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As many loyal TSW readers know, we've been watching the ongoing saga involving ex-Korn Ferry recruiter David Nosal wind its way through the courts since the early days of this blog.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to determine whether the company bears criminal responsibility...

The Trump administration's new National Fraud Enforcement Division takes operational shape as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issues a memorandum consolidating major DOJ fraud prosecution units...

The Department of Justice has released a new policy intended to further the Department's effort to hold individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing.

The Department of Justice's National Fraud Enforcement Division has issued new guidance outlining its corporate fraud enforcement strategy, balancing aggressive prosecution with incentives for voluntary disclosure and cooperation. The memorandum establishes enforcement priorities across healthcare, government programs, tax violations, and trade-related misconduct while introducing a centralized Corporate Enforcement Section to promote consistency in corporate resolutions.

U.S. criminal law has a long reach outside the borders of the United States. Australian companies and individuals whose activities touch on the United States-even without having offices...

In September 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered remarks unveiling the Department of Justice's revised corporate crime guidance to "prioritize and prosecute corporate crime."

On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite ("AAG") announced revisions to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division's Corporate Enforcement Policy ("CEP").

DOJ's new M&A safe harbor policy places even more emphasis on effective due diligence and the voluntary self-disclosure of corporate wrongdoing to obtain the presumption of a declination of criminal prosecution.

On October 4, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa O. Monaco delivered a speech at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 22nd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute announcing...

Last week, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks on corporate criminal enforcement, announcing revisions to DOJ's policies for addressing corporate ethics and compliance matters.

Like Prince Charming searching for the foot that fit the glass slipper, Justice Scalia recently issued a statement advising that he and Justice Thomas would be receptive to granting certiorari to a petition properly presenting the issue of whether, in a criminal context, a court should grant deference to an administrative agency’s statutory interpretation.

With a gridlocked Congress, President Obama issued Executive Order 13636, "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity," on February 12, 2013

One year after the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ("SEC") new whistleblower rules took effect, the SEC announced that it has awarded its first financial reward to a whistleblower.

This complaint stems from a massive Ponzi scheme allegedly perpetrated, in part, by Emanuel L. Sarris and his investment advisory firm, Sarris Financial Group, Inc. According to the complaint, Sarris convinced more than 70 investors to invest over $30 million in the "Kenzie Funds," which purportedly invested in foreign currency.

The December 23, 2014, announcement by the U.S. DOJ that Alstom, S.A. pled guilty to two FCPA charges and agreed to pay $772 million in fines generated headlines for the record-breaking size of the fine.

The increasing focus on enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and UK Bribery Act, as well as similar anti-corruption laws around the globe, has made conducting pre-acquisition anti-corruption due diligence an essential element of any cross-border merger or acquisition, especially if the target does business in a jurisdiction where local officials may expect to be compensated for simply doing their job.

At the 26th annual National Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), held November 8 and 9, 2011, officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stressed that both agencies are committed to FCPA enforcement and will continue their aggressive pursuit of companies that violate the FCPA.