In a speech at the New York City Bar White Collar Crime Institute on May 9, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced a new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) policy designed to encourage coordination among law...more
5/15/2018
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Fines ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Forfeiture ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Liability ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
In a development with potentially far-reaching consequences for white collar enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division has expanded the opportunity for companies to earn credit for voluntary...more
3/8/2018
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Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
New Guidance ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Trump Administration ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 5, 2017 upheld the 2014 convictions of a California businessman, Walter Liew (“Liew”), and his company USA Performance Technology, Inc. (“USAPTI”), for various violations...more
5/23/2017
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China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Convictions ,
DuPont ,
Economic Espionage Act ,
Foreign Governments ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Reaffirmation ,
Sellers ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
Theft ,
Trade Secrets ,
White Collar Crimes
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc. that the Dodd-Frank Act’s definition of “whistleblower” includes not only those who disclose information...more
3/16/2017
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Chevron Deference ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Accountability Act ,
Rollbacks ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Split of Authority ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes