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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2025

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

The False Claims Act Could Become the New “It” Statute in an Uncertain Enforcement Landscape

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Uncertainty was a prominent theme at last week’s ABA White Collar Crime Institute. The Trump administration has issued a series of directives that seem to shift and narrow the scope of (if not entirely abandon) a host of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

250 Whistleblower Tips: DOJ Official Discusses New Programs with Incentives for Dropping a Dime on Corporate Crime

On December 6, 2024, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller provided an update on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) corporate criminal enforcement efforts during his keynote address at the Practicing Law...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] U.S. Anti-Corruption Enforcement in Latin America - November 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm ET

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Latin America has been the focus of considerable attention by the DOJ. Despite strong ties based on trade, shared values and democratic traditions, Latin America is being tested with new and precarious challenges from...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments – Q3 2024

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On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, first announced earlier this year. Through the pilot program, the DOJ may issue awards to whistleblowers who...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] U.S. Anti-Corruption Enforcement in Latin America - October 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm ET

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Latin America has been the focus of considerable attention by the Biden Administration and the DOJ. Despite strong ties based on trade, shared values and democratic traditions, Latin America is being tested with new and...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Cooperation and Compliance: Navigating Artificial Intelligence at the Securities Enforcement Forum

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On May 23, 2024, the Securities Enforcement Forum West debuted its first-ever panel on the impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) on securities enforcement, regulation, compliance, and practice, signaling an increased focus...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The DOJ’s New Pilot Programs: A Bane for Compliance Programs

For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more

Bracewell LLP

Lifting the Fog on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Enforcement and Compliance Trends to Watch in San Francisco

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As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more

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White Collar Docket Check: US Supreme Court to Decide Key Administrative, Whistleblower, and Due Process Cases This Term

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The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term this week and is taking cases government enforcement practitioners will want to follow. Specifically, the Court will address issues concerning: the interplay between SEC...more

Perkins Coie

Private Early-Stage Startup Companies Coming Under Increased SEC Scrutiny

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While sophisticated participants in private markets have historically been seen as capable of bargaining for information or withstanding losses better than mom-and-pop investors, current events signal that the U.S. Securities...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New DOJ Clawback Policy Brings Compensation and Employment Questions Front and Center for Companies

Can a new Department of Justice enforcement approach make clawback policies covering criminal activities a best practice? The DOJ is implementing a new policy under which prosecutors will make clawback policies for...more

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DOJ Speaks About More White Collar Enforcement, But It's More Interesting to Look at What Was Left Unsaid

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Very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal talking about more upcoming white collar enforcement, particularly in the areas of sanctions and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases. But the interesting omission...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Forecasting White Collar Enforcement Trends in California for 2022

In the first year of the Biden administration, leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and other U.S. government agencies announced expansive efforts to investigate...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Novel Enforcement for Novel Schemes: Emerging Trends in Securities Enforcement

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This was the main takeaway from the Securities Enforcement in the Biden Administration panel at the American Bar Association’s 37th National Institute on White Collar Crime, which included among its speakers Erin Schneider,...more

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The SEC Joins DOJ's War on Corporate Offenders

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Last week we wrote about the three-pronged attack that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will use to get more aggressive in prosecuting cases and how they punish corporate offenders. Now, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Alston & Bird

New Administration, New Enforcement Priorities

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Three weeks into the Biden Administration, businesses must prepare for significant changes in regulatory and enforcement priorities. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team summarizes the new...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

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

BakerHostetler

[Webinar] Cross-Border Regulation and Enforcement: Developments and Trends You Need to Know for 2019 - May 1st, 12:00pm ET

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Join BakerHostetler’s White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team for a complimentary webinar on trends and predictions for 2019 in the cross-border government investigations and enforcement...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CFTC Enters the Market for Anti-Corruption Enforcement

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New enforcement advisory encourages reporting of foreign corrupt practices that the agency intends to pursue under the Commodity Exchange Act. On March 6, 2019, the Division of Enforcement (Division) of the US Commodity...more

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Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2017 Developments and Predictions for 2018

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This past year marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Since its enactment in 1977, the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) has brought approximately 300 FCPA enforcement actions,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Financial Fraud: An SEC Staple?

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Since the SEC announced the formation of its Financial Fraud Task Force two years ago the agency has struggled to establish this once enforcement mainstay as a current staple. Some commentators have suggested that a trend is...more

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Larger Rewards For Wall Street Whistleblowers May Be On The Horizon

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Obama administration will seek to remove the $1.6 million cap on rewards to whistleblowers who provide evidence of criminal conduct by financial executives under the 1989 Financial...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending May 2, 2014)

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Chair Mary Jo White testified before Congress this week. Her testimony focused on the budget, reviewing the recent work of the agency. The Commission brought a series of civil injunctive and administrative proceedings this...more

Perkins Coie

Regrouping And Refocusing: 2013 FCPA Year-In-Review And Enforcement Trends For 2014

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Following a relatively flat enforcement landscape and some bumps in the 2013 prosecutorial road, the Department of Justice (‘‘DOJ’’) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’) appear poised to spring back into...more

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