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Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Issues First-Ever Declination Under Corporate Disclosure M&A Policy

On June 16, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) announced that it declined to charge private equity firm White Deer Management LLC (“White Deer”) and its affiliates after the company...more

DLA Piper

Private Equity Acquirer Avoids “Unicat-astrophe” Following Voluntary Disclosures to the DOJ

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has formally declined to prosecute private equity firm White Deer Management LLC (White Deer) and certain of its affiliates in connection with criminal violations of US...more

Alston & Bird

A DOJ Private Equity Declination and Its Lessons for Acquirers and Targets

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The DOJ declined to prosecute a private equity firm for its portfolio company’s pre-acquisition sanctions and export violations, marking the first application of the National Security Division’s M&A Policy. Our White Collar,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Enforcement Roundup - Volume 1, 2021

Stay current on the healthcare enforcement issues impacting your business’ compliance strategies. In this installment of the Healthcare Enforcement Roundup, we address: • Key areas of enforcement scrutiny in 2021,...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

When Gym Gossip Can Change Your Lifetime

As one of the more closely watched insider trading prosecutions of the past few years heads towards trial, observers can look to the investigation surrounding the 2015 acquisition of Life Time Fitness Inc. as a reminder of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe Insights

Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ and SEC Deliver Body Blow to Private Equity and Hedge Funds: Och-Ziff Settles FCPA Violations for $412 Million (Part I)

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The Justice Department and the Securities Exchange Commission delivered a powerful FCPA enforcement message to private equity and hedge funds. Och-Ziff settled with the DOJ and SEC for total penalties of $412 million....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Inside M&A - Winter 2015

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Recent U.S. Cases Highlight Liability Risks to Executives in Mining, Heavy Industrial Transactions - Historically, corporate executives rarely faced personal or criminal liability resulting from mining or environmental...more

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