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Crime-Fraud Exception Destroys Privilege for Communications Between Former CEO of Public Company and His Outside Lawyer

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On February 7, 2025, the Second Circuit ruled that the crime-fraud exception would prevent the  former CEO of a public company from invoking attorney-client privilege to prevent an outside lawyer and his law firm from...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Foreign Executive’s FCPA Convictions Overturned

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District Court Finds Insufficient Evidence That He Acted As Agent of U.S. Subsidiary - Background - On February 26, 2020, a federal judge in Connecticut granted in part the motion for acquittal of a former senior executive...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Prosecutors Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division's "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" during a keynote address at the...more

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DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Risk Assessments and Policies and Procedures (Part II of IV)

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Part 1 of the Corporate Compliance Guidance addresses the following elements of a well-designed compliance program: risk assessment, policies and procedures, training and communications, confidential reporting structure and...more

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The Justice Department Brings Its First-Ever Prosecution of Corporate Officers for Criminal Violations of the Consumer Product...

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The Consumer Product Safety Act requires manufacturers, importers, and distributors of consumer products to report hazardous defects. Failure to comply can subject the individual officers and employees to criminal penalties. ...more

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