Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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Insider trading, investment fraud, advisory fraud, bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering campaigns, victim restitution, and criminal prosecutions by government agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ), are among the leading stories covered by the National Law Review. Whistleblower claims against major corporations and employers, enforcement actions, and governing laws including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which were intended to prevent fraud and corruption, are also detailed on the National Law Review for readers.

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Mar
18
2014
Illinois Whistleblower Awarded $3 Million Following Jury Trial Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
25
2021
Illinois Tightens Restrictions on Employer Use of Criminal Background Checks Polsinelli PC
Apr
1
2014
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down State Eavesdropping Statute McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
28
2014
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Illinois Eavesdropping Law Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Aug
11
2014
Illinois Supreme Court Finds the Illinois Eavesdropping Act Unconstitutional Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jun
17
2015
Illinois Qui Tam update: Where is the False Claim? Where is the Fraud? Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Feb
9
2022
Illinois Prohibits Police Use of Household Electronic Data Without Warrant Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
30
2021
Illinois Prejudgment Interest Legislation – UPDATE Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jun
10
2014
Illinois Moves To Ban Criminal Background Questions From Job Applications Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
25
2014
Illinois Jumps on the 'Ban-Wagon': Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
1
2014
Illinois Governor Signs Law Banning Criminal Background Questions from Job Applications Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
16
2015
Illinois Governor Signs Executive Order on Ethics Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
4
2019
Illinois Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment on Whistleblower Retaliation Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
May
4
2023
Illinois Federal Court Grants Motion to Dismiss SOX Whistleblower Claim Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
26
2023
Illinois Federal Court Grants Employer Summary Judgment on Several Types of Whistleblower Retaliation Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
27
2021
Illinois Enacts Law Limiting Use of Criminal Conviction Records When Making Employment Decisions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jul
11
2013
Illinois Enacts Concealed Carry Law Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
31
2014
Illinois Employers Take Note: New Law to Limit When Job Applicant's Criminal Record May Be Considered Katten
Aug
13
2020
Illinois Employers Must Report Final Adverse Judgments, Administrative Rulings by October 31, 2020 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
25
2014
Illinois District Court Reaffirms Rule 10b5-1 Standard and Denies Motion to Dismiss Insider Trading Charges Katten
Sep
23
2014
Illinois Court Holds That Coverage for Malicious Prosecution Claim Is Triggered When the Prosecution Is Commenced, Not When It Is Terminated Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
11
2024
Illinois Appellate Court Declines to Extend Crime-Fraud Exception to Defamation Claims ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
15
2014
Illinois and New Jersey Become Latest States to "Ban-the-Box": Changes Required in Job Application Inquiries About Criminal Records Vedder Price
Dec
2
2014
Illinois "LEADS" Information Exempt from Disclosure Under FOIA - Law Enforcement Agencies Data System Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Oct
6
2022
Illicit Financing Risks in the Digital Assets Space: Department of the Treasury Releases Three Reports on Digital Assets and Invites Comment Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
7
2021
Illegal Immigrants Arrested in FY 2020 Had Average of Four Criminal Convictions or Charges Each, ICE Says Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Apr
8
2020
il Grande Vecchio Would Be Mortified - Fraudsters Use Digital Asset Scam to Buy a Ferrari Polsinelli PC
Jun
14
2011
IKEA’s Way to Eternal Life: A Deconstruction of the Furniture Giant’s International Tax Practices Santa Clara University School of Law
Oct
7
2020
Ignoring TCPA Class Action is a BAD Strategy Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
26
2022
If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Don’t Build the Kitchen: Construction Company Settles Allegations of Small Business Subcontracting Fraud for $2.8 Million Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Nov
2
2015
If Considered Material, False Statements Made to Federal Regulatory Bodies Create Exposure to Criminal Liability McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
17
2017
Identity Theft Isn’t Just for the Living Holland & Hart LLP
Feb
13
2016
Identity Theft is the First of the IRS’ “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams of 2016 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
28
2012
Identity Theft Continues to Top FTC’s List of Consumer Complaints Ifrah Law
Mar
14
2016
Identity Theft and the IRS Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
 

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