Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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Dec
10
2015
Qualified Immunity and Deadly Car Chases: Is Pendulum Heading Other Way? Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Dec
10
2015
Best Practices to Avoid Common FCPA Violations: Gifts, Meals, and Entertainment Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
9
2015
SEC Steps Up Investigations of Political Intelligence Firms for Insider Trading Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
9
2015
Second Circuit Overturns Fraud Convictions in United States v. Litvak Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
9
2015
Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria Finally Stepping Up Anti-Corruption Efforts Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
9
2015
FCA Recoveries from False Claims Act Cases in FY 2015 Down from FY 2014’s Record $5.7 Billion Polsinelli PC
Dec
8
2015
Twenty-Year Ascendancy of Health Care Qui Tam Litigation in Five Simple Graphs Mintz
Dec
8
2015
Justice Department Announces Recovery Of Over $3.5 Billion From False Claims Act Cases In Fiscal Year 2015 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
8
2015
DOJ Recovers $3.5 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in FY2015 and Pays Record Amount to Qui Tam Relators Mintz
Dec
7
2015
Insider Trading in Futures; Newer, Tougher AML Requirements; New CCO Obligations; Possible Bitcoin Fraud - Bridging the Weeks: November 23 – December 7, 2015 [VIDEO] Katten
Dec
7
2015
Defendant’s Objectively Reasonable Interpretation of Ambiguous Regulations Not Subject to FCA Liability Polsinelli PC
Dec
7
2015
UK Serious Fraud Office Reaches Agreement with Standard Bank Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
2
2015
UK Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Sign of Things to Come? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
2
2015
Supreme Court May Finally Weigh In On Implied False Certification Liability Polsinelli PC
Dec
1
2015
House Advances Cyber Crime Bill Polsinelli PC
Nov
24
2015
Corruption and the Closing Table: How Much Diligence is Due? Polsinelli PC
Nov
24
2015
DOJ Fraud Section Retains New Compliance Counsel Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
24
2015
UK Government Makes U-turn on Reform of Corporate Criminal Liability Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
23
2015
Federal Prisoner Release: First Step of More Ambitious Plan Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
21
2015
U.S. Department of Justice Announces Geoffrey Shank as New Washington Director of INTERPOL Holland & Hart LLP
Nov
18
2015
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Government can Freeze a Defendant’s Lawful Assets Pre-Conviction Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
13
2015
Export Control Reform and Deregulation Lead Federal Prosecutors to Get Creative in Prosecuting Schemes to Export Military Technology to Potential Foreign Adversaries Holland & Hart LLP
Nov
11
2015
Fourth Circuit Court to Rehear Whether Government May Compel Disclosure of Cell Phone Location Information Without a Warrant Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
10
2015
Monthly China Anti-Bribery Update Report — October 2015 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
10
2015
Northern District of Illinois Expands Definition of Protected Activity Under Illinois Whistleblower Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
9
2015
SEC Pays Whistleblower Bounty Award Exceeding $325,000 Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
9
2015
Prosecutors Record First-Ever Conviction for ‘Spoofing’: A New Era of Trading Enforcement Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
6
2015
Protected Activity and Individual Liability: Broadened Interpretations of the False Claims Act Anti-Retaliation Provision Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
6
2015
CMS Issues Final Rule for Fraud and Abuse Waivers in Medicare Shared Savings Program Mintz
Nov
4
2015
Life is Larger than Fiction in EB-5 Litigation: SEC Moves For Asset Freeze, Accounting, and Receiver Appointment in Civil Fraud Action in Florida Mintz
Nov
4
2015
Final Curtain Call for Tuomey: Long-Running FCA/Stark Case Settled Poyner Spruill LLP
Nov
4
2015
New Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines Published Today – Huge Increase in Fines in England and Wales Expected to Follow Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
3
2015
European Pharmaceutical Giant Novartis Settles False Claims Act Whistleblower Case for $390 Million Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Nov
3
2015
DOJ Fraud Section Retains Hui Chen as Compliance Counsel Expert Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
3
2015
Warner Chilcott Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charges and Pays $125 Million; Several Company Executives Face Individual Liability McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
2
2015
If Considered Material, False Statements Made to Federal Regulatory Bodies Create Exposure to Criminal Liability McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
31
2015
New UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
28
2015
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series Vol. I — Classical Theory Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Oct
27
2015
Ninth Circuit Rejects Adverse-Interest Exception in Fraud-on-the Market Securities Class Actions Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
27
2015
Update from Coscia Trial re: Financial Regulation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
23
2015
European Supervisory Authorities Consult on AML-CFT Guidelines Katten
Oct
22
2015
Australian Sports Coalition Makes Submission to Foreign Bribery Senate Inquiry Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
21
2015
Substance Over Form In Relator Share Dispute With Government Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Oct
21
2015
Ten Years Later — The End of Tuomey’s Journey McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
21
2015
California Law Enforcement and Industry Gain Procedural Certainty with Historic Cal-ECPA Bill Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Oct
21
2015
No Money for Nothing — Eighth Circuit Limits Relators’ Ability to Recover a Share of Government Settlements of Qui Tam Suits Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
19
2015
SMEs and the UK Bribery Act – Compliance May Not Be as Difficult as You Fear! Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
16
2015
California Amends Data Breach Notification Statute by Requiring Specific Notification Content and Expanding the Definition of Personal Information Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Oct
16
2015
“Whistleblower” Retaliation Applies to Private Matters Unrelated to the Whistleblower’s Employment Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
16
2015
“Worthless Services” Claims Continue to Receive Serious Scrutiny McDermott Will & Emery
 

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