Some early actions by the Trump administration have led corporate legal departments to question the extent to which they need to invest in ethics and compliance at this time, based on a perceived reduction in enforcement...more
When President Biden pardoned his son Hunter over the weekend, he did not say he was doing so just because he cared about his son. Rather, he repeatedly invoked the rationale that Hunter was “selectively prosecuted” – treated...more
Earlier this year, the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division publicly confirmed the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) intention to make Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”) a criminal enforcement...more
Justice Department has options to crack down, but may galvanize the push for even wider legalization - In statements that were perhaps inevitable but nonetheless surprising to the cannabis industry, White House Press...more