Penalties, Due Diligence, Corporate Counsel

An I-9 Compliance Checklist for Businesses Engaged in Mergers & Acquisitions

Adams & Reese on 6/25/2025

In the fast-paced world of mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, and private equity transactions, the excitement of growth can overshadow critical compliance details. However, unaddressed I-9 compliance issues in any M&A deal...more

U.S. Sanctions Enforcement: 2024 Lessons Learned and 2025 Expectations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/25/2025

As the third month of the second Trump administration comes to a close, the lack of any public enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctions watchers...more

DOJ’s Latest Guidance on the Data Security Program – What’s New?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/17/2025

The new Department of Justice (DOJ) Data Security Program (DSP) took effect on April 8....more

EU Council Approves Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

King & Spalding on 4/9/2024

On 15 March 2024, the European Council approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD” or “Directive”). If approved by the European Parliament and entered into force, the CSDDD will require large EU and...more

EU Mandatory Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence Law – What You Need To Know

Bracewell LLP on 3/16/2021

On Wednesday, March 10th, the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority for the adoption of a binding EU law that requires companies to conduct environmental and human rights due diligence along their full value...more

Louis Berger International Pays $17 Million Penalty for FCPA Violation

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes on 7/20/2015

On July 17, 2015, Louis Berger International, Inc., a New Jersey-based construction management company, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Department of Justice under which it agreed to pay a $17.1...more