On May 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a $1.3 billion civil penalty imposed against Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and r...
On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched a new one-year pilot program encouraging voluntary self-disclosure of misconduct related to the Foreign Corrupt Pract...
A recent Court of Appeals decision sharply limits the authority of judges to reject Deferred Prosecution Agreements (“DPAs”). On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distr...
On March 2, 2016, the CFPB announced that it had settled an enforcement action with Dwolla, Inc., an online payment platform, for making allegedly deceptive statements regarding its data ...
In two recent cases, the SEC affirmatively decided not to bring clawback actions under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) against executives who reimbursed their respective...
2015 proved to be a year of continued focus on anti-corruption enforcement. We have distilled key aspects of the year’s enforcement trends and resolutions to offer you succinct summarie...
To be guilty of insider trading, a tipper of inside information must receive a “personal benefit” in exchange for his tips. On January 19, 2016, the Supreme Court granted certiorari i...
Webinar
1.0 CA - General; NY - Professional Practice / Practice Management
This webinar discusses some of 2015’s key developments and concrete steps companies can take in response. Topics include:
Review of FCPA resolutions in 2015 and related trends
Anti-...
On November 16, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave a speech regarding the implementation of the Department of Justice’s recent policy initiatives to facilitate the ...
On Friday, November 13, NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement hosted a roundtable discussion featuring the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division Fraud Chief An...
