Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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Jun
7
2011
 Preparing for the U.K. Bribery Act How Written Policies May Limit Liability Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
4
2011
 Human Resources' Role in FCPA Compliance - Increased Responsibility with Increased Enforcement Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
3
2011
 New SEC Rules Pay Rewards to Whistleblowers Armstrong Teasdale
Jun
3
2011
 Quest’s $241 Million Medi-Cal Settlement: Medi-Cal “Best Price” and the California False Claims Act McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
1
2011
 Expanded Protection Against Employee Computer Data Theft Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
1
2011
 Standing and In Pari Delicto Issues Arising in Bankruptcy Cases The University of Iowa College of Law
May
31
2011
 SEC Adopts Final Rules on Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program McDermott Will & Emery
May
30
2011
 Final Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules Do Not Mandate Internal Reporting; May Dramatically Reshape FCPA Enforcement Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
26
2011
 In Setback for Corporate Lobbyists, Whistleblowers Can Take Tips First to Government Investigators Center for Public Integrity
May
25
2011
 SEC’s Final Rules for Implementing Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions: Important Implications for Covered Entities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
22
2011
 World New details of investigation of a hotel maid's charge that she was sexually assaulted by IMF chief Center for Public Integrity
May
21
2011
 Risk Management in the Post-Madoff Era of Fraud Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
18
2011
 As IRS crusades against Americans hiding money offshore, Latin American tax cheats flock to U.S. banks Center for Public Integrity
May
18
2011
 Social Media Activity In The Workplace And The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
18
2011
 United States v. Borrasi: Rough Seas in the Kickback Safe Harbors McDermott Will & Emery
May
17
2011
 U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: FCA Relators Cannot Base Claims on Information Received Through FOIA Request Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
17
2011
 Prem Kumar Added to EPA Fugitive List / Defendant Failed to Surrender after Indictment in Illegal Vessel pollution case U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
13
2011
 Federal Judge Upholds DOJ's Expansive Application Of FCPA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
11
2011
 BP Alaska to Pay $25 Million Penalty for Alaskan North Slope Oil Spill U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
10
2011
 The New DOJ Working Group and What It Means to the Oil and Gas Industry Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
9
2011
 United States v. Nosal: Ninth Circuit Decision Increases Protection Against Employee Computer Data Theft Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
6
2011
 Claim Construction: Too Much Structure Will Spoil the Brew McDermott Will & Emery
May
6
2011
 Philadelphia ‘Bans the Box’ on Employment Applications Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
29
2011
 Oil and Gas Fraud Working Group to Focus on Energy Markets Bracewell LLP
Apr
28
2011
 The Proposed Waivers of the Fraud & Abuse Laws for ACOs: Have OIG and CMS Gone Far Enough? McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
28
2011
 An Ounce of Prevention May Be Best in Avoiding Federal Penalties Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
26
2011
 CMS Throws Providers a Couple of Bones in New Regulation Governing SNF Survey-Related Civil Money Penalties Poyner Spruill LLP
Apr
25
2011
 Philadelphia Continues National Trend by Enacting “Ban the Box” Ordinance Prohibiting Inquiries Regarding Criminal Convictions on Employment Applications Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
25
2011
 Lying on an Application About Criminal Conduct Bars Defamation Claim Williams Kastner
Apr
24
2011
 The Ministry of Justice Issues Long-Awaited Guidance On The U.K. Bribery Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
23
2011
 From Attestation Reviews To Examinations: The GSA OIG Expands The Scope Of Its Pre-Award Audits Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
22
2011
 Breach of Fiduciary Duty in the Context of Insolvency: Can Individual Creditors Seek Recovery? Much Shelist, P.C.
Apr
18
2011
 CMS and OIG Propose Waivers of Certain Fraud and Abuse Laws for Accountable Care Organizations Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Apr
15
2011
 Making Banks Pay for Madoff’s Fraud Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Apr
14
2011
 Bouncing Around the Federal Securities Laws Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
12
2011
 Three Things to Know About Dodd-Frank Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Apr
12
2011
 DeWine and Lawmakers Introduce Ohio False Claims Act Legislation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
10
2011
 UK Bribery Act 2010: Corporate Hospitality - or When is a Beer a Bribe? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
8
2011
 Highlights of the UK Bribery Act Guidance: What It May Mean For Your Company Bracewell LLP
Apr
7
2011
 Vice President, Two Managers of Waste Treatment Facility Sentenced for Clean Water Act felonies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Apr
7
2011
 New ‘Pay to Play’ Rules for Companies Doing Business With Los Angeles Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
7
2011
 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Trends Vedder Price
Apr
6
2011
 SEC Aggressively Targets Insider Trading and Expert Networks Vedder Price
Apr
4
2011
 E-discovery since Zubulake - Litigation Holds Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
3
2011
 Second Circuit Affirms the Importance of Adequately Pleading Loss Causation in Securities Fraud Claims Vedder Price
Apr
1
2011
 Cases to Test Who is a "Foreign Official" for the Purposes of the FCPA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
29
2011
 United States Supreme Court Reiterates Materiality Standard For Securities Fraud Claims Under Rule 10b-5 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
28
2011
 China Adopts Amendment to the Criminal Law to Outlaw Bribery of Foreign Officials Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
24
2011
 SEC Extracts Fines, But Not Confessions Center for Public Integrity
Mar
22
2011
 Coverage Tips: Insured Versus Insured Exclusions Vedder Price
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