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The SEC recently sued three former outside directors of DHB Industries, alleging that the three were "willfully blind" to the company's fraudulent accounting practices.

There are medical mishaps that have been deemed "Never Events" by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This term refers generally to preventable occurrences so egregious that they should never occur.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Obama administration has announced on more than one occasion that it is targeting the healthcare industry for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

On October 18, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released its opinion in Apache Corporation v. Great American Insurance Company.

On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, the Department of Justice held a celebration commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1986 amendments to the civil False Claims Act.

On May 24, 2013, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese securities regulators that would enable the PCAOB under certain circumstances to obtain audit work papers of China-based audit firms.

On May 12, DOJ's Criminal Division head, Matthew G. Galeotti, issued a memo to all Criminal Division personnel, entitled "Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...

In February 2017, the Fraud Section in DOJ's Criminal Division released the original ECCP, which provided a list of "some important topics and sample questions that the Fraud...

In the past two months, four highly experienced federal judges from districts around the country have issued a series of scathing opinions finding that federal prosecutors engaged in repeated, egregious violations of statutory and constitutional discovery obligations.

This title is taken from an article published in Legal Week last week which we quote in full below.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division, a new stand-alone U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) litigating division that represents the Trump...

The Department of Justice is sending a clear message to companies when it comes to corporate crime: invest in strong compliance structures and culture and come forward quickly with information...

The Yates Memorandum adopts a position that had been publicly espoused by several high ranking Justice Department officials over the last year and that has been largely followed by prosecutors around the country.

The Department of Justice's first healthcare declination under its 2026 Corporate Enforcement Policy offers critical insights into how companies can navigate criminal investigations through voluntary...

Traditional wisdom suggests avoiding politics and religion as conversation topics over the holidays. An autumn spate of SEC enforcement actions suggests a third conversation topic should be avoided: events at work.

In recent weeks, each of the DOJ, SEC and UK's FSA have provided detailed guidance on the elements of an effective anti-corruption compliance program.

On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Fraud Section, announced a series of bold steps to encourage companies to come forward and disclose their wrongdoing in the anti-corruption arena.