Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more
August was another robust month in international trade that further signifies the need for corporations to invest in effective compliance programs. For starters, the DOJ unveiled a new program that incentivizes corporate...more
On February 24, the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration issued hundreds of new Russia-related export controls and sanctions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the...more
May saw several Russia-related enforcement and other actions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) identified and charged three foreign nationals with violating export control laws as they attempted to circumvent Russian...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on May 16 announced criminal charges and arrests that highlight risks for companies from U.S. and non-U.S. networks and individuals that seek to unlawfully divert U.S. goods, services,...more
Importer Pays $3.25M Settlement in FCA Case A California importer paid $3.25 million (Law360 subscription required to view) to settle a whistleblower suit brought by a former employee of its overseas supplier under the False...more
At a sanctions conference held in Washington D.C. on May 5, government officials, practitioners and corporations highlighted the government’s broadening focus on anti-corruption enforcement, across more traditionally siloed...more
On August 27, 2018, the U.S. Department of State implemented the first tranche of new sanctions on Russia under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act (the CBW Act). The enactment of these...more
JPMorgan Resolves Enforcement Action Regarding China Subsidiary’s Hiring Practices - On November 17, 2016, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) entered into a nonprosecution agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), and...more
Welcome to the October 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This month on the anticorruption front, a Japanese multinational conglomerate settles U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
The bill, if passed, would impose severe sanctions on “foreign persons” that make significant investments in Russian crude oil projects....more