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Earlier this week, a top U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") official spoke in Moscow at the 3rd Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States Summit on Anti-corruption.

Switzerland’s Federal Act on the Restitution of Assets of Politically Exposed Persons obtained by Unlawful Means (commonly referred to as the Return of Illicit Assets Act or "RIAA") was passed by both houses of the Swiss Parliament in October 2010 and will become effective on 1 February 2011.

This space has previously mused about the difficulties facing courts in harmonizing Fourth Amendment principles, developed decades ago, with emerging technologies which confound their ready application today.

Report examines developments and trends in cross-border legislation, regulation, and enforcement in securities fraud, accounting fraud, anti-money laundering, racketeering, and trade sanctions.

Senior enforcement officials and the heads of enforcement authorities for the European Union and six nations that have taken the lead in pursuing international cartels and price-fixing conspiracies have committed to greater coordination and increased sanctions, criminal fines, and prison sentences to deter future international cartel and price-fixing efforts.

Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK, and elsewhere as well as helpful guidance on emerging best practices in FCPA and global anti-corruption compliance programs.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has provided a jarring reminder of the penalties for dishonesty in Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings. On August 15, the DOJ announced that Nautilus Hyosung Holdings Inc. (NHI) agreed to plead guilty to criminal obstruction of justice for altering documents submitted with an HSR filing.

Malfeasance by a corporate insider against his company has the potential to leave a gaping wound. Facing a securities lawsuit due to that malfeasance is like salt in that wound.

Microsoft and Wal-Mart recently announced that their organizations recognize the value of having a uniform international standard across their organizations to combat bribery, and will now be seeking ISO 37001 Certification ("Certification").

A Connecticut-based multinational corporation agreed to pay $13.9 million to settle SEC charges for violating the anti-bribery, books and records, and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

The Ninth Circuit recently joined the debate on whether the heightened pleading standard of Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b) or the more relaxed notice-pleading standard of Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a) applies to pleading loss causation for a federal securities-law claim.

The UK's new corporate offence of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion is quite a mouthful, but the title does do a pretty accurate job of describing the offence.

Kevin Loughrin was prosecuted for stealing and altering checks, using them to purchase items at retail stores, and then returning the items to the stores for cash.

On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum outlining new policies and procedures for United States Attorneys in corporate investigations (the "Memo").

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) continued to be a hotbed of activity in 2011.

For corporate entities across the entire spectrum—small, medium and (especially) large, both closely held and publicly traded—a virtually unavoidable reality is not if the company will be a victim...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act ("FCA") complaint in United States ex rel. Shea v. Cellco Partnership, 2014 WL 1394687 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 11, 2014) for failure to meet the statute’s "first-to-file" rule ..

On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco delivered a speech and issued a memorandum announcing several important changes to the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s...