Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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Nov
12
2014
 The DOJ Increases Scrutiny of Whistleblower False Claims Act Suits McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Nov
11
2014
 Tweaking, Residual Interest; CFTC Priorities; Enforcement Highlights; G-IBs; Stress Tests - Bridging the Week: November 3 to 7 and November 10, 2014 [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
11
2014
 Supreme Court Finds Something Fishy in Prosecution of Ship Captain Under Sarbanes-Oxley Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
9
2014
 Raj Rajaratnam Appeals $92 Million Civil Fine to Second Circuit Court of Appeals Katten
Nov
8
2014
 SEC Charges Former Pharmaceutical Executive and Close Friend With Insider Trading Katten
Nov
7
2014
 Fraud Claim Against Lender Dismissed Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
6
2014
 Take the Mansion, But Leave the Thriller Jacket: DOJ Settles with Equatorial Guinea Veep for $30 Million in Assets Bought With Corrupt Proceeds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2014
 Dignity Health Agrees to Reimburse the Government $37 Million for Allegedly Overbilling Medicare and TRICARE Programs Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Nov
5
2014
 Study: Does The Existence Of Whistleblowers In Enforcement Actions Mean Greater Penalties? Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
5
2014
 Criminal Defendant Required to Provide Smartphone Fingerprint, but Not Passcode Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
4
2014
 California Court Allows Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claims to Proceed Despite Absence of Complaint to SEC Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
3
2014
 North Florida Shipyards Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle Case Alleging That It Pretended to be a Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Nov
3
2014
 The High Cost of Whistleblowing Mintz
Nov
2
2014
 PTAB Does Not Rely on District Court’s Markman Decision in Construing Claim Terms McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
2
2014
 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Sustains Opposition on the Basis of Fraud McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
1
2014
 Layne Christensen Settles SEC FCPA Probe Faegre Drinker
Oct
31
2014
 Conviction Reversed for Illinois DUI Offense Outside the Corporate Limits Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Oct
31
2014
 Third Circuit Sizes Up Dodd-Frank’s Anti-Arbitration Provision Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
30
2014
 Administrative Review Board Clarifies Causation Burdens in Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Cases Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
29
2014
 California Attorney General’s Second Annual Data Breach Report Finds Dramatic Increase in Number of Data Breaches Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
28
2014
 DaVita Healthcare Partners to Pay $350 Million to U.S. Government for Allegedly Violating the Anti-Kickback Statue under the False Claims Act Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Oct
28
2014
 Tempting the Legal Finger of Fate: No Winners Here in New York re: Disorderly Conduct Varnum LLP
Oct
28
2014
 Recent Developments in Cases Dealing with the False Claims Act’s First-to-File and Public Disclosure Bars Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
28
2014
 FinCEN Releases Two Rulings Classifying a Bitcoin Payment System and Virtual Currency Trading Platform as Money Services Businesses (MSBs) Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
28
2014
 Bostwick Laboratories Agrees to Pay U.S. Government $6.05 Million for Allegedly Violating the Anti-Kickback Statue; Whistleblower to Receive Reward Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Oct
27
2014
 Covered by CBA, Employee’s State Law Whistleblower Claim Preempted by Federal Law, New Jersey Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
25
2014
 SEC Sanctions Athena in First High-Frequency Trading Manipulation Case Katten
Oct
24
2014
 The Secret To Starting a Cross-Border Investigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
23
2014
 Health Care Law Qui Tam Update: Recent Developments & Unsealed False Claims Act Cases-October 23, 2014 Mintz
Oct
22
2014
 Contract Corner: Cybersecurity (Part 2) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
22
2014
 Six Myths about Data Privacy and Security that Professional Employer Organizations Should Skip Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
21
2014
 U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review $6 Million Fraud Judgment Against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM); Other Cases May Now Move Forward Varnum LLP
Oct
20
2014
 FINRA Again Cautions Against Confidentiality Provisions Silencing Whistleblowers Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
19
2014
 DRS Technical Services, Inc. To Pay a Settlement of $13.7 Million to U.S. Government for Overbilling Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Oct
18
2014
 ‘Jersey Shore’ Star Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Fraud McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Oct
17
2014
 Professional License Applications Can Be Denied Based on Unintentional Errors Faegre Drinker
Oct
17
2014
 Further Expanding An Already Expansive NJ Whistleblowing Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
16
2014
 Pennsylvania Court Recognizes That A Payment Required By Law Is Not A “Voluntary Payment” Requiring The Insurer’s Consent Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
16
2014
 SDNY Dismisses Extraterritorial SOX and Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
16
2014
 Revocation of Ex-Convict’s Job Offer Did Not Violate State Law, Says PA Court Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
16
2014
 Ransomware Threats a Concern [INFOGRAPHIC] Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Oct
15
2014
 Ebola and Bribery in Liberia? Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
15
2014
 Backlash against EEOC Enforcement Initiative on Background Checks Continues Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
14
2014
 Mergers & Acquisitions: A Personal Interest in Compliance McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
14
2014
 Health Care Law Qui Tam Update: Recent Developments & Unsealed False Claims Act Cases-October 2014 Mintz
Oct
13
2014
 Infosys Whistleblower Retaliation Claim Filed in New Jersey Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
12
2014
 Controlling Employee Crime: What Business Owners Can Do Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Oct
10
2014
 Complaint Filed in New York for Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme on Secondary Market Faegre Drinker
Oct
9
2014
 Beyond the Checklist: Seven Keys to Effective Trade Due Diligence Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
9
2014
 Court Affirms $3M Jury Award In Illinois Whistleblower Action Proskauer Rose LLP
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