Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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May
11
2016
 Anti-money Laundering Regulators Bringing Transparency into Clear Focus Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
11
2016
 Wisconsin Court of Appeals Addresses Interplay Between DPPA and Wisconsin Public Records Law von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
May
9
2016
 Substantial Increase in FCA Penalties Puts Many Health Care Providers on Edge Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
9
2016
 FCA Civil Penalties May Double, Exploding Possible Damages Awards McDermott Will & Emery
May
6
2016
 In Wake of Panama Papers Scandal Obama Calls for Stricter Bank Regulations, Tax Rules Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
6
2016
 Civil Penalties Across All Federal Agencies Set to Increase Significantly by August 2016 Covington & Burling LLP
May
6
2016
 U.S. Designations Targeting a Major Panamanian Money Laundering Organization Not Aided by the Panama Papers Leak Holland & Hart LLP
May
5
2016
 Compliance Departments Must Continue to Evolve as Regulators Refine Their Approach to Spoofing Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
May
5
2016
 Mandatory FCA Per Claim Penalties Dramatically Increased from $11,000 to $21,563 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
4
2016
 Federal Agency Doubles FCA Civil Monetary Penalties With Passage of Interim Final Rule Polsinelli PC
May
3
2016
 Negligence Based Charges - The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. VIII [VIDEO] Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
May
2
2016
 How Nursing Home Staff Can Help Prevent Medicare Fraud Stark & Stark
Apr
30
2016
 Lessons from Ramapo Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
29
2016
 Accounting Fraud Getting Increased Attention from the SEC and Class Action Counsel Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
29
2016
 Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. VII — Misappropriation Theory (Part the Third) Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
29
2016
 Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer To Pay $785 Million In Settlement Of Qui Tam Lawsuit Alleging Subsidiary Wyeth Engaged in Fraudulent Drug Rebate Scheme Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Apr
28
2016
 DOJ Task Forces Target Elder Fraud in Health Care Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Apr
22
2016
 Second Circuit To Determine Whether Artful Pleading Can Extend FCPA Jurisdiction Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
21
2016
 Monthly China Anti-Bribery Update Report — March 2016 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
21
2016
 Need to Decrypt an iPhone? There’s an “Act” for That Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
21
2016
 The Auto Industry’s Safety Whistleblower Program: What You Need To Know Dickinson Wright PLLC
Apr
20
2016
 Reimbursement Considerations in Rare False Claims Act Jury Trial Addressing Off-Label Issues Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
20
2016
 Bribery in Scotland – Civil Settlement Under Bribery Act and the Scottish Crown Office Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
19
2016
 The Intersection of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Data Privacy Vedder Price
Apr
19
2016
 The DOJ FCPA Enforcement Plan and Guidance Encourages Voluntary Self-Disclosure and Cooperation in Exchange for Additional Mitigation Credit Katten
Apr
13
2016
 Hospital Trade Associations Side with Agape in Fourth Circuit Appeal, Urging the Court to Reject Use of Statistical Sampling to Prove Liability in FCA Cases McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
12
2016
 “University of Northern New Jersey” Visa Fraud Sting Operation Shutdown after Arrest of 21 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
12
2016
 CFTC Issues Record-High Whistleblower Bounty Award Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
10
2016
 UK Sentencing Council: Further Consultation On New Guidelines for Guilty Plea Credit Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
8
2016
 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Awards More than $10 Million to Whistleblower Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
7
2016
 DOJ Fraud Section Offers Super Credit in FCPA Pilot Program Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
7
2016
 Fighting Corruption and Fraud- the UK International Corruption Unit (ICU) and Serious Fraud Office Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
6
2016
 Department of Justice Controversial Asset Forfeiture Program Resumed Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
6
2016
 Supreme Court Clarifies That Untainted Assets Cannot Be Frozen Pre-Trial By The Government Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
6
2016
 Companies in Florida Face Difficult Road in Recovering Restitution from Criminal Employees Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
6
2016
 Criminal Division Launches New FCPA Pilot Program Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
6
2016
 CFTC Issues Record $10M Whistleblower Award ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
6
2016
 DOJ’s Criminal Division Launches new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Pilot Program Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
6
2016
 DOJ Issues New FCPA Guidance and Launches Self-Reporting Pilot Program Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
5
2016
 Former Tax Court Judge Indicted for Tax Evasion McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
5
2016
 False Claims Act Whistleblower Obtains Favorable Rule on Double Back Pay Zuckerman Law
Apr
4
2016
 OCC Issues New Guidance and Policies on Enforcement Actions and Civil Monetary Penalties Against Institutions and Individuals Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
4
2016
 CJEU to Rule on Extradition of EU Citizens in Criminal Antitrust Proceedings McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
1
2016
 Judge Sides with AseraCare, Grants Summary Judgment in $200 Million FCA Case Mintz
Apr
1
2016
 Law Enforcement Cannot Freeze Assets Not Tied to Crimes, Supreme Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
31
2016
 Louisiana's Statewide Motor Vehicle Theft and Uninsured Motorist ID Program: The Short Life and Senseless Death of Senate Bill 250 Southern University Law Center
Mar
30
2016
 Supreme Court Rules Against Freezing "Untainted" Assets Bracewell LLP
Mar
30
2016
 Proposed New UK Corporate Offence Dropped: Failure to Prevent Economic Crime Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
24
2016
 Olympus to Pay $632.2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks Polsinelli PC
Mar
24
2016
 Best Policy: Fifth Circuit Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct and Vindictiveness Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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