NC: Cutting Edge R&D and Cutting Edge Corporate Espionage by Sands Anderson PC on 5/14/2012 The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that corporate espionage has cost American companies $13 billion from trade secrets stolen by company insiders and given to hostile foreign governments. To combat this...more
Outsourcing Company to Pay Record $500 Million Settlement in CityTime Investigation by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 4/25/2012 Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) has agreed to pay more than $500 million in fines and penalties to settle federal charges alleging that the outsourcing company overcharged the city of New York for work and...more
The False Claims Act: The Impact in 2012 -- Part II in a Continuing Series on Health Care Enforcement by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/20/2012 This second part in our ongoing series reviewing health care fraud enforcement activities in 2011,i/ and monitoring enforcement in 2012, expands upon our prior discussion in part one (Part One Report) of the federal False...more
Five Major Freight Forwarding Companies Debarred by U.S. Government by King & Spalding on 2/29/2012 Five freight forwarders who have performed significant work for the U.S. Government and Government contractors have been added to the Excluded Party List System (EPLS), meaning that they have been debarred from U.S....more
February 23, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 2/23/2012 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
February 17, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 2/17/2012 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
Prosecutorial misconduct stymies Department of Justice in FCPA trials by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/6/2012 In a stunning conclusion to the U.S. Department of Justice’s first guilty jury verdict against a corporation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. District Court, Central District of California...more
The Expansive Reach of the FCPA Extends to Japan Again: A Second Japanese Company Resolves FCPA Charges Related to a Nigerian... by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/3/2012 On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a deferred prosecution agreement requiring Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) to pay $54.6 million in criminal penalties...more
January 26, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 1/26/2012 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
Construction OberView: "Objection, Privilege": Protecting the Attorney-Client Relationship amidst the Shifting Sands of False... by Ober|Kaler on 1/10/2012 “Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.” – Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. With the Government’s prosecution of False Claims Act (“FCA”) and Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”) violations on the...more
January 6, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 1/6/2012 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
December 22, 2011 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 12/22/2011 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
A Deeper Dive into Canada's First Significant Foreign Bribery Case: Niko Resources by John Boscariol on 11/24/2011 The guilty plea of Calgary-based Niko Resources Ltd. represents the most significant development in Canada’s efforts to fight foreign bribery since the 1999 implementation of Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public...more
In Appeal of Construction Fraud Case, DOJ Seeks Tougher Sentences by Ifrah Law - Strategic Defense in Federal... on 11/17/2011 In a very rare case in which the government argued that it viewed criminal sentences as too lenient, the U.S. Department of Justice contended in an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on Nov. 7, 2011, that...more
ECW Instructor Course - CA by Ron Martinelli on 11/16/2011 ECW Instructor Course for Law Enforcement Training Instructors. Monterey, California...more