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Today, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Salman v. United States, clarifying the personal benefit standard of insider trading under the federal securities laws.

On 19 January 2012, the United States Sentencing Commission asked for public comment on various topics.

Thus far in 2016, the DOJ and SEC have resolved twelve FCPA corporate enforcement actions: SAP, SciClone, PTC, VimpelCom, Qualcomm, Olympus, Nordion, Novartis, Las Vegas Sands, Nortek, Akamai, and Analogic.

Following 2010’s record year of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") enforcement, 2011 began steadily with four company and seven individual defendants – one of which included a blockbuster forfeiture – and with a flurry of litigation activity challenging DOJ’s prosecution theories and tactics.

Corporations doing business overseas have a legal obligation not to make corrupt payments to foreign officials. For those companies with connections to the United States, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") imposes criminal and civil penalties that can include multimillion-dollar fines and prison terms.

A number of companies that regularly apply for licenses to export defense articles controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, promulgated under the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, have begun to report that license applications are being returned by the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

As the stock option backdating cases wind down, what will be the next corporate scandal to gain widespread notoriety?

Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general (DAG) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) gave two speeches that hinted at the department's emerging vision regarding prosecution of corporate crime.

This quarter continued the trend of active FCPA enforcement, with the DOJ winning a historic prison sentence and reaching several settlements with high profile corporations.

In this edition - New York State Prosecutors Go After Oil-for-Food Violations, U.S. Government Announced Multiple Prosecutions for Bribing Azeri Senior Government Officials, E.U. Seeks to Wrest Control of Internet Names from the U.S., UN Convention Against Corruption to Go into Effect in December, Customs K-9 Noses Out Competition for Coveted.

The first half of 2014 has seen a number of significant developments for enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and other anti-corruption laws around the globe.

On the heels of Enron, Worldcom, and Tyco, the financial community has been introduced to the latest corporate imbroglio known as backdating.

On November 14, 2012, the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission published their much anticipated Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

A little over two years into his tenure as president of the United States, it is unclear how far Joe Biden has been able to clear the mammoth in-tray that would have greeted him as the new incumbent.

In its unanimous opinion in "Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano" issued on March 22, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed its long-established standard for determining materiality with respect to securities fraud claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the SEC's Rule 10b-5.

On December 2, 2022, the Swiss-based global technology company ABB Ltd. (ABB) entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and agreed to pay over $315 million in criminal penalties...

On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (Department) released a memorandum revising several key aspects of its corporate criminal enforcement policies.

The U.S. Department of Justice's newly established National Fraud Enforcement Division has announced five principal enforcement priorities that will reshape federal fraud prosecution. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald's memorandum reveals how the Department plans to deploy enhanced resources, advanced data analytics, and cross-agency coordination to combat fraud across healthcare, government programs, tax schemes, international trade, and corporate misconduct.