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The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has launched its first Corporate Crime and Antitrust Task Force, targeting fraud and misconduct by corporations and executives in areas including antitrust violations, healthcare fraud, and consumer fraud. Led by a 40-year veteran prosecutor, the Task Force aims for "systemic accountability" by investigating high-level actors and corporate structures that enable crime, marking a significant expansion of state-level enforcement into traditionally federal territory.

On April 21, 2014, it was announced that Otter Products LLC (operating as "OtterBox") has paid $4.3 million to settle a whistle-blower suit alleging that its import practice violated the False Claims Act ("FCA") and the Tariff Act of 1930.

This is the scenario: you are an executive or manager at a government contractor.

New SEC policy requires companies to self-report FCPA violations in order to be eligible for deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements.

On August 24, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a non-resident foreign national cannot be charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ...

Proprietary computer code is not a "good" subject to protection under the National Stolen Property Act and is not "related" to interstate or foreign commerce under the Economic Espionage Act, according to this opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Pursuant to the Yates Memorandum's directive that the U.S. Attorneys' Manual (USAM) be revised to reflect this increased focus on individuals, on November 16, 2015, such revisions were released.

On September 9, 2015, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum detailing new policies that prioritize the prosecution of corporate individuals and encourage corporations to turn over evidence against their executives.

As previously reported on this blog here and here, the United States Sentencing Commission has proposed amendments to the widely criticized federal sentencing guidelines for economic crimes.

When faced with questions from a government investigator, a person’s silence can now be used in a criminal trial against the person who was questioned and declined to provide an answer.

In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it more difficult for plaintiffs to sustain securities fraud actions at the outset of litigation.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) collected more than $8 billion as the result of civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2013.

After months of political wrangling, the Senate finally confirmed Loretta Lynch to be the 83rd attorney general.

Defendant Khalid Elbeblawy's change of heart at the time of his guilty plea cost him dearly, as noted by the Eleventh Circuit in United States v. Elbeblawy.

This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed amendments to the civil False Claims Act ("FCA") in approving S. 386, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA").

Recently, in its effort to defund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”), the House of Representatives moved toward creating a nightmare for government contractors, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, and other grantees and recipients under government programs, as well as for the smooth functioning of both the federal and state governments.

A few weeks ago, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first-ever prosecution of a corporation for material support to terrorism under 18 USC § 2339B of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).

The US government took its strongest step yet in its oversight of other virtual currency yesterday, fining prominent "Bitcoin alternative" company Ripple Labs Inc. $700,000 for what the government called a willful violation of the anti-money laundering laws.