The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision today on the appeal from Judge Jed S. Rakoff’s rejection in 2011 of the consent settlement in ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has defined, for the first time by a federal appellate court, a key statutory term in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”...
Continuing a flurry of recent enforcement activity under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has brought criminal charges again...
On March 6, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a motion to compel the production of documents arising from defendants’ internal compliance investigati...
On March 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Tokyo-based trading company Marubeni Corporation had entered a guilty plea and will pay a criminal fine of $88 million in ...
In Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 11-1274, the United States Supreme Court unanimously concluded that the five-year statute of limitations applicable to actions brough...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have released new guidance on the criminal and civil enforcement provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices A...
Recently, the Department of Justice reaffirmed its guidance as to what it views as the proper Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) compliance procedures in the context of mergers an...
The SEC has now issued rules implementing the Dodd-Frank whistleblower bounty provisions, ushering in a radically new compensation scheme that will affect compliance programs and investig...
The SEC’s settlement of In the Matter of Christopher A. Black, announced September 24, is a useful reminder that Reg FD training and compliance programs can be helpful not just for avoi...
