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Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Revokes Enforcement Division’s Authority to Issue Formal Orders of Investigation

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SEC Staff seeking authority to issue subpoenas must now obtain Commission approval. On March 10, 2025, in a vote that fell along party lines, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) issued a rule...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 8: What Healthcare Companies Need to Know When the Government Comes Knocking

In this episode, AGG Healthcare Litigation co-chair Jason Bring is joined by AGG Healthcare Litigation and Government Investigations partner Kara Silverman to discuss best practices for healthcare companies facing a...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

California AG Enforces Subpoena; Plastic Lobbying Groups Respond With Lawsuit

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California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta has issued two petitions to enforce an investigative subpoena against the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC). PLASTICS lobbies on...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Business Owner Who Failed to Turn Over Pay Records Ordered to Prison

Last week, a federal judge in Michigan ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to arrest and imprison a home healthcare agency owner who repeatedly defied a U.S. Department of Labor demand that she provide pay records as part of a...more

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Federal Court Grants the SEC Limited Access to the Identities of Law Firm Clients Impacted by a Cyberattack

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In Short - The Situation: Following a cyberattack on a law firm's systems, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") subpoenaed the firm for information, including the identity of clients whose information may have...more

Burr & Forman

SEC Enforcement Staff Regains Subpoena Power

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On February 9, Acting SEC Chair Lee announced she was restoring the delegated authority of Enforcement Division senior officials to issue subpoenas to compel document production and sworn testimony without the need of a...more

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California DFPI Announces Investigation of a Dozen Debt Collectors

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On January 19, 2020, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) launched an investigation ​into a dozen debt collectors potentially engaging in unlawful, unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

[Webinar] What You Need to Know When Government Investigators Knock - December 4th, 2:00 pm ET

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Receiving notice that the government is investigating your organization, employees or corporate and/or scientific practice can be a cause for alarm – but it doesn’t have to be. Former federal prosecutors and Jackson Lewis...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New U.S. Sanctions Penalties Spotlight Sanctions and Export Controls Scrutiny of False and Incomplete Statements

• On August 8, OFAC issued Findings of Violation to two U.S. companies in relation to administrative subpoenas with follow-up responses deemed by OFAC to be inaccurate or incomplete. • These recent actions build upon a...more

The Volkov Law Group

OFAC Enforcement: The Epsilon Case and Third Party Risks

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The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) recently announced the settlement of the Epsilon enforcement action. This case requires a theme song and there is none better than Trucking from Grateful...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Battling Government Investigations Series - Civil and Criminal Investigations

It always comes when you least expect it – a government inquiry to investigate your business. While it may instill a sense of panic, there are steps you can take to make sure you’re in the best position possible when the...more

Fisher Phillips

Supreme Court Limits EEOC Subpoena Power

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In a 7 to 1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that courts of appeals should largely defer to lower courts’ decisions when policing subpoenas issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). By...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Mine Commission Upholds Safety Agency’s Demand for Records in Split Decision

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The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld a judge’s decision favoring the government over a Western Kentucky coal operator who had refused to honor a directive to provide federal authorities with a...more

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Federal Court Approves EEOC Subpoena in Investigation of Union Pacific

Agency Can Use Subpoena to Continue Investigation of Discrimination Even After Complainants' Private Lawsuit Has Been Dismissed - MILWAUKEE - A federal judge has approved a subpoena allowing the U.S. Equal Employment...more

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