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Department of Justice (DOJ) Enforcement Actions Strategic Enforcement Plan

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Navigating the New Waters of EPA Enforcement: A Deep Dive into the Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chooses criminal, civil or administrative enforcement based on its assessment of the severity of violations. A significant development in EPA’s enforcement strategy has been the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Insider Trading in Commodities Markets: An Evolving Enforcement Priority

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The CFTC and the DOJ both now pursue enforcement actions against trading in commodities based on misappropriation of confidential information. Among the many changes resulting from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more

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The Role of Compliance in Government Enforcement

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As recent developments in corporate enforcement indicate, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to emphasize transparency, cooperation, and the importance of a strong compliance program. Enforcement trends...more

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Leading Federal Officials Offer Advice on How Corporations Can Minimize Law Enforcement Risk

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Holland & Knight, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Miami-Dade Beacon Council hosted the Second Annual Florida Enforcement Summit on Nov. 20, 2019. The half-day program focused on informing the business community how to...more

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Emerging Trend: DOJ Turns to Rarely Used FARA Statute in Recent Surge in Prosecutions

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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

Foley & Lardner LLP

FCPA Notebook: Trends in 2019

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s International Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations team has created its latest FCPA infographic, which presents an overview of some high-level enforcement trends in an easy-to-view,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments Highlight Secondary Liability Risks for Private Funds

DOJ settlement signals need for enhanced False Claims Act scrutiny. Private funds continue to face heightened secondary liability risks arising from their portfolio investments....more

Williams Mullen

EPA Poised to Abandon NSR Enforcement Initiative

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On November 1, 1999, EPA Administrator Carol Browner and Attorney General Janet Reno jointly announced “an unprecedented action” to kick off their New Source Review (“NSR”) enforcement initiative. On that day, EPA and DOJ...more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Alert: Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2018 Developments and Predictions for 2019

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Despite predictions of a slow-down in enforcement under the Trump administration—and indications that enforcement in some areas has decreased in the past year1—2018 was yet again an active year for FCPA enforcement. The year...more

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FCPA Digest - Recent Trends and Patterns in the Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - January 2019

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INTRODUCTION: RECENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN FCPA ENFORCEMENT - Although FCPA enforcement across the 2018 calendar year seemed to ebb and flow, in retrospect the enforcement agencies brought a typical number of enforcement...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

McGuireWoods LLP

FTC Unveils Nationwide Debt-Collection Enforcement Action

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday announced that it would launch its first-ever coordinated, nationwide law enforcement effort targeting abusive and deceptive debt-collection practices. The initiative is known...more

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BNA INSIGHTS: Enforcement Actions Decline But Fines Hit Historic Highs in 2014

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During 2014, the number of enforcement actions brought by federal banking agencies1 continued a downward trend that began in 2011. Federal banking agencies issued 661 formal enforcement actions, representing more than a 55...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"United Kingdom: The SFO Focuses on Corporate Fraud and Corruption"

Once the subject of speculation regarding its possible consolidation with other agencies, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had an exceedingly busy 2014, with all signs suggesting that it will continue its aggressive enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Insights Conversations: Cartels"

With improved coordination among agencies and across borders and the threat of dual criminal and civil enforcement, companies facing cartel investigations must navigate an increasingly complex environment. Skadden partners...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 121-FCPA Year in Review, Part II

In this episode I review the two Opinion Releases, Esquenazi court decision, DOJ communications via speeches on FCPA enforcement. I end with a look at 2015. ...more

Nossaman LLP

Should You Participate in the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program?

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2014 marked a significant increase in the enforcement efforts by the IRS and Department of Justice against non-compliant U.S. taxpayers who failed to report their off-shore bank accounts and earnings.  Grand Jury proceedings...more

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SEC Settles Insider Trading Case With COO

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The SEC and the DOJ have waged an aggressive battle against insider trading for years, resulting in a string of courtroom victories, guilty pleas and settlements as well as significant sanctions which are supposed to deter...more

Brooks Pierce

Securities Enforcement Forum 2014 — FCPA, SEC/DOJ Joint Actions, and Other Recent Criminalization Trends

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Today I’m blogging from Securities Enforcement Forum 2014, Bruce Carton’s excellent one-day conference, this year being held at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington, D.C. The posts will be fairly raw, and certainly not...more

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Dodd-Frank’s New Deputies of Federal Consumer Financial Laws—States

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In the wake of the Financial Crisis, the federal government has invigorated its civil fraud enforcement. The U.S. Department of Justice has dominated the headlines in this area with a series of significant lawsuits and...more

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International Coordination and Cooperation in Corruption Cases

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Global anti-corruption enforcement is fast becoming a complicated affair. No longer can companies just focus on the FCPA, with momentary blips of concern for the UK Bribery Act....more

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