On August 24, 2018, the Second Circuit held in
United States v. Hoskins
that a nonresident foreign national cannot be found liable for violating the anti-bribery provisions of the Fore...
Webinar
1.0 CA - General; NY - Professional Practice / Practice Management
Please join us for a discussion on some of this year’s key enforcement trends and developments in anti-corruption and other corporate actions.
U.S. enforcement activity and trends u...
#MeToo may no longer dominate daily headlines but its indelible impression remains. Corporate boards’ mandate to act in their shareholders’ best interest includes not only overseeing ...
On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to propose amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. These changes include expanding the typ...
On June 25, 2018, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an amended decision in United States v. Martoma. In its initial decision, the Second Circuit e...
On June 12, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals overruled longstanding Appellate Division precedent and held that fraud claims brought by the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) under ...
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Lucia v. SEC, holding that SEC ALJs qualify as Officers of the United States under the Constitution and are therefore subject to the Appointments Clause o...
On May 9, 2018, in remarks to the New York City Bar Association’s Seventh Annual White Collar Crime Institute, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced a new Department of Justi...
On March 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced settlements with Aegis, Inc. (“Aegis”), a registered broker-dealer, and two of its officers for alleged...
On February 21, 2018, in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, [1] the Supreme Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions only apply where a securiti...
