Holland & Knight, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2023 Florida Enforcement Summit on Oct. 18, 2023. The half-day program focused on current...more
10/31/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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Enforcement Priorities ,
Ransomware ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State and Local Government
The U.S. Attorney's Offices (USAOs) Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, announced on Feb. 22, 2023, sets forth a nationwide standard for how USAOs will define and credit corporate self-disclosures of misconduct by employees or...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), through Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr., announced on Jan. 17, 2023, "the first significant changes" to its Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) since 2017. The revisions...more
1/23/2023
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Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Declination ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Policy Updates ,
Remediation ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
In a speech to prosecutors, policymakers and academics on Sept. 15, 2022, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would no longer "accept business as usual" when it...more
The Third Annual Florida Enforcement Summit, hosted by Holland & Knight, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce and the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, focused on federal and Florida enforcement...more
11/12/2020
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Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State and Local Government
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 22, 2020, issued its decision in Liu v. SEC, a case in which the petitioners, Charles Liu and Xin Wang, challenged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) authority to pursue the...more
6/26/2020
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Administrative Authority ,
Business Expenses ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equitable Relief ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Lack of Authority ,
Liu v Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Net Profits ,
Remedies ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On Sept. 9, 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo requiring federal prosecutors to investigate any individuals responsible for illegal corporate conduct before settling a case. This applied to both...more
11/30/2018
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Civil Liability ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Prosecutors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investigations ,
Sally Yates ,
Settlement Agreements ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Fraud Section announced a new partnership between DOJ’s Healthcare Fraud Unit’s Corporate Strike Force and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prosecutors. The partnership is meant...more