Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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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
Oct
16
2015
Slave to Good Intentions – Draft UK Modern Slavery Act Guidance Falls Far Short Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
14
2015
A Shift of Emphasis at the DOJ – the Yates Memo Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
13
2015
Monthly China Anti-Bribery Update Report — September 2015 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
10
2015
Third Circuit Decision Could Have Broad Implications For Sentencing In Federal Fraud Cases Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
9
2015
Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues as Two Key Arrests Are Made in a Widening Graft Investigation Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
9
2015
Pharmaceutical Distributer PharMerica to Pay $9.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case Alleging Kickback Scheme Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Oct
9
2015
Effects of Schrems Ruling on International Internal Investigations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
7
2015
Fourth Circuit First to Examine Providers’ Billing Claims in False Claims Act Liability Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
7
2015
Strike Suit Offers Conjectures, And Little More, About Scottrade Data Breach Mintz
Oct
6
2015
Insider Trading, Newman And Der Prozess Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
6
2015
Fourth Circuit to Rule on Use of Statistical Sampling to Prove FCA Liability McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
5
2015
False Claims Act Retaliation Law Does Not Preempt State Wrongful Discharge Claims Zuckerman Law
Oct
5
2015
Supreme Court Denies Review of Second Circuit Insider-Trading Case Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
5
2015
September 2015 Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
5
2015
OCIE Issues New Cybersecurity Risk Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
4
2015
Department of Justice’s Recent Memo Reshapes Government Investigations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
4
2015
The Ninth Circuit Overrules Decades of Precedent To Make It Easier For Relators To Qualify As An “Original Source” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2015
Africa Update for October 2015 Mintz
Oct
1
2015
Defense Contractor Agrees to Pay $4.63 Million to U.S. Government for Allegedly Violating the False Claims Act by Overcharging the U.S. Military Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Sep
30
2015
September 2015: A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
29
2015
Crime Doesn’t Pay (as much as it used to) – FBI Cracks Down on Trade of Looted Syrian and Iraqi Cultural Artifacts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
29
2015
DOJ Focuses on Individual Accountability: New Guidance for Corporate Investigations Places Pressure on Companies and Boards to Put Executives at Risk Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
29
2015
Insider Trading and Administrative Courts - More on Two Hot Topics That Have Now Converged Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
28
2015
DOJ Clarifies Position on Individual Accountability in Corporate Investigations Mintz
Sep
28
2015
DOJ: Companies, Serve Up Your Executives! Bracewell LLP
Sep
28
2015
DOJ’s “Yates Memorandum” Calls for Increased Focus on Individuals in Investigating Allegations of Both Criminal and Civil Corporate Wrongdoing McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
26
2015
SEC Enforcement Action Portends Rewards for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Zuckerman Law
Sep
25
2015
Former Employees Blow the Whistle on Adventist Health System for Allegedly Violating the False Claims Act; The Federal Government Will Receive $115 Million for Adventist ‘s Alleged Illegal Billing Scheme Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Sep
24
2015
California District Court Follows Asadi, Dismisses Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claim Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
23
2015
Assistant Attorney General Caldwell Clarifies Application of Yates Memo on Individual Accountability Mintz
Sep
23
2015
The Department of Justice's Focus on Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing Katten
 

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