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In an attempt to address or prevent any money launderer's access to the U.S. financial system through accounts serviced by registered investment advisers, the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on September 1, 2015.

On December 16, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memorandum announcing important revisions to the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s policies on charges, pleas, and sentencings.

In the wake of corporate scandals and high-profile prosecutions, many companies have avoided prosecution or have otherwise negotiated reduced sanctions in recent years by cooperating with prosecutors or regulators and entering into agreements that often include accepting a monitor.

On May 20, 2009, the President signed into law the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (“FERA”).

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently indicated a softening of its approach to corporate prosecutions, with the Deputy Attorney General stating that the government ...

The hottest thing in white collar defense these days is an extensive internal investigation. Big law firms love them, and so does the government.

On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, the second-ranking official in the US Department of Justice ("DOJ" or the "Department"), announced a new Safe Harbor Policy...

Early into the 114th Congress, multiple bills have already been introduced that would repeal the insurance industry’s limited antitrust exemption granted by the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

DOJ continues to emphasize the importance of self-disclosure and cooperation by companies that learn of potential criminal misconduct. On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General...

Monaco noted that the "clearest path for a company to avoid a guilty plea or an indictment is voluntary self-disclosure."

Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021 (CTA) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

In an era of the 24-hour news cycle, social media, avaricious plaintiffs’ lawyers and aggressive government enforcement, discrete (and discreet) problems can spin out of control in the blink of an eye.

The D.C. Circuit issued its first writ of mandamus in the KBR litigation on June 27, 2014.

Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, announced a "new era of FCPA enforcement" this week. He emphasized that DOJ’s aggressive enforcement of the FCPA is "here to stay."

In short, and as the Yates Memorandum explicitly notes, "companies cannot pick and choose what facts to disclose."

In December 2008, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Siemens) agreed to pay $800 million in combined fines and penalties to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges for engaging in a pattern of bribery the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) termed unprecedented in scale and geographic scope.

The United States Court of Appeals today reversed the convictions for insider trading of Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson.

The recent wave of investigations and lawsuits involving the alleged backdating of stock options promises to become one of the most widespread corporate crises in recent years.