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In a guest column they penned for Law360, McGuireWoods lawyers J. Patrick Rowan and Jeffrey M. Hanna discuss an $8 million civil penalty the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network imposed on Caesars Palace for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 14 owners and senior officials of a Massachusetts pharmacy that manufactured and distributed contaminated drugs that killed 64 people in a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.

Eric Fader was quoted in a January 27 article, "Trump DOJ Likely to Keep Heat on Individuals for Health-Care Fraud," in Bloomberg BNA's Health Care Daily Report and other publications. The article discussed the U.S. Department of Justice's so-called Yates memo which, among other things, encouraged federal prosecutors to focus on individual accountability in enforcement actions against corporations.

Over the past several months, many federal agencies have adopted rules significantly increasing the maximum civil monetary penalties (CMPs) they can potentially impose.

The federal government collected a record-breaking $5.7 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries in fiscal year (FY) 2014, up from $3.8 billion in FY 2013.

Sitting en banc, the First Circuit vacated a key portion of its prior panel decision and affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the SEC’s Section 10(b)/Rule 10b- 5 claim against two mutual fund underwriters.

The year 2013 witnessed several notable developments in the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

The year 2014 witnessed several notable developments in the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

In recent years, it has not been unusual to see, on a daily basis, a news report where a business has been either the victim, or the perpetrator, of crime.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White has called for the SEC to be more aggressive in its enforcement program.

My colleague, Heidi Lawson recently wrote a post on Securities Matters that analyzed the implications of the Justice department's newest initiative to prosecute executives for white collar crimes...

Should a financial institution be held fully responsible for unknowingly supporting terrorist financing when their compliance program is up to date?

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

Munir Patel, an administrative clerk at London’s Redbridge Magistrates’ Court whose October guilty plea made him the first person to be convicted under the new UK Bribery Act, was sentenced this morning in the Southwark Crown Court to six years in prison.

The first undercover Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation in Department of Justice history culminated this week with the indictments of nearly two dozen corporate executives and employees and is a clear sign of the priority the federal government has placed on enforcing the FCPA.

Power and corruption intertwine in the world's most salacious scandals. Hosts Tatiana Sainati and Diana Shaw explore how corruption infiltrates institutions, examining red flags that could have prevented catastrophic failures and the consequences for perpetrators and victims alike.

Ropes & Gray government enforcement partners discuss the U.S. Government’s accelerating criminal trade secrets theft enforcement.