Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 43 - New Horizons: Impact of Recent Appellate Circuit Rulings on White-Collar Criminal Defense Law
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
False Claims Act Insights - Eureka! Government Investigators Seek Out Research Misconduct
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
False Claims Act Insights - Railroaded! How to Approach the Twin Tracks of Parallel Proceedings
Preparing for a Government Healthcare Audit
FCA Uncovered: Mitigating Risk in the Regulatory Spotlight — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Help! I Got a Civil Investigative Demand from DOJ. What Do I Do?
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 30 - Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of a White Collar Criminal – A Discussion With Author Eugene Soltes
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Using External Resources for Internal Investigations
What to Do If the Government Knocks on Your Company’s Door … or Breaks It Down – Speaking of Litigation Podcast
Episode 298 -- Electronics Communications Risks and Ephemeral Messaging
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Examining the Latest Updates in the Pending Criminal and Civil Litigation Against Trump
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 25 - An Investigative Journalist’s Insight Into the COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force
Federal Investigations within the Department of Homeland Security
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Crime & Punishment - Part III
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 5 - Doing Business Overseas: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Ashley Coselli and Daniel Wendt on Difficult Anti-Corruption Due Diligence Projects
It is challenging for law enforcement to track down and trace illicit activities conducted through digital currencies. The process can be very time- and resource-intensive. Further, securing charges and arrests, and...more
The FCA plans to streamline its approach to enforcement and publicise investigations at an early stage. On 27 February 2024, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP24/2) on its proposed new approach to publicising...more
Recent changes to the PRA’s approach to enforcement show an increased focus on expediting the investigative process and incentivising early admissions. On 30 January 2024, the Bank of England (the Bank) unveiled a number...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was enacted in 2021 and became effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The CTA was passed with the aim of enhancing transparency in corporate ownership, so as to combat the proliferation of anonymous...more
The Department of Justice appears to be shifting its focus from investigating fraudulent behavior by Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers to investigating lenders and related institutions....more
The SEC and CFTC recently charged 11 large financial institutions and their affiliates for failing to collect, monitor, and preserve communications over WhatsApp and other messaging services. These settlements follow a...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 12, the first-ever False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lender. Prosperity Bank, a Texas-based regional bank, agreed to pay...more
Financial institutions can face investigations from a number of regulatory bodies such as the Federal Reserve, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Trade Commission. Common topics...more
Introduction - On May 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) adopted a final rule (“Rule”) setting forth its procedures for investigating and enforcing false advertising,...more
In the last few weeks, several major U.S. financial institutions have disclosed to investors that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and/or the Commodities Future Trading Commission (“CFTC”) are...more
It’s not a secret that, under the Biden administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission has prioritized enforcement of disclosures concerning Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues (ESG), going so far as to form...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden is widely expected to increase its focus on white collar enforcement actions against individuals and financial institutions. We anticipate that we will see, as we did...more
With bipartisan support and overriding (for the first and only time during the Trump presidency) a presidential veto, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) on January 1, 2021.1 As part of the NDAA,...more
Forecasting the enforcement priorities of the Department of Justice (DOJ) under a new administration is difficult at best. However, the Biden administration is widely expected to be tougher on corporate crime than its...more
Can BSA/AML Requirements Lead to Deemed Knowledge of Borrower Fraud? The first two weeks of August brought a milestone of sorts in the ongoing recovery from the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
Leveraged loans continue to be a topic of interest in the current environment, particularly when they are pooled and securitized as collateralized loan obligations. A recent decision sheds light on whether and when leveraged...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule that would establish a revised framework for the fair value determination for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and have...more
Court battles with regulators over privilege and the disclosure of documents are becoming increasingly common. However, it is not often that you see a regulator seeking to obtain the privileged documents of a third party who...more
In late January 2020, Airbus agreed to pay nearly $4 billion and to take a number of remedial measures in order to resolve alleged corruption violations with the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF), the United...more
OFAC investigations are often triggered as a result of: • Reports that are generated by U.S. Financial Institutions which have blocked or rejected a transaction based on a suspected sanctions violation • A self-disclosure...more
On December 13, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an update to its 2016 guidance regarding enforcement in export control and sanctions investigations of businesses. The updated policy now offers voluntary...more
Growing Chinese illicit finance threats, vulnerabilities, and exposure are combining to increase illicit financing risk in the international financial system, judging from a series of recent advisories, sanctions actions,...more
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the restructuring of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Securities and Financial Fraud Unit within the Fraud section of the Criminal Division. The unit will now be known...more
On October 4, 2017, Skadden presented the seminar “Government Enforcement Investigations – What You Need to Know in 2018.” Skadden partners Ryan Junck and Elizabeth Robertson, both based in London, moderated the panel...more