Criminal Law / Business Crimes

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Sep
19
2010
Amendments To New York State False Claims Act Encourage Qui Tam Actions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
18
2010
Implied False Certification Theory Gains Support In Ninth Circuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
16
2010
Mortgage Lender Not "Financial Institution" for Federal Criminal Bank Fraud Just Because It Was Owned By a Financial Institution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
16
2010
ITAR License Exemption Amended To Allow Hand-Carrying Of Technical Data Outside The United States Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
13
2010
Ohio Municipalities and Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Sep
8
2010
Supreme Court Limits Scope of “Honest Services” Statute - Skilling v. United States Vedder Price
Sep
6
2010
Public Defenders as Effective as Private Attorneys Miller-McCune
Sep
2
2010
The Federal Circuit Holds That False Marking Plaintiff Has Standing to Sue in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Aug
31
2010
Ninth Circuit Rejects Private Right Of Action To Enforce Section 13(a) Of The Investment Company Act Of 1940 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
30
2010
Municipal Bond Offerings: SEC Charges State of New Jersey for Fraudulent Municipal Bond Offerings Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
25
2010
Bratz Hitz Back at Mattel Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
22
2010
Improper Payments Elimination Act Provides Opportunities For Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
20
2010
OSHA in Aggressive Pursuit of Grain Handling Employers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Aug
17
2010
Blowing the Whistle on the New Whistleblower Protections Created by the Dodd-Frank Act Bracewell LLP
Aug
5
2010
Patient Protection and Afforable Care Act Increases Potency of Qui Tam Suits Under the False Claims Act Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Aug
2
2010
Whistleblower Provision Likely to Increase FCPA Risk Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
28
2010
Breach of Contract May Lead to False Claims Liability on Public Works Contracts (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
26
2010
Whistleblowing Pays Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Bill Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jul
21
2010
Amendment of Federal Sentencing Guidelines Calls for Updating of Compliance Policies Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
19
2010
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms 12-Year Sentence for Investment Adviser Convicted of Violating Investment Advisers Act Cosgrove Law, L.L.C.
Jul
13
2010
The Long Arm Of The Crown: New U.K. Anti-Bribery Law Reaches Private Sector Bribery And Creates Offence Of "Failing To Prevent" Bribery Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
8
2010
Arizona Federal District Court Holds That Securities & Exchange Commission Need Not Allege Wrongdoing On The Part Of CEO When Pursuing Reimbursement Under Section 304 Of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
7
2010
Almost Ten Years After the Enron Meltdown: More Costs, More Prosecution, More Compliance? The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC
Jun
30
2010
Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs: Why They Are Good for Your Company Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
28
2010
Bill Introduced To Secure Reduced Civil Liability For Amnesty Applicants Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
26
2010
Finding and Fixing Corporate Misconduct - How Layoffs Have Impacted Compliance Issues and Corporate Culture Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
25
2010
FCPA: The Latest Trend in Fashion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
25
2010
District Court Declares that Fraudulent Inducement Claim Is Not Available To Arbitrate Goldberg Segalla LLP
Jun
21
2010
D&O Coverage for Government Investigations Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
5
2010
Filthy Lucre: Confronting the Risks of Money Laundering Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
24
2010
Sentencing Guideline Amendments Emphasize Compliance Officer Reporting Relationships Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
May
19
2010
The Newly-Amended False Claims Act is Beginning to Stir Trouble in Courts Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
27
2010
Fifth Circuit Decides Expedited Appeal - Affirms Duty to Defend Stanford Defendants Goldberg Segalla LLP
Apr
9
2010
DOJ and SEC Will Significantly Increase FCPA Enforcement Efforts McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
31
2010
Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership and Investment Interests Ice Miller LLP
Feb
17
2010
Justice Department on the Hunt for Violations of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- U.S. Companies and Executives, Take Heed or Risk Prosecution Bracewell LLP
Feb
3
2010
United States And Shareholders vs. Corporate Fraud Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Dec
3
2009
Swiss Banks No Longer A Safe Haven? Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Nov
30
2009
Hedge Funds Join “the CEO’s Brother-in-Law” as the Target of Insider Trading Cases Foley Hoag LLP
Nov
19
2009
Vehicle Searches Incident to Lawful Arrests: Police Can or Can't After Gant? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
14
2009
Changes Regarding Re-entry of Permanent Residents with Prior Criminal Convictions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
14
2009
Lawful Permanent Residents with Prior Convictions Should Exercise Caution Upon Re-entry to the U.S. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
1
2009
A Cautionary Tale: Why Employers Must Define Acceptable Computer Use by Employees Bingham McCutchen LLP
Aug
20
2009
New Medical Board Rules to Publicize Information about Physicians and Physician Assistants Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
3
2009
Defending Qui Tam Suits Under New Jersey’s New False Claims Act
May
29
2009
New Protections For New York Employees With Criminal Records Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
 

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