On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum titled Civil Rights Fraud Initiative announcing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) plan to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to “aggressively” pursue...more
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On May 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that defendants in SEC enforcement actions for fraud are entitled to jury trials in federal court rather than simply appearing before an SEC administrative law...more
In a rare court-room victory for a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)1 defendant, on November 10, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed a three-count indictment against Daisy...more
Companies commonly advance millions in legal fees to employees fighting securities fraud and other charges related to work performed in connection with the employment. When employees proceed to trial, that number can balloon...more
On December 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with the Cheesecake Factory Inc. asserting that the company issued materially misleading disclosures about the risk that the COVID-19...more