Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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Jan
13
2015
 Former Toyoda Gosei Executive Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing, Bid-Rigging McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
13
2015
 President Obama to Release Cybersecurity Proposal Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
13
2015
 DOJ Announces First FCPA Enforcement Action of 2015 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
9
2015
 Congress Enacts Changes to Dodd-Frank; Potential for More Changes in 114th Congress Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
7
2015
 Consumer Financial Product Whistleblower Complaints Up Dramatically, SOX Complaints (with OSHA) Down Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
6
2015
 Avon Settles FCPA Charges - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Faegre Drinker
Jan
6
2015
 Second Circuit Overturns Insider Trading Convictions of Two Portfolio Managers Bracewell LLP
Jan
5
2015
 Cybersecurity Litigation Monthly Newsletter-December 2014 Faegre Drinker
Jan
2
2015
 Year in Review: Government Enforcement/Financial Litigation Developments Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
2
2015
 2014 Year in Review—the Top 10 Trends in New Jersey Employment Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
30
2014
 Reminder: Illinois Ban-the-Box Legislation Effective January 1 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
29
2014
 Consumer Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss in Target Data Breach Class Action Mintz
Dec
29
2014
 Corporate Executives Sentenced to Prison for $3.4M Kickback Scheme Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
29
2014
 Alstom to Pay Largest FCPA Criminal Penalty in History - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
27
2014
 U.S. ex rel. Rille v. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP: Government Takes Unduly Harsh Position On Whistlblowers’ Right To Award In Pending En Banc Appeal Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
26
2014
 Justice Department Files Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dec
24
2014
 Records and Information Management Company Agrees to Pay Government $44.5 Million in Settlement of Overcharge Allegations Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
24
2014
 SDNY Follows Asadi: Internal Tipsters Not Dodd-Frank “Whistleblowers” Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
24
2014
 FCC Promises Action Against Those Who Fail to Safeguard Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
24
2014
 Whistleblower Entitled to Receive $57.6 Million for Exposing Countrywide Home Mortgage Loan Scheme Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
23
2014
 Criminal Insider Trading Convictions Overturned In Far-Reaching Ruling Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
23
2014
 The DOJ Announces Another Settlement Under Its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
23
2014
 Don’t Overlook Insurance as a Source of Protection from Losses Caused by Fraud or Theft Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
23
2014
 D.C.’s “Ban the Box” Law Takes Effect, Office of Human Rights (OHR) Issues Notice of Rights Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
23
2014
 Background Checks Headline in 2014 Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
23
2014
 SEC Condemns Breach Of Client Confidences While Offering Possible Bounties For Breaches Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
23
2014
 New York Times Discusses the Growth of Whistleblower Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
22
2014
 SEC’s Second Amicus Brief On Whether Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Reports Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
22
2014
 Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Report on FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) Misses the Larger Point Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
22
2014
 Still Waiting: House of Representatives Overcriminalization Task Force Report Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
21
2014
 Mandatory Reporting of Foreign Direct Investments in the U.S. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
19
2014
 Looking at Police-Community Relations Through the Lens of Body-Worn Cameras Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
19
2014
 Buy High, Sell Low, and Restrict Competition: The Allegations Underlying the Government’s Case Against DaVita and the Implications of the Settlement Faegre Drinker
Dec
19
2014
 FCA Imposes Industry Ban on Fare Dodger Katten
Dec
19
2014
 9 Health Care Legal Issues to Follow in 2015 Faegre Drinker
Dec
19
2014
 Delaware Chancery Court Declines to Dismiss Fraud Claims Against Private Equity Fund and Directors Katten
Dec
19
2014
 CMS Issues Rewards and Incentive Guidance to Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans Mintz
Dec
19
2014
 Insufficient Evidence Calls for Overturning Insider Trading Cases, Second Circuit Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
18
2014
 Former JPMorgan Chase Insider Blows the Whistle Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
18
2014
 SONY Pictures Breach Stresses Need to Revisit Document and Email Retention Policies Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
17
2014
 Ninth Circuit Requires Particularity In All Elements Of Securities Fraud Pleading Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
17
2014
 On the Sixth Day of Privacy, the Hackers Gave to Sony…Many More than Six Different Hacks Mintz
Dec
16
2014
 Canada’s Highest Court Rules That Police Can Search Cell Phone Contents After Arrest Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
15
2014
 Insider Trading, Sentinel, Punitive Capital Hit Stay, Investment Funds Portfolio Composition Risk, Auditor Independence (or Not): Bridging the Week: December 8 to 12 and 15, 2014 Katten
Dec
15
2014
 Hello Newman! (and Chiasson): Second Circuit Decision Raises the Bar for Government to Prove Liability of “Remote Tippees” in Insider Trading Cases Mintz
Dec
15
2014
 SEC Seeks To “Overrule” Fifth Circuit Whistleblower Interpretation Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
13
2014
 New Jersey Medical Devices Company and Former CEO to Pay $80 Million for Alleged Illegal Distribution of Knee Replacement Apparatus Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
12
2014
 Only ‘Whistleblowers’ Need Apply: District Court Concludes Simply Engaging in Protected Activity is Insufficient to Invoke Dodd-Frank Protection Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
12
2014
 Second Circuit Clarifies a Heightened Standard for Insider Trading Convictions Katten
Dec
11
2014
 Kenya and the ICC (International Criminal Court): Reconciling the Past Covington & Burling LLP
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