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Carlton Fields

Shifting Priorities in White Collar Enforcement: May 2025 DOJ Memo and What It Means for Companies

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division announced significant changes in its policies on investigating and prosecuting white collar crime, including a shift in focus toward several areas deemed to...more

Alston & Bird

$19 Million Criminal Penalty Levied Against Food Manufacturer Serves as a Stark Reminder of the Importance of Food Safety...

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A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds brought the largest criminal penalty ever imposed following a criminal conviction in a food safety case. Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Update: The Growing Wave of PPP Loan Prosecutions

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As the pandemic slowly recedes, leaving a host of hastily-enacted funding and programs in its wake, the government’s recovery and clean-up efforts are well underway. In April and May 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Did you know that the IRS is Involved with Investigating and Prosecuting Bribery?

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In 1977, the United States enacted the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  The FCPA prohibits an offer, payment, promise or the authorization of a payment of money or anything of value (a/k/a bribery) to a foreign official...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Flirting with Disaster: SBA Inspector General Warns of “Serious Concerns” of Fraud in Coronavirus Disaster-Relief Loan Program in...

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On July 28, 2020, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a Management Alert entitled “Serious Concerns of Potential Fraud in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York DFS Consumer Protection and Financial Enforcement Division: New Name, New Look, Old Mandate

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On April 29, 2019, just months into her new job at the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), acting DFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell announced a significant reorganization within the financial and...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. and Brazilian Authorities Reportedly Cooperating in Investigation of Alleged Bribery and Price Fixing Related to Medical...

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In a May 17, 2019 press report that has been widely distributed in Brazil and the United States, Brazilian Federal Prosecutor Marisa Ferrari confirmed that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Continues Run on Individual FCPA Criminal Prosecutions

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The Department of Justice announced criminal FCPA charges against two individuals in connection with bribery payments to foreign officials in Chad and Uganda. The Justice Department’s announcement occurred on the heels of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Red Flags Squelch Corrupt PDVSA Deal

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As the Petrobras corruption scandal seems to be going strong, we turn our attention to what may be the most corrupt of all the national energy companies, the Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA)....more

The Volkov Law Group

The Only Thing You Have to Fear . . . Is No Documentation

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Compliance is a profession that requires multi-tasking – another profound grasp of the obvious. But in the multi-tasking world, some principles and strategies are more important than others. My colleague and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Justice Department Charges Pharma President with Kickback Conspiracy

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In the public relations battle following the issuance of the Yates Memo, the Justice Department can now cite one example for the new policy – the recent arrest and charging of Carl Reichel, former President of Warner...more

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