Plea Agreements

Appeals Court Strikes Fraud Sentence for Lack of Proof by Government

by Jeff Ifrah on 5/21/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently ruled on an issue lying at the intersection of fraud conspiracies and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: the government’s separate burden of proof against each co-defendant...more

DOJ Announces Changes to Antitrust Division’s “Carve Out” Practice

by Erik Raven-Hansen | BakerHostetler on 5/7/2013

On April 12, 2013, the Department of Justice announced changes to the Antitrust Division’s carve out practices concerning negotiations with companies that plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations. These changes were...more

DOJ Narrows "Carve Out" Practice Regarding Corporate Plea Agreements

by William M. Regan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/26/2013

Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently announced changes to the division’s “carve-out practice” regarding corporate plea agreements. The changes aim to...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - April 19, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/22/2013

In this issue: - FINRA and ISG Extend Effective Date for Certain Electronic Blue Sheet Data Elements - NFA Amends FCM Capital Requirements for Forex Transactions with ECPs - Delaware Supreme Court Upholds...more

DOJ's Antitrust Division Reverses Policy on Individual Carve-Outs in Company Plea Agreements

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/18/2013

On Friday, April 12, 2013, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice announced a reversal in policy relating to its negotiations with companies that plead guilty of criminal antitrust violations.1 The...more

OVDP or 50% FBAR Willfulness Penalty; It is Your Choice

by Sanford Millar on 4/15/2013

The Criminal Tax Division of the U.S. Dept of Justice (DOJ)is taking the position that when a taxpayer has “willfully” failed to file a Report of Foreign Bank or Financial Account, an FBAR, and has in addition filed false...more

10 Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore in 2013

by Cory Fox, Gregory Saikin | BakerHostetler on 2/15/2013

To paraphrase a famous quote, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it," and providers who ignore the significance of the federal government's healthcare fraud enforcements efforts in 2012 do so at their...more

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