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Weekly Blockchain Blog - March 2024

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Crypto Exchanges Launch Institutional Platform, LATAM Stablecoin - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently announced the launch of an institutional platform “aimed at institutions, asset managers, hedge funds and...more

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U.S. Government Charges Parties with Violating U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Laws

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As we have repeatedly noted in the context of other blog posts and webinars in which various representatives of The Volkov Law Group have participated, the violation of existing U.S. sanctions and export control regulations...more

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Compliance Notes - Vol. 4, Issue 14

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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Former president Trump's campaign raised more than $5 million in the first 48 hours after reports broke that he had been indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan–receiving more than $4...more

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Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating Russia Sanctions

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In an ironic twist (or you just can’t make this up moment, whichever you prefer), the Justice Department announced the arrest of Charles McGonigal, the former Special Agent in Charge (“SAC”) of the FBI’s Counterintelligence...more

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The Sentencing Guidelines at Thirty

The Organizational Sentencing Guidelines have turned thirty, and what began as an experiment is now an established framework for compliance programs in the US and around the globe. To commemorate the milestone, the United...more

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Gleaning the Inside of the Human Mind and Criminal “Intent”

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Prosecuting white collar crimes is a “mind game” in more ways than one.  This is another in my long series of profound grasps of the obvious. - As a former federal prosecutor, the difference between a crime and compliant...more

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FCPA Potpourri: Catching Up with FCPA Enforcement

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While we wait for the coming FCPA enforcement storm, DOJ and the SEC have quietly continued to rack up and resolve several enforcement actions....more

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HR and CCOs Watch Out!! — The Antitrust Division Doubles Down on Labor Market Criminal Cartel Activity

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has targeted collusion in labor markets for criminal prosecution.  This was not unexpected.  Indeed, the Antitrust Division gave plenty of warning to companies that criminal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 10. In This Month’s E-News: October 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) - An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) pre-award risk assessment process concluded that...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 6. In This Month’s E-News: June 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more

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Boeing’s 737 MAX Scandal: A Fair Resolution? (Part III of III)

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Boeing’s settlement with DOJ raises more questions than answers.  While I understand that a criminal case against Boeing requires DOJ to identify one or more individuals who have committed a crime that can be fairly...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 2. In This Month's E-News: February 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 2 (February 2021) - A National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of five Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) awards to the...more

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DOJ Indicts Former CEO of Cancer Treatment Company for Conspiracy

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement program is having a strong year.  Since completing its long-term and record-setting prosecution of Japanese auto parts suppliers, the Antitrust Division...more

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DOJ Adds Six New Defendants to Price-Fixing Boiler Chicken Conspiracy

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The Justice Department announced a major expansion of its ongoing investigation and prosecution of executives and employees in the boiler chicken price-fixing conspiracy....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sargeant Marine – The Individual Guilty Pleas

We rarely have seen a single Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action generate so many individual criminal pleas. The Sargeant Marine Inc. (Sargeant Marine) case is an exception. To date, there have been six...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sargeant Marine – The Penalty

Recently we saw one of the most blatant cases of bribery and corruption brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the form of a guilty plea by Sargeant Marine Inc. (Sargeant Marine), an asphalt company, related to...more

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Sargeant Marine Pleads Guilty to FCPA Charges and Agrees to Pay $16.6 Million

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The Justice Department announced a guilty plea to FCPA charges by Sargeant Marine, Inc., a privately-owned company, based in Boca Raton, Florida.  Sargeant Marine, an asphalt company, plead guilty to one count of conspiracy...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sargeant Marine – The FCPA Enforcement Action

Recently we saw one of the most blatant cases of bribery and corruption brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the form of a guilty plea by Sargeant Marine Inc. (Sargeant Marine), an asphalt company, related to...more

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Justice Department Indicts Vitol Oil Trader in International Bribery and Money Laundering Conspiracy for Corrupt Payments to...

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A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment against Javier Aguilar, an oil trader at Vitol, an energy and commodity trading company, for his role in a five-year international bribery and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Herbalife FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 4 – Final Thoughts

We are the end of my multi-part exploration of the Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (Herbalife) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action with both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Herbalife FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 3 – Penalty Calculation and No Monitor

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (Herbalife) recently concluded a long running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action with both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Herbalife...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Herbalife FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 2 – Bribery Schemes and Numbers

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (Herbalife) recently concluded a long running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action with both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Herbalife...more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 12

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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Arizona: The Secretary of State’s Office found reasonable cause that the Goldwater Institute violated a law requiring lobbyists to register with the state after Goldwater testified...more

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Bumble Bee CEO Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Price-Fixing

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After a lengthy sentencing hearing in federal court in San Francisco, Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his involvement in a tuna price-fixing conspiracy.  The judge rejected...more

Jones Day

Italy: Administrative (Quasi-Criminal) Liability for Employee Actions Extended to Tax Offenses

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The Italian legal framework provides for the administrative (quasi-criminal) liability of companies for certain criminal offenses committed by their directors, executives, and employees in the interest, or for the benefit, of...more

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