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The Company You Keep: FCA Investigations of 8(a) Program Contractors

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Federal government contracts are routinely awarded to companies supplying goods and services to U.S. government agencies. According to the Government Accountability Office, in 2023, the federal government committed about $759...more

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Common FDA Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Violations: Updates from FY 2023 to Now

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The Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Program, operated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducts on-site inspections and data audits in order to effectively monitor the compliance of all FDA-regulated research....more

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Beneficios colaborativos en casos de soborno transnacional en Colombia

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El Decreto 390 de 2024, expedido por el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo de Colombia, establece el procedimiento para que la Superintendencia de Sociedades conceda beneficios por colaboración conforme a la Ley 1778...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Fiscal Year 2022 Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report Provides Data on Antitrust Merger Enforcement for First Full Fiscal Year of Biden...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) on December 21, 2023, released the FY 2022 HSR Annual Report (the Report). The Report covers the period October 1, 2021, through...more

Epstein Becker & Green

What to Do If the Government Knocks on Your Company’s Door … or Breaks It Down – Speaking of Litigation Podcast

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FBI! Open up! Is your organization prepared to handle a government investigation? Guilty or not, having a preparedness plan in place for when a government agency comes knocking is just as important as conducting a company...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

DOJ: Stanford FCA Case Involved Failures to Disclose Foreign Support From Seven Countries

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 11 (November, 2023) It wasn't just China. China is among the countries whose support for Stanford University investigators wasn’t reported to five federal research funding agencies,...more

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Call for Reform of Regulatory Supervision of Auditors

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Chartered accountants are accustomed to continuous oversight of their work by regulators. While regulatory supervision can often be a collaborative process, it does sometimes culminate in individual accountants and firms...more

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Navigating The Unique Challenges Of An OIG Investigation

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In November, the federal government announced the expansion of its Procurement Collusion Strike Force with the addition of four new members — the offices of inspectors general at the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S....more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Congressional Committee Depositions: A Deposition Unlike Any Other

The summer of 2022 is turning out to be the summer of legislative investigations and their own special kind of deposition. These depositions are unique in the law, and they can materialize as quickly as a summer thunderstorm....more

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How eDiscovery Technology Can Mitigate Challenges of Investigations

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Some of the challenges associated with searching through data for an investigation are similar to those faced during the discovery stage of the litigation process as it exists in the United States. The need to defensibly...more

Alston & Bird

SEC and CFTC Crackdown on Use of Personal Messaging Platforms Raises Compliance Concerns – and Opportunities

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Using personal devices and messaging platforms may be convenient (and ubiquitous), but it may run afoul of federal records retention rules. Our Investment Management, Trading & Markets and White Collar, Government & Internal...more

K&L Gates LLP

Investigating Directors of Dissolved UK Companies

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From 15 February 2022, the UK Insolvency Service is granted new powers to investigate and disqualify or prosecute directors of dissolved UK companies. The Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved...more

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EAPA Investigations: Top 5 Considerations When Customs Comes Knocking

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The Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (EAPA) and subsequent regulations promulgated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) allow the agency to conduct intensive investigations of alleged customs evasion, including...more

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Investigations During COVID

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As Covid-19 spread across the globe in February and March 2020, investigation teams and in-house compliance professionals had to swiftly adapt to the rapidly changing environment. When the threat of border closures became a...more

Maynard Nexsen

Commandment #2: Don't Panic. Be Calm. And Don't Self-Medicate! - When the Feds Come Knockin'

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After 35 years of dealing with civil, regulatory, and federal criminal investigations (both as a federal prosecutor and as a civil and criminal defense attorney), I realized understanding the judicial process and mapping out...more

Morgan Lewis

US Department Of Justice Targets Corporate Individuals

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DOJ announces tough new approach to the investigation and prosecution of corporate officers and employees. On September 9, in a major change to its approach to the investigation of alleged corporate crime, the US...more

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How to Effectively Handle a Wage and Hour Government Investigation

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According to recent studies, companies paid $400 million in 2014 and $39 million in the first three months of 2015 to settle wage and hour lawsuits exclusively. Aside from the ever-increasing threat of private wage and hour...more

K&L Gates LLP

Are Public Companies Required to Disclose that the Government is Investigating Them?

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For many public companies, the first issue they have to confront after they receive a government subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) is whether to disclose publicly that they are under investigation. Curiously, the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 167-Mara Senn on the Top 10 Practices in a Cross-Border Investigation

In this episode I visit with noted white collar practitioner Mara Senn who discusses her top 10 best practices when conducting cross-border investigations. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Insights Conversations: Cartels"

With improved coordination among agencies and across borders and the threat of dual criminal and civil enforcement, companies facing cartel investigations must navigate an increasingly complex environment. Skadden partners...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

OFCCP Joins EEOC in Holding That Gender Identity/Transgender Discrimination is Sex Discrimination Under Title VII

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a Directive on Gender Identity and Sex Discrimination (DIR 2014-02), announcing that it will follow the EEOC and investigate claims of gender identity...more

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Corporate Responses to Investigative Requests by the Federal Government

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In light of these new realities corporations face, the first step a company should take is to establish internal guidelines addressing interaction with government agents. Companies should have a response policy in place and...more

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