By this point, most businesses that regularly send and receive funds electronically have heard about the risk of wire fraud scams in which an intruder changes wiring instructions and diverts funds to its own account,...more
6/14/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Phishing Scams ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Spoofing ,
Wire Fraud ,
Wire Transfers
Whether you are a director, or a member of an in-house legal, human resources, or internal audit team, there are sensitive scenarios that occur daily in companies and charitable organizations across industries that trigger...more
3/19/2021
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Auditors ,
Best Practices ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Indemnification ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Internal Investigations ,
Interviews ,
Outside Counsel ,
Professional Disciplinary Actions ,
Public Relations ,
Remedial Actions ,
Risk Management ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Witness ,
Work-Product Doctrine
On August 24, 2018, in a rare appellate decision interpreting the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA), a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a long-awaited decision in U.S....more
In its decision issued yesterday in Salman v. United States, 580 U.S. __ (2016), the United States Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a criminal insider trading conviction even though there was no evidence that the tipper...more
12/7/2016
/ Confidential Information ,
Dirks v SEC ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Markets ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Non-Public Information ,
Personal Benefit ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Violations ,
Tippees ,
Tippers ,
US v Newman ,
US v Salman
Case Background -
Brandeis University initiated disciplinary proceedings against a student, John Doe, who allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with another student, J.C. The two students had been in a romantic...more
On December 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a much publicized decision, reversing two high-profile insider trading convictions in the Southern District of New York. The Court limits the scope...more