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Modern slavery legislation at the Commonwealth level in Australia is getting closer.

In an announcement this week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) took a strong stance against so-called "facilitation" or "grease" payments allowed under anticorruption laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), but outlawed in most countries.

In early June 2015, FinCEN assessed a civil money penalty on the Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino, located in the Northern Mariana Islands, an archipelago to the east of the Philippines.

The backdating of stock option grants by public companies continues to be a focus of news stories and law enforcement investigations. What initially appeared to be an issue associated with some technology companies may in fact be more widespread, possibly extending to hundreds of companies.

On Friday, the Department of Justice released an updated version of its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs ("ECCP") guidance—the latest in a series of updates...

The memo clearly instructs Federal government prosecutors in both civil and criminal investigations to fully leverage resources to "identify culpable individuals at all levels in corporate cases."

On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division announced revisions to the Criminal Division's Corporate Enforcement Policy...

When DOJ speaks, it usually does so to send a message.

Marcia Madsen, Cameron Hamrick, and Michelle Litteken recently addressed developments in an all-too-common scenario: what happens if an employee takes company documents to use in a possible False Claims Act case?

Recent U.S. and international antitrust developments will have important implications in 2015 for the automotive industry.

Proskauer's Private Investment Funds Group recently released its 2017 Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds.

A U.S. agricultural supply chain company entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ for directing customs brokers to bribe Mexican border officials to bypass inspections, inadvertently benefiting a drug cartel. The case highlights the importance of third-party due diligence and compliance monitoring in cross-border operations, particularly following the DOJ's renewed focus on FCPA enforcement targeting transnational criminal organizations.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has launched a Corporate Crime and Antitrust Task Force targeting complex fraud and misconduct by corporations and their executives. This dedicated enforcement initiative expands scrutiny beyond individual offenders to the organizational structures that enable wrongdoing, with antitrust violations, healthcare fraud, and consumer fraud among its stated priorities. Companies doing business in or through New York County face heightened enforcement risk and should reasses

Yesterday a New York State appeals court reinstated the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer under New York's unlawful use of secret scientific material statute.

On February 24, 2015, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement with The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Goodyear).

Some time in April of this year—the exact date has not yet been decided—the current Director of the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Richard Alderman, will step down. He will be replaced by David Green QC, who will hold the post for four years.

On 23 August 2017, in a widely followed case (United States v. Martoma), a divided panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (which hears appeals from district courts in Connecticut...

White Collar Defense & Investigations partner Lee Cortes was recently quoted in the Anti-Corruption Report article, "DOJ's New VSD Program Offers NPAs to Individuals Who Can Help Catch Bigger Fish." The article...