Corruption, Legislative Agendas

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (2/12)

Cozen O'Connor on 2/14/2025

Civic Federation Says Illinois Should Extend Sales Tax to Services to Help Bridge $3B Budget Deficit - “Illinois should extend its sales tax to services like haircuts, dry cleaning and plumbing, the nonpartisan Civic...more

Adding China-Specific Restrictions to the FCPA? The Implications of Sen. Rubio’s Proposal

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 4/24/2023

A recently re-introduced bill by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) would seek to expand the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) over corporations operating in China...more

2020 lame duck summary and 2021 preview

Bricker Graydon LLP on 1/20/2021

Overview - The year 2020 began with the optimism of advancing numerous pieces of legislation and promises of strong bipartisan cooperation, but activity suddenly halted in March with the onset of shutdowns due to the...more

Congress Considering New Federal Price Gouging Laws

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/14/2020

Congress has begun igniting its legislative engine to create a federal framework to prohibit price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until now, price gouging has mainly been the province of state laws....more

Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/20/2019

Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

The Remediation Agreement Regime: Canada Moves To Adopt Deferred Prosecutions for Companies

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/26/2018

Canada’s Liberal government recently introduced a bill, known as C-74, that would allow for a type of deferred prosecution agreement called a “remediation agreement” for alleged violations of Canada’s foreign bribery law, the...more