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On March 22, Jose Shiera Bastidas (Shiera), a Miamiarea businessman who owns multiple U.S. energy companies, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and to commit wire fraud...

John Cronan was named the acting Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Criminal Division. Mr. Cronan replaces Ken Blanco, who was recently named Director of the U.S. Treasury Department FinCEN.

Hospice news referenced a recent report by Foley Hoag about False Claims Act enforcement regarding the federal government resolving roughly 350 FCA cases during 2022...

Mintz Levin’s Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice, on the whistleblower’s role in health care fraud enforcement and strategies for avoiding qui tam suits.

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

Colorado employers should review and, if necessary, revise job applications to remove questions about criminal history.

In April 2019, the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Criminal Division released an updated guidance document intended to assist prosecutors in exercising their discretion to investigate, bring charges

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on January 30th that the implementation of the revised I-9 form has been delayed 60 days to April 3, 2009.

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.

As we previously reported here, the Department of Labor promulgated a new rule that increases the requisite salary level for the "white collar" executive, administrative, and professional ("EAP") exemptions from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime requirements.

In an article published by The Daily Journal, Partner Davina Pujari, Special Counsel Christopher Rheinheimer and Associate Molly Calhoon Silva discuss the recent charge...

On the latest episode of “The Lobby Bar,” hosts Charlie Ricciardelli and Tyler Rosen unpack the Supreme Court’s recent decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, which struck down federal limits on coordinated expenditures by political parties and their candidates, while leaving key campaign finance rules — including contribution limits, disclosure obligations and earmarking restrictions — in place.

The CFTC filed a civil injunctive enforcement action against employees of a firm for engaging in illegal, off-exchange transactions in precious metals with retail customers on a leveraged basis.