On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the “Blanche Memorandum”) detailing new guidelines for the Department of Justice’s approach to investigating and enforcing the Foreign Corrupt...more
On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of legislators led by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a pair of bills that would represent the most significant changes to the FCA in more than a decade. In broad strokes, the...more
On February 16, 2021, the SEC filed a litigated civil complaint in the Southern District of New York against Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC, a former Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) alleging...more
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