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The SEC charged a hedge funder adviser, his investment advisory firm and a Delaware-based company in a scheme to manipulate a stock price.

Bridget Rohde discusses corporate criminal liability for the actions of employees and how companies can protect themselves.

On October 28, 2021, Deputy United States Attorney General Lisa Monaco issued a memorandum marking the first major announcement on corporate criminal enforcement from the Department of Justice ("DOJ") ...

2016 was a record-setting year for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") enforcement, as both the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ")...

The Department of Justice is making it abundantly clear that companies must provide complete information about an individual's involvement in wrongdoing...

According to the press release, Espar, a parking heater manufacturer, agreed to pay a criminal fine and cooperate in the DOJ’s ongoing investigation.

The United States Sentencing Commission issued a request for comments regarding whether the guidelines for calculating antitrust fines should be modified.

In the wake of the recent negative publicity deluge, including a segment on a national newsmagazine show, alleging labor violations including the use of child labor, safety violations and unfair pay practices, Apple released a third-party report detailing problems and proposed solutions at one of its largest suppliers.

The Justice Department continues to send the strong signal that it is looking to charge senior executives of companies.

2013 witnessed several long-anticipated developments in the world of insider trading, punctuating another year of aggressive enforcement in the United States and abroad. After years of pursuit, DOJ indicted SAC Capital Advisors LP, and secured a guilty plea pursuant to which the hedge fund agreed to pay a combined record-breaking penalty of $1.8 billion to DOJ and the SEC

The federal government is considering new corporate compliance requirements to combat mortgage fraud.

In 2014, a record-setting year for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest-ever DOJ FCPA resolution—an over $772 million criminal fine for French power company Alstom S.A.

Proskauer partner Joshua M. Newville and associate Lindsey A. Olson recently wrote the lead article for New York Law Journal's White-Collar Crime special report. In the article, they discuss how proposed amendments to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 could affect financial fraud investigations by the SEC and DOJ.

The SEC filed charges against a New Jersey-based broker for allegedly misusing his access to customers' brokerage accounts to enrich himself and two of his family members at the expense of his customers.

The SEC charged a research scientist with insider trading in relation to allegations that he traded on confidential information obtained from his wife.

The SEC charged seven individuals with insider trading in a scheme involving "tipping and trading on inside information about dozens of impending corporate mergers and acquisitions, and tender offers."

A new compliance expert is expected to start work for the Justice Department which may indicate that companies will receive more "consistency from the government and compliance officers may get a measure of protection."