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The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has launched its first Corporate Crime and Antitrust Task Force, targeting corporate fraud, antitrust violations, and misconduct with a focus on high-level actors and systemic structures. This initiative marks a significant expansion of state-level white collar enforcement in New York, particularly as federal prosecutions decline, raising important compliance considerations for corporations operating in the region.

A recent appellate decision could impact how damages are calculated in implied false certification suits where a defendant fails to comply with a condition of payment, yet provides adequate services.

Rules recently adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission define the scope and procedures of the whistleblower provisions under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli summarises the settling of a claim relating to the Dieselgate scandal.

Much ink already has been spilt on the September 9, 2015 Department of Justice policy memorandum signed by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.

unanimous Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Securities and Exchange Commission's power to recover ill-gotten profits from misconduct, also known as "disgorgement," is subject to a five-year statute of limitations.

Following the recently published review by the SFO of its enforcement policy in a number of areas with regard to corporates, it is instructive to consider the approach of the US DOJ as articulated in its Resource Guide to the US FCPA.

On October 7, 2014, Twitter, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking permission to publicly disclose details about legal requests from the U.S. government regarding its customers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in United States v. Georgiou analyzed a matter of first impression regarding the application of the Supreme Court's ruling in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. In Morrison, the Supreme Court held that Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 did not apply to wholly foreign securities transactions.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that one can violate the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA) even if the pilfered trade secret would not benefit a direct competitor on the specific project.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 has been postponed indefinitely.

In enacting protections from tort liability for negligent hiring and retention claims for businesses that hire and employ rehabilitated ex-offenders, Ohio joins a handful of other states that are introducing such measures to help facilitate the reintegration of ex-offenders into the workforce.

The FBI is shifting more than $75 million in resources from counterterrorism work to help sort through what has been characterized as "the wreckage of the financial meltdown," and financial industry professionals are bracing themselves for the newest wave of recourse: criminal prosecution.

On May 5, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network fined Ripple Labs Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary XRP Fund II LLC $700,000 for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.

What’s wrong with stock option backdating? The short answer is that there is nothing wrong with backdating stock options if appropriate procedures are followed and the transactions are properly accounted for and disclosed.

The GAO recently sustained a protest because the agency failed to adequately consider a False Claims Act (FCA) case that was pending against the awardee’s parent corporation.

The amendments expand the scope of liability under the False Claims Act and give the government enhanced investigative powers.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is setting its sights on individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing.