The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a civil forfeiture complaint detailing two hacks of virtual currency exchanges by North Korean actors. These actors stole millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency or other...more
9/16/2020
/ Blockchain ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Hackers ,
Money Laundering ,
North Korea ,
Virtual Currency
On August 27, 2020, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), Makan Delrahim, spoke at the Thirteenth Annual Conference on Innovation Economics and emphasized that one of the DOJ’s top...more
9/11/2020
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Blockchain ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FinTech ,
Innovative Technology ,
Monopolization ,
Virtual Currency
On August 14, 2020, the Department of Justice issued a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Advisory Opinion—the first of its kind in nearly six years. The DOJ’s opinion advised a U.S. investment company that the...more
Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Civil Division, and Michael Granston, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commercial Litigation Branch, spoke recently about False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement at the Federal...more
3/6/2020
/ American Bar Association (ABA) ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Elder Issues ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Billing Privileges ,
Nursing Homes ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Voluntary Disclosure
With the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) giving increased attention to Foreign Agent Registration Act (“FARA”) enforcement, companies that have international business operations or otherwise deal with foreign governments and...more
12/17/2019
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
Foreign Agents ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Governments ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Government Investigations ,
Legal Representatives ,
Lobbying ,
Lobbying Disclosure Act ,
National Security ,
Registration Requirement ,
Reporting Requirements
Earlier this year, the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division publicly confirmed the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) intention to make Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”) a criminal enforcement...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an update to the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” released by the Fraud Section in 2017. ...more
In a shift in policy, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced on November 29, 2018, that the DOJ would relax certain policies, dating back to 2015...more