Investigations, Government Investigations, Compliance

SBA Orders Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program: What You Should Do to Prepare

PilieroMazza PLLC on 7/10/2025

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced an “immediate and full-scale audit” of its 8(a) business development program. The announcement stems from a “years-long fraud and bribery scheme involving a...more

What to Do If the Government Knocks on Your Company’s Door … or Breaks It Down – Speaking of Litigation Podcast

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/5/2023

FBI! Open up! Is your organization prepared to handle a government investigation? Guilty or not, having a preparedness plan in place for when a government agency comes knocking is just as important as conducting a company...more

DOJ: Stanford FCA Case Involved Failures to Disclose Foreign Support From Seven Countries

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 10/26/2023

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 11 (November, 2023) It wasn't just China. China is among the countries whose support for Stanford University investigators wasn’t reported to five federal research funding agencies,...more

Investigations During COVID

WilmerHale on 12/9/2020

As Covid-19 spread across the globe in February and March 2020, investigation teams and in-house compliance professionals had to swiftly adapt to the rapidly changing environment. When the threat of border closures became a...more

How to Effectively Handle a Wage and Hour Government Investigation

FordHarrison on 7/22/2015

According to recent studies, companies paid $400 million in 2014 and $39 million in the first three months of 2015 to settle wage and hour lawsuits exclusively. Aside from the ever-increasing threat of private wage and hour...more

Are Public Companies Required to Disclose that the Government is Investigating Them?

K&L Gates LLP on 7/14/2015

For many public companies, the first issue they have to confront after they receive a government subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) is whether to disclose publicly that they are under investigation. Curiously, the...more

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 167-Mara Senn on the Top 10 Practices in a Cross-Border Investigation

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/9/2015

In this episode I visit with noted white collar practitioner Mara Senn who discusses her top 10 best practices when conducting cross-border investigations. ...more

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