Criminal Prosecution, Evidence, Enforcement Actions

Israel Competition Authority Intensifies Enforcement Measures and Indicts Schestowitz VP for a Suspected Cartel in the Food Sector

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 7/17/2025

The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) conducted a thorough investigation of the S. Schestowitz Group, an Israeli company in the food and consumer goods sector, due to suspicions the company operated a cartel in the food...more

Controversial ‘Keyword Search’ Warrant Leads to Arrests in Murder Case

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/23/2023

Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld a criminal conviction which relied in part on evidence obtained pursuant to a warrant for Google search data. People v. Seymour, 2023 CO 53 (Oct. 16, 2023) (available at...more

Voluntary Disclosure: Newsflash – October 2020

K&L Gates LLP on 10/6/2020

In this episode, we examine how two criminal defendants are aiming to leverage parallel FCPA investigations by the SEC and the DOJ to build their defense. We’ll also offer our thoughts on the SEC’s new (and improved?)...more

DOJ Charges Two Herbalife Executives with Criminal FCPA Violations

The Volkov Law Group on 11/18/2019

Last week, DOJ announced the indictment of two former Herbalife executives in China for participating in a bribery scheme over a ten-year period. Herbalife, a multi-level marketing company, was not charged and its...more

The Case of AL disclosure rights and privilege in the age of DPAs

WilmerHale on 6/26/2018

On 19 April 2018 the High Court handed down its judgment in the case R (on the application of AL) v Serious Fraud Office. The Claimant (AL) is a current defendant in criminal proceedings brought by the SFO....more

DOJ: Seek Data from the Business Enterprise, Not Its Cloud Provider

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/22/2018

Where does the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) turn when it needs business enterprise data stored on the cloud for a criminal investigation? According to a recent DOJ memo, the default rule is now turn to the business...more

Recorded Conversations with In-House Counsel Permitted as Evidence in FCPA Trial

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/27/2015

Earlier this month, a federal judge in New Jersey held that a secretly recorded conversation between a former chief executive officer and his general counsel may be used by prosecutors as evidence against the former executive...more

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