The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 47 - Fireside Chat With Bill Baroni and Jesse Eisinger
Episode 340: DOJ Updates Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Public-Private Partnerships to Stem Corruption
False Claims Act Insights - Are the FCA’s Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional? One Federal Judge Says “Yes"
Episode 339: Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 46 - America’s Incarceration Industry: Exposing Private Prisons
Episode 338 -- Deep Dive into the Deere SEC FCPA Case
Investigations and Cognitive Interviews
Podcast - The Basic Rules for Closing Argument
Should you try to remove an INTERPOL Red Notice yourself?
INTERPOL Red Notices - do they expire?
The Legal Tightrope: Surviving Parallel Investigations
Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 45 - The Grit, Grace and Gift of Second Chances
Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 44 - A Recipe for Litigation: The Simmering Conflict Surrounding ERC Claims
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Navigating Civil Standing Requirements for Defense Success — RICO Report Podcast
INTERPOL Red Notices and Immigration. Can You Obtain Immigration Relief in the U.S. Even with a Red Notice?
Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $450 Million to Resolve FCA Claims - On October 10, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Teva Neuroscience Inc. will pay $450 million to...more
In Colorado, law enforcement conducts DUI and DWAI screenings at temporary traffic stops known as sobriety checkpoints. These checkpoints allow law enforcement to briefly contact and interact with all the drivers...more
On September 23, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced significant changes to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“ECCP”), which prosecutors use in assessing the effectiveness of...more
Newly Updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) Addresses AI for the First Time - On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP)....more
On October 10, 2024, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that TD Bank agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into money laundering and Bank Secrecy...more
On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released an updated version of its guidance to prosecutors on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“ECCP”)....more
On September 30, 2024, Siemens Energy Inc. (“Siemens Energy”)—a U.S.-based subsidiary of German manufacturing conglomerate Siemens Energy AG—pled guilty to federal criminal charges relating to the misappropriation of...more
“By making its services convenient for criminals, TD Bank became one,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. TD Bank joins the list of dysfunctional companies — add them to Wells Fargo, Wirecard, Volkswagen, General Motors,...more
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest generic drug manufacturer in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute arising from purported...more
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
Back on February 27, 2023, FinCEN issued (in close collaboration with the United States Postal Inspection Service) an Alert on Nationwide Surge in Mail Theft-Related Check Fraud Schemes Targeting the U.S. Mail....more
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts recently unsealed what it described as the “first-ever criminal charges against financial services firms for market manipulation and ‘wash trading’ in the...more
Australia has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption, and this policy knows no border or nationality. Bribery or attempts to bribe foreign public officials are considered severe crimes, as mentioned in division 70 of the...more
As she did just prior to becoming the Democratic Party nominee for president, Vice President Kamala Harris has announced her support for legalizing adult-use marijuana use at the federal level. Just to remind you of the...more
The phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” represents the figurative irony that results when one seeking to help gets penalized instead. United States v. Moore, a recent decision from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,...more
On October 10, 2024, multiple U.S. federal and state agencies cumulatively fined a number of US based Toronto Dominion Bank subsidiaries (collectively, TD Bank or the Bank) more than $3 billion after finding that TD Bank...more
In yet another reminder of the scope of Justice Department enforcement powers, and an important demonstration of the risks of non-compliance, the Justice Department and relevant banking agencies announced a $3 billion...more
Recorded at our 2024 White-Collar Symposium held in Philadelphia last month, this special episode dives into the landscape of white-collar criminal prosecution from the perspectives of Bill Baroni and Jesse Eisinger. Both...more
The UAE has reinforced its commitment to combating financial crime with significant updates to its anti-money laundering (AML) legislation. Federal Decree-Law No. 20/2018, which originally established the framework for...more
Civil and criminal litigation heated up this summer in high-profile crypto matters that will affect crypto projects moving forward. For their quarterly crypto lit update, partner David Feder and associates Rebecca...more
Much has been written in recent months about the Department of Justice’s national Whistleblower Rewards Program, including a recent article I co-authored with Mike Gill entitled 7 Strategies to Comply with the DOJ’S New...more
On October 1, 2024, Zuckerman Spaeder partner Sara Alpert Lawson moderated a panel for the American Bar Association (“ABA”) titled “Prosecutorial Independence and the Rule of Law.” The panel consisted of three prosecutorial...more
Last week, representatives of the US government announced one of the largest sets of fines and penalties for failures in anti-money laundering ever laid down. It involved TD Bank N.A. and TD Bank US Holding Company. It was...more
US Supreme Court Declines to Consider AKS ‘Willfulness’ Question - On October 7, the US Supreme Court denied a petition in which a whistleblower asked the Court to decide whether a “willful” act under the federal...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a criminal complaint against Michael Sawyer and Latronia Sanders of New Jersey for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The alleged wire fraud is...more