Partner Lloyd Firth argues that Recommendation 44 from the Leveson Review—which mandates judge-only trials for serious and complex fraud—undermines defendants' rights and fails to provide meaningful relief to the Crown Court backlog...

The underlying facts of a False Claims Act case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last week are the stuff of a good Hollywood blockbuster.

A medical technologies firm agreed to pay a $7.8 million penalty to settle SEC charges for violating the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions ...

The U.S. District Court in Hawaii sentenced a Micronesian government official to prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA").

James Koukios speaks with Chuck Duross about what to expect in the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) space under the upcoming Biden Administration.

Enforcement Edge heads down to sunny Miami this week for the 40th ABA White Collar Crime Conference, which is taking place March 5-7.

On October 11, 2018, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Brian A. Benczkowski issued new guidance on the selection of corporate compliance monitors in Criminal Division matters.

New Mexico's Attorney General Hector Balderas announced on September 29 that his office has filed three lawsuits against debt collection companies

OFAC designated two members of Venezuela's Maduro regime for allegedly enriching themselves and contributing to the ongoing Venezuelan electricity crisis.

OFAC designated a Colombian national and a "vast corruption network" for aiding Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his regime to profit from a Venezuelan food subsidy and distribution program.

Early this month, Olympus Corp. of the Americas (OCA) settled government investigations related to violations of the U.S. AntiKickback Statute (AKS) and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

On Jan. 24, 2019, a Grand Jury for the District of Columbia issued a seven-count indictment charging a political operative with Obstruction of an Official Proceeding...

An attorney with WilmerHale examines what legal commentators have called the overcriminalization of the U.S. Code. The former federal prosecutor discusses the best tactic for defense lawyers to tackle the problem, including by focusing less on critiques of Congress, and more on lobbying federal prosecutors on charging decisions.

Originally enacted during the American Civil War, the False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the most venerable statutes in the U.S. federal code.

Virginia Giuffre's relentless pursuit of justice inspired countless individuals around the world to speak out and seek justice for the horrors of sexual trafficking.

Jonathan Schmidt and Kevin Daly discuss recent examples of efforts by federal prosecutors to expand the reach of criminal liability in the corporate context.

On November 6, 2025. Keonne Rodriguez, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Wallet, was sentenced for to 60 months in federal prison for the crime of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting...

Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced an expansion of his office's priorities for 2024, adding fights against...

The DOJ and SEC charged a credit ratings analyst with insider trading for allegedly tipping two of his friends about material nonpublic information.

SEC Co-Director of Enforcement Steven R. Peikin expressed his continued commitment to robust Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") enforcement.