What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - The Art and Science of Corporate Compliance in Managing FCA Risk
An Ounce of Prevention: Keys to Understanding and Preventing AI and Cybersecurity Risks
Behavioral Health Compliance
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Using External Resources for Internal Investigations
Bank Investigations and Enforcement Actions: Lessons Learned — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Justice Insiders Podcast: SEC Plays Chicken with Jarkesy
What Nonprofit Board Leadership Needs To Know About Internal Investigations
Compliance Series Part 3: Ensuring Compliance Programs are Effective
Compliance Programs Part 2: Designing a Successful Compliance Program
Compliance Programs Part 1: What is a Compliance Program and Why do Businesses Need One?
How to Combat Corporate Theft: Office Space - Hiring to Firing Podcast
All Things Investigations: Episode 28 - New French Anti-Corruption Investigative Guidance with Anne Gaustad and Bryan Sillaman
Investigative Power: Utilizing Self Service Solutions for Internal Investigations?
Internal Investigations and the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry
CyberSide Chats: Cyber Law, Cybersecurity, and Whistleblowers. A Conversation with Ben Wright
Internal Investigations for Nonprofits: A Means of Identifying and Addressing Misconduct Before the Regulators Come Calling
Nuts and Bolts of a Repayment Investigation: Keys to Conducting Investigations Under the 60-Day Repayment Rule
Internal Investigations in the Asia-Pacific Region
Hosted by the C5 Group, the 18th Annual Conference on Anti-Corruption London will bring together the brightest minds in anti-corruption and compliance to review the most pressing multi-jurisdictional enforcement updates...more
Earlier this month at the ACI Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and compliance lawyers from across Latin America gathered in Mexico City for two days of thought leadership and...more
We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more
Recent Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) activity on bribery in Mexico and Latin America sends a warning and provides a roadmap to companies doing business there. By following the roadmap, companies may escape...more
The U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program in March 2023, with renewed expectations for companies to use data analytics and testing. However, the government...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 40th International Conference on the FCPA returns for another exciting year with curated programming that shines a global spotlight on anti-corruption compliance challenges,...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has long encouraged companies to disclose to the DOJ potential violations of federal law, investigate themselves and report their findings in detail. The DOJ often depends on those self-reports...more
Il y a cinq ans, la France a promulgué sa loi anti-corruption, dite loi Sapin II1. Cette loi a introduit des innovations importantes, y compris la possibilité pour les entreprises de se voir proposer et de négocier une...more
Among the risks inherent in a merger or an acquisition, few bring the financial and reputational consequences of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Background - The FCPA prohibits the offer, promise,...more
Brazil’s Anti-Corruption and Compliance Community Will Gather for Large, 1:1 and Smaller-Group Discussion! As the longest-standing anti-corruption and compliance gathering in Brazil, Summit on Anti-Corruption Brazil is...more
There have been a relatively limited number of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions in recent years. Nonetheless, two recent announcements (one resolution, one declination) by U.S. regulators...more
As expected when a new administration takes office, 2021 saw a surge in white-collar enforcement activity. There was a 12% increase in white-collar prosecutions during US President Joe Biden’s first year in office, and that...more
Takeaway: With corporations facing increased scrutiny by the DOJ’s heightened compliance policy, it is more important than ever to have a robust compliance program to detect and prevent corporate misconduct....more
The Annual Gathering for the Global Anti-Corruption Community - Exclusive Interview with President of Microsoft at FCPA DC - The world has reached an inflection point in which digital technology is being used as both a...more
On June 2, the French ministry of Justice released a new order addressed to French prosecutors on the criminal policy relating to international corruption and how such cases should be handled. In this order, which...more
This two-day Regional Compliance and Ethics Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more
The European Union (“EU”) recently has grappled with a series of massive money laundering scandals and strategized about how to more effectively combat international money laundering and corruption. Generally, the EU has...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more
On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more
This blog post concludes my multi-part exploration of the Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Petrobras) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. Today we consider the stunning result achieved by Petrobras –...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - $34 Million SEC Settlement for Legg Mason - On August 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay more than $34 million to settle an...more
Welcome to the spring edition of our White Collar Watch. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, winter’s storms (finally?) are behind us. 2018 has gotten off to a busy start for our practice and attorneys. We look...more
The United States Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and non-U.S. governments and agencies have recently emphasized their continued commitments to pursuing both corporate and individual...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
Your company should have a detailed written procedure for handling any complaint or allegation of bribery or corruption, regardless of the means through which it is communicated. The mechanism could include the internal...more