that a federal court may not issue a criminal warrant ordering a U.S. company to produce...more
7/20/2016
/ Cloud Computing ,
Criminal Investigations ,
e-Discovery ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Ireland ,
Microsoft ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Subpoenas
In an unusual four-member majority opinion in RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, the U.S. Supreme Court settled a host of controversial questions about the extraterritorial scope of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...more
6/22/2016
/ Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Entities ,
Mail Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
Organized Crime ,
RICO ,
RJR Nabisco ,
RJR Nabisco v European Community ,
SCOTUS ,
Travel Act ,
Wire Fraud
Economic espionage and computer hacking can touch all industries and business types. Computer hacking is a federal crime, and federal prosecutors are aggressively targeting cases involving the unauthorized access of a...more
A federal judge exceeded his authority when he rejected a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) entered into earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a Dutch aerospace company, the DOJ and company will...more
9/11/2015
/ Aerospace ,
Aircraft Equipment ,
Appeals ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DPA ,
Export Controls ,
Internal Investigations ,
Iran ,
Sudan ,
Terrorism Funding
Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot prohibit a pharmaceutical company from marketing its drugs for off-label uses if its claims are truthful and not misleading. This ruling,...more
The indictment and trial of famed baseball slugger Barry Bonds for perjury and obstruction of justice drew nationwide attention. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ April 22, 2015, en banc decision reversing Bonds’...more
Signaling increased oversight of nonprofit organizations, the New York Attorney General’s Office recently began to scrutinize the management and operation of New York nonprofits in an effort to head off potential crises...more
A federal grand jury in Chicago recently indicted high-frequency trader Michael J. Coscia for “spoofing,” making it the first criminal case ever brought under the Dodd-Frank Act’s rules against disruptive trading practices....more
10/6/2014
/ CFTC ,
Consent Order ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Disruptive Trading Practices ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
High Frequency Trading ,
Indictments ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Spoofing
In a shot across the bow of online payday lenders who allegedly disregard state law where their borrowers reside, a New York County grand jury recently voted a criminal usury and conspiracy indictment against 12 companies...more
The "Bridgegate" scandal in New Jersey involving an investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures has included many instances of Governor Chris Christie's top officials utilizing their own Gmail, Yahoo, or...more
In another show of force against food processors, federal prosecutors in Colorado recently brought criminal charges against two brothers who owned a cantaloupe farm linked to a 2011 listeria outbreak that killed 33 people....more
Federal prosecutors recently announced a $12.6 million False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with a major New Jersey health system to resolve allegations that the system paid outside physicians in order to increase referrals....more
1/31/2013
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Qui Tam ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
A divided panel of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of a pharmaceutical sales representative who marketed a narcolepsy drug for so-called off-label uses not approved by the Food and Drug...more