Criminal investigations will target businesses profiting from the importation into the United States of goods made using forced labor.
The new criminal enforcement initiative seeks to leverage data about corporate supply...more
8/6/2019
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Forced Labor ,
Imports ,
NGOs ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
As forced labor and sex trafficking prosecutions steadily increase, corporations may be exposed to criminal and civil corporate liability.
The U.S. Department of Justice and state law enforcement are expected to...more
7/25/2019
/ Civil Liability ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
State Attorneys General ,
Supply Chain ,
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
On March 7, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky reversed the October 27, 2016 criminal jury verdict against Kentucky cardiologist Dr. Richard E. Paulus, and acquitted him on all counts of health...more
Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. law enforcement and financial regulatory agencies have focused on disrupting the use of the financial system by terrorist groups, criminal organizations and tax evaders to...more
On April 5, 2016, the Department of Justice unveiled a one-year pilot program designed to encourage companies to self-report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA). Built upon the Department’s September 9,...more
4/15/2016
/ Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Individual Accountability ,
Internal Investigations ,
Remediation ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
On October 7, 2015, Lumber Liquidators agreed to plead guilty to five criminal charges, including one felony, stemming from the purchase and import of certain wood products through three separate Chinese suppliers. The plea...more
10/21/2015
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Care ,
Felonies ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Illegal Imports ,
Lacey Act ,
Plea Agreements ,
wood
On September 9, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates introduced a new policy aimed at aggressively prosecuting individuals for white-collar crimes. A product of a DOJ working group that started under former...more
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Lumber Liquidators announced in its most recent 10Q that the United States Department of Justice plans to pursue criminal charges surrounding allegations the company illegally imported wood in...more