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How the Latest NLRB Guidance Helps Employers Resolve Disputes

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Newly issued guidance from the NLRB encourages efficient resolution of labor disputes, giving employers more flexibility in crafting resolutions to reach practical compromises in appropriate cases. The memorandum also...more

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Employers Beware: Broad Confidentiality and Severance Clauses May Violate Whistleblower Protection Laws

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Employers should check their confidentiality and severance agreements for a common oversight that, for some, is becoming a costly error. Recent enforcement activity by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Rule...more

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Insights from OFAC Enforcement Actions So Far

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Each year, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) initiates several enforcement actions targeting companies, financial institutions, and individuals in the United States and abroad. These enforcement actions can present...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ and SEC Secure $41 Million Settlement from Brazilian Airline for FCPA Violations (Part I of II)

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The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a $41 million settlement with GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GOL”) to resolve criminal and civil foreign bribery charges....more

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Tenaris Pays SEC $78 Million to Resolve FCPA Violations

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The SEC announced another FCPA settlement in 2022.  FCPA enforcement, in general, is picking up.  Tenaris, a global supplier of steel pipes and related services for the energy industry, agreed to pay the SEC $78 million to...more

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DOJ Puts its New Stamp on FCPA Settlements: Unraveling the Glencore FCPA Settlement (Part II of V)

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The Justice Department has been promising a new, more aggressive approach to FCPA enforcement.  DOJ officials have made statements to that effect on numerous occasions.  The Biden Administration touted its elevation of the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

More DOJ Double-Dipping PPP Fraud News

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) continues rolling out new settlement agreements related to COVID-19 fraud - highlighting the government’s and a common relator’s efforts to crack down on those alleged to have improperly...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Buyers Beware: the FTC’s Case Against CafePress Highlights Privacy and Data Security Risks in Corporate Transactions

Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced a privacy and data security enforcement action against the online retail platform CafePress. The allegations in the FTC’s complaint read like a list of worst practices,...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Charges Company for Failing to Evaluate and Disclose Board Member’s Lack of Independence

The SEC announced settled charges against formerly publicly-traded Leaf Group Ltd. for failing to adequately evaluate and disclose in its annual proxy statement the lack of independence of a director and a board committee as...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NLRB General Counsel Signals Much Stronger Enforcement Actions Against Employers

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Last month, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued not one, but two memoranda directing Regional Offices to pursue a vastly expanded array of “remedies” against employers in unfair labor...more

WilmerHale

Split SEC Settles Touting Charges with ICO "Listing" Website

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On July 14, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) announced settled charges against Blotics, Ltd., f/d/b/a Coinschedule Ltd. (Coinschedule), the UK-based operator of Coinschedule.com, a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Settlement Highlights International Enforcement Linked to “Car Wash” Investigation

The UK Serious Fraud Office (the “SFO”) has reached a £1.2 million civil recovery settlement with Julio Faerman, a Brazilian national linked to the sprawling “Operation Car Wash” investigation involving the Brazilian...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The California Attorney General's Settlement with Glow: A Wake-Up Call for Consumer Health App Developers

Consumer-directed health apps are experiencing a boom thanks to COVID-19, as consumers seeking to avoid doctors’ office waiting rooms are increasingly relying on apps to measure and maintain their health.  That trend is...more

Morgan Lewis

DOJ Civil Division Announces New Guidance on Inability-to-Pay Claims

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The US Department of Justice’s Civil Division on September 4 issued detailed internal guidance on how the Division should evaluate and handle inability-to-pay claims by entities. Acting Assistant Attorney General Ethan P....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC and DOJ Enforcement Actions Highlight Scrutiny of Divestiture Orders Compliance

Recent enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) demonstrate the agencies’ continued close scrutiny of merging parties’ compliance with divestiture orders....more

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World Acceptance Corporation Settles FCPA Charges with the SEC for $21.7 Million

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World Acceptance Corporation (“WAC”), a US-based consumer loan company, agreed to pay the SEC $21.7 million for FCPA violations in Mexico.  WAC’s cited violations covered the full gamut of FCPA violations, including bribery...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Airbus Settlement: Part 1 – Introduction

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2019 Year in Review: Notable Changes in Law, Policy, and Enforcement of HIPAA

According to a December 20, 2019 Report by HIPAA Journal, nearly 39 million health care data breaches had been reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) by the end...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Recent FTC Cybersecurity Settlements Highlight Benefits and Risks of Settling vs. Litigating

Amidst mounting pressure to pursue cybersecurity more aggressively, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the federal government’s most active enforcer in the space, has recently imposed increasingly stringent cybersecurity...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Current State of Cryptocurrency Enforcement and Securities Litigation

On April 24, 2019, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “The Current State of Cryptocurrency Enforcement and Securities Litigation.” The presented topics largely focused on the SEC’s evolving regulatory approach to cryptocurrency...more

The Volkov Law Group

Russian Mobile Carrier, Mobile Telesystems, Settles FCPA Case with DOJ and FCPA for $850 Million; MTS Executive and Notorious...

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In another blockbuster FCPA prosecution, the Justice Department and the SEC announced an $850 million settlement with Mobile Telesystems (“MTS”), Russia’s largest mobile carrier....more

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Cognizant Technology Pays $25 Million for FCPA Violations and Earns Declination — Two Executives are Indicted for Criminal FCPA...

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In the first corporate FCPA action of 2019, Cognizant Technology Solutions Company settled its long-running FCPA case, agreeing to pay the SEC $25 million....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OFAC Settles with Cosmetics Company, Reiterates Importance of Supply Chain Compliance

• Company committed multiple apparent violations of U.S. sanctions on North Korea • Penalty imposed in part because of company’s “non-existent” sanctions compliance program • Settlement underscores need to address supply...more

Holland & Knight LLP

“Yates Memo” Edited to Grant Prosecutors More Flexibility in Civil Cases

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On Sept. 9, 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo requiring federal prosecutors to investigate any individuals responsible for illegal corporate conduct before settling a case. This applied to both...more

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DOJ Issues More Guidance Impacting Environmental Enforcement

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On Nov. 8, 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Public Affairs issued a press release indicating that then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed a memorandum (presumably before resigning) the day before that...more

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