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Amy Jeffress, co-chair of the firm's White Collar Defense & Investigations practice, was recently featured in The National Law Journal article "FARA Indictment Shows DOJ's Willing to Use Registration...

On April 24, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that two former executives of Magyar Telekom, a Hungarian telecommunications company, agreed to settle FCPA charges against them.

As multinational employers are aware, compliance with the anti-corruption laws of different jurisdictions can be complicated.

Under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 C.F.R. § 240.1b5-1) the plans allow a safe harbor for insiders to conduct transactions in their company's securities.

SEC Chair Jay Clayton asked SEC staff to examine whether the current regulatory framework effectively prevents fraudulent activity.

The SEC charged a current and a former government employee and two hedge fund analysts with insider trading violations.

The SEC charged Hewlett-Packard with violating the FCPA when its subsidiaries in three different countries made improper payments to government officials.

On June 4, we posted a summary of SEC Enforcement Co-Director Steven Peikin observations during his recent keynote address at the New York City Bar Association's 7th Annual White Collar Crime Institute

On August 14, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published a press release announcing that it has charged four men with offenses of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation and conspiracy to furnish false information, contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, in connection with the investigation by the SFO into the promotion and selling of "bio fuel" investment products to UK investors.

Last week, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation issued a warning about yet another fraudster's attempt to separate investors from their money:

On May 7, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Kelly v. United States that the "Bridgegate" political retribution scheme did not violate the wire fraud or federal-program fraud statutes.

The World Bank's Integrity Vice President's (INT) investigation revealed that the companies submitted fraudulent documents to win grants to phase out ozone-depleting substances under a project in Vietnam.

Partner Philip Urofsky participated in a panel during the International Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance and Investigations, hosted by Buenos Aires-based law

In the video Perry discusses how wiretaps are vulnerable to attack, especially in white collar cases. He explains some details of the wiretap statute and discusses how defense attorneys can best address wiretap evidence in a white collar case.

In a recent American Law Journal article, "When Hiding Assets Doesn't Work: How Mintz Levin Recovered $20M for Cheated Client," Daniel Pascucci and Joe Dunn detail the extensive efforts...

On July 12, 2018, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed civil claims brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against two former hedge-fund executives ...

The episode explores what it takes to speak truth to power, and what happens when the systems designed to prevent corruption instead work to suppress it.

Vince McKnight, Co-Vice Chairman and Whistleblower & Qui Tam Practice Group Co-Chair at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, discusses his career path from his formative years in Washington, D.C. to becoming a leading advocate in whistleblower and employment law. He shares insights on the False Claims Act, qui tam litigation, and the critical role of whistleblower advocacy in protecting those who expose fraud and wrongdoing.