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Airbnb challenged local hotel zoning laws, Uber took on taxi licensing requirements, and Pinterest built a business around posting copyrighted images. Startup companies that simply follow the rules risk getting left behind.

WilmerHale Attorneys Analyze OCIE Risk Alert on Cash Solicitation Rule.

Andela Inc.—a New York-based startup that identifies the most talented individuals in Africa, shapes them into world-class developers, and pairs them with the world's leading tech companies...

Red Notices are issued by INTERPOL in response to a request by a national police force to locate a wanted person and have them arrested for the purposes of extradition to the requesting state.

On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice released a nine-page memorandum launching a one-year pilot program to reward companies that voluntarily self-report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

In 2015, the Justice Department (DOJ) continued to give high priority to False Claims Act (FCA) investigations, bringing in nearly $3.6 billion in settlements and judgments.

Despite predictions of a slow-down in enforcement under the Trump administration—and indications that enforcement in some areas has decreased in the past year—2018 was yet again an active year for FCPA enforcement.

Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019.

WilmerHale Partner and former Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden participated in the panel "Evidence Disclosure in Criminal Cases" during the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (NACDL) official release of its latest report, Material Indifference: How Courts Are Impeding Fair Disclosure In Criminal Cases.

To the considerable arsenal of remedies already possessed by the Securities and Exchange Commission the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has recently added another: ..

As discussed in Part I of this series on insider trading investigations, hedge funds and other institutional investors rely upon various sources of information in connection with their investment research activities.

The news reports that a London-based futures trader, Navinder Singh Sarao, has been arrested by the British police at the request of the US authorities, to be extradited to America to face charges of market manipulation and wire fraud, brings back memories of the Natwest Three, Gary McKinnon and Christopher Tappin.

The Recorder discusses the first SEC defeat in 2016, detailing the case led by Heather Tewksbury and Randall Lee.

The New York Times has been running articles sharply critical of annuities, especially 403(b) annuities sold to teachers.

In our most recent alert regarding the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFML), we noted the possibility that the start of employer and employee contributions could be delayed.

As the April 1, 2018 effective date nears, we wanted to take the opportunity to remind Massachusetts employers of their obligations under the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the PWFA) ...

Governor Deval Patrick recently signed into law An Act Relative to Domestic Violence (ARDV), a statute that requires covered employers to provide employees with up to 15 days of unpaid leave in the event that the employee or a close family member is a victim of domestic violent or certain other abusive behavior.