On April 5, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in the U.S. Department of the Treasury named Genesis Market to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN List”). Genesis Market is...more
4/27/2023
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Dark Web ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
FBI ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Online Platforms ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 2, 2023, in remarks delivered at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new policy creating incentives for companies to adopt...more
3/6/2023
/ Clawbacks ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Electronic Communications ,
Executive Compensation ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Incentives ,
Monaco Memo ,
National Security ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
For nearly 50 years, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought federal criminal charges only for allegations of illegal coordinated behavior among competitors in violation of...more
12/15/2022
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Indictments ,
Monopolization ,
Sherman Act
The Justice Department announced this week the formation of a new Procurement Collusion Strike Force, which will focus on “deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies...more
11/7/2019
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Bid Rigging ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Fraud ,
Leniency Programs ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Subcontractors ,
Teaming Agreements
An effective antitrust compliance program is more valuable than ever, now that the Department of Justice has confirmed that such a program will influence government charging and sentencing decisions.
On July 11, 2019,...more
The United States Department of Justice this month released a revised and consolidated set of guidelines for determining cooperation credit for organizations facing exposure under the False Claims Act. The consolidated...more
This month the Department of Justice brought a “first of its kind” action against two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists for allegedly dispensing and billing Medicare for prescriptions in violation of both the...more
The Justice Department announced in a recent press release that it obtained more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from cases involving fraud and false claims against the government. The vast majority of this...more
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, William Barr, is in the news for a June 2018 memo to top Justice Department officials criticizing special counsel Robert Mueller’s obstruction-of-justice investigation. ...more
In recent weeks, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued two memoranda that might change the calculus of False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases. The memoranda at a minimum provide organizations with new—or at least...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published an Interim Final Rule on June 30th nearly doubling the per-claim civil penalties for violations of a number of laws, including the False Claims Act (FCA), the Program...more
A recent case illustrates both the ongoing corruption risks for U.S. companies doing business in developing countries such as China and the Government’s tougher stance on settling white collar crime cases. In this case, the...more
2/24/2016
/ China ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Meals-Gifts-and Entertainment Rules ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
Last fall, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced (Yates memo) that the DOJ would require businesses to share all relevant facts about individuals when disclosing misconduct to be entitled to cooperation credit. The...more