In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources.

This webinar will focus on the Department of Justice's 2024 prioritization of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF), highlighting areas of risk for those businesses contracting...

The FTC continues to prioritize consumer protection, taking significant steps to eliminate fraud in the payments system by enforcing court orders.

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that, beginning today, consumers concerned about identity theft or data breaches can place credit freezes and one year fraud alerts with the three nationwide credit bureaus for free.

Normally, there's no such crime as price gouging. In most states, it's only illegal during a declared state of emergency.

Individual AML compliance officers appear to be increasingly threatened with liability for failure to detect and prevent wrongdoing at their financial institutions.

This episode of Ask the Expert, part of AIMA’s focused series on key regulatory topics, explores the rapidly evolving enforcement landscape surrounding prediction markets.

In a recent speech, NASAA President Heath Abshure, while expressing support for increased access to capital formation, noted NASAA’s concerns about civil remedies for investors, including investors that participate in crowdfunding.

On September 12, 2019, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Miner signaled that the Department of Justice may provide further guidance to prosecutors...

On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act received royal assent. The new law is designed to fight corruption, money laundering and fraud...

Butler Snow attorney Jim Letten provides a brief overview of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and how the law's compliance plays a role in M&A transactions.

Disinformation and "deepfakes" pose growing threats to the private sector.

Last year, Saba Software, the two vice presidents that were responsible for the improper accounting practices and the CEO reached settlements with the SEC.

The reported $12.5 billion sale of the Los Angeles Lakers represents one of the largest sports franchise transactions in history, raising important questions about the legal, financial, and regulatory considerations involved in such high-profile acquisitions. This landmark deal offers insight into the evolving landscape of professional sports ownership and its broader implications across the industry.

The former mayor of Markham, Illinois partially settled fraud charges relating to an alleged "pay-to-play" scheme in connection with a municipal bond offering.

The SEC charged the former CEO of a payment systems company and his girlfriend with insider trading ahead of a merger announcement.

On October 16, the SEC published an investigative report examining the efficacy of internal accounting controls for nine public companies that lost millions of dollars as a result of cyber-related fraud.

On January 21, 2015, the Supreme Court decided a narrow but important issue of appellate jurisdiction in cases that have been consolidated for pretrial proceedings by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

The GRCI Resource Guide (sixth edition) is a quick reference tool for in-house attorneys, compliance officials and executives affiliated with our top clients and friends.

The SEC noted that the adviser's firm had written policies and procedures in place that expressly forbid reimbursement of such expenses.