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Second Circuit Widens the Gap Between Wire Fraud and Intangible Interests - Confidential Business Information Without Commercial...

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The Second Circuit has narrowed the wire fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1343), ruling that a fraudulent scheme must target property with actual commercial value to the victim; mere confidential business information...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 16, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

LathamTECH in Focus: Move Fast, Stay Compliant

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In this episode of LathamTECH in Focus, Chris Frey, a White Collar Defense & Investigations partner, explores the special risks emerging tech companies face under recent administrations and how they can stay ahead in a...more

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Cadence Case Signals DOJ and BIS Priorities in Export Control Compliance

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Cadence Design Systems Inc. (Cadence) simultaneously resolved criminal charges brought by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) and the United States Attorney for the Northern District of...more

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Investigations Newsletter: IT Company Resolves FCA Allegations for Nearly $15 Million

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IT Company Resolves FCA Allegations for Nearly $15 Million - On July 14, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Hill ASC Inc., an information technology (IT) staffing company, agreed to pay $14.75 million to...more

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Quadrant Magnetics Executives Plead Guilty to ITAR Violations for Transmitting Controlled Technical Data to China

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Heightened federal scrutiny of unauthorized technology transfers to foreign entities has once again resulted in high-profile criminal convictions, as two senior executives of Quadrant Magnetics, a Kentucky-based manufacturer...more

A&O Shearman

US Attorney For The District of New Jersey Reverses Course And Requests Adjournment For Foreign Bribery Case Against Tech...

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On March 4, 2025, one day before a trial against former tech executives for alleged foreign bribery charges was set to commence, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey requested 180-day adjournment. The...more

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In a nutshell: Key white-collar crime and investigations challenges for in-house counsel in 2025

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Our analysis of financial crime and investigations developments over the past 12 months provides a revealing picture of an increasingly challenging regulatory and enforcement landscape facing businesses around the world. The...more

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Zooming in on AI - #5: AI under financial regulations in the U.S., EU and U.K. – a comparative assessment of the current state of...

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Rapid and accelerating developments in artificial intelligence have prompted governments around the world to consider how AI should be regulated and used responsibly by businesses, without stifling innovation. This is...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

California DOJ Plans to Use Cartwright Act to Revive Criminal Enforcement Efforts

On March 6, 2024, Paula Blizzard, the California Department of Justice’s antitrust chief, announced on a panel at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime that the California Attorney General’s...more

J.S. Held

INDEPTH FEATURE: Anti-Money Laundering 2024

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Could you provide an insight into recent trends shaping financial crime in your country of focus? How great a risk does money laundering in particular now pose to companies? One would likely never imagine compliance as...more

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China's enforcement trends and developments: a review of data, bribery, and corporate crime issues

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Commercial bribery enforcement also became more active, as the authorities marked the 30th anniversary of the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The revision of the PRC Anti-Espionage Law raised some concerns about national...more

Perkins Coie

A New National Security Frontier: Executive Order and Coming Regulations Restricting US Technology Investments in China

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President Biden issued a long-awaited executive order, “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern” (the Executive Order or E.O.), on August 9, 2023,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Scrutiny for the Private Sector Will Come from Both Sides of the Aisle in the 118th Congress

This is the fourth part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: SEC. Last year, as we laid out the landscape for congressional investigations in 2022, we noted that...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Looking at the Landscape of Congressional Investigations in 2022

This is the tenth and final post in this year’s series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Be on the lookout for a roundup of our 2022 White Collar Year in Preview Series shortly....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Budget Requests As DOJ Enforcement Signposts — What We Can Learn About The DOJ’s Priorities From Its 2022 Budget Request

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On May 28, 2021, President Biden submitted his Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 to Congress, including $35.3 billion for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), which was an overall increase of almost $4 billion from the previous...more

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Translating SEC Exam Priorities Into Compliance Action Items

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On March 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced its examination priorities for 2021, providing a much-anticipated glimpse into the Biden administration's overall priorities for white collar criminal...more

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Current Developments in the US: White-Collar Enforcement and trends for 2020

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In the following article we will discuss the current developments and trends for 2020 and outline what EU-based companies with a US presence should look out for in 2020 regarding US white-collar and compliance trends in the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Airbus Settlement: Part 2 – The Paper Compliance Program

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

The Volkov Law Group

Airbus Agrees to Pay $4 Billion in Global Settlement of Foreign Bribery and ITAR Violations (Part I of IV)

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In a blockbuster case, the Justice Department announced a global settlement with Airbus SE, a manufacturer of civilian and military aircraft, under which Airbus agreed to pay over $4 billion (yes, with a “B”) to resolve...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Airbus Settlement: Part 1 – Introduction

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

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White Collar Year in Preview: Sanctions/Export Controls Trends in 2020

This is the sixth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed enforcement by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.06.2019 | Top Story: Aramco Prices Shares at High-end of Range That Would Value Company at $1.7 trillion

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Saudi Aramco has priced its offering at the high end of its range, setting the company up to raise more than $25 billion and value the company at nearly $1.7 trillion—all part of what promises to make this the world’s biggest...more

The Volkov Law Group

Antitrust Division Launches Broad Investigation of High-Tech Industry

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When it comes to the Justice Department and reading the tea leaves, I often rely on a very obvious point – DOJ tells you in advance what it is planning and then executes its plan.  This has been true in the FCPA arena,...more

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