The Legal Tightrope: Surviving Parallel Investigations
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 45 - The Grit, Grace and Gift of Second Chances
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Episode 333 -- The Boeing Proposed Plea Agreement
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
FCPA Survival Guide - Step 8 - Investing in Compliance
Exploring the AI and Crypto Intersection
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 41 - The Dynamics of Decision-Making: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System
INTERPOL and Child Kidnapping Cases. What are INTERPOL’s Abilities and Limitations?
False Claims Act Insights - Eureka! Government Investigators Seek Out Research Misconduct
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The CFPB and State AGs Act Jointly Against Online Educational Company
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 3 - Extensive Remediation
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
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Editor's Note The following document provides a monthly roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission,...more
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement celebrated a jury verdict in its insider trading case against Matthew Panuwat...more
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Businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) could be forgiven for feeling like they have whiplash from the twists and turns in the California privacy rulemaking process. To recap: In June 2023, the...more
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A trio of cases this past year illustrate a trend of increasing importance of the Patent Office’s rulemaking and enforcement. Parus Holdings, Inc. v. Google LLC, 70 F.4th 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2023) The Federal Circuit’s...more
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On November 3, 2023, the US District Court for the District of South Carolina issued a landmark order in Genesis Health Care, Inc. v. Becerra, a case analyzing the definition of a “patient” under the 340B Program Statute. The...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the October 2023 webinar. Bite 10: New Report on NSF Fees at Banks and Credit Unions On October 11, 2023, the CFPB issued a data...more