JONES DAY TALKS®: Consumer Protection Enforcement Changes Likely After SCOTUS AMG Decision
The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more
Compliance Today (October 2020) - In a case that has remained unresolved for almost a decade, Sculptor Capital Management Inc., formerly Och-Ziff Capital Management, agreed to pay investors in a Congolese mine, who were...more
On September 29, 2020, US authorities announced that they reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) to settle criminal charges related to two distinct years-long market manipulation schemes involving...more
IN THIS ISSUE - • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more
Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more
To our bad guys, 2019 was a year flush with hope and opportunity; it ended with recidivism, more misery from Venezuela, a charlatan, an Okie who pulled a multi-million dollar fast-one on Chesapeake and, as in years past, a...more
Ten Former NFL Players Charged with Defrauding League's Health Care Benefits Plan - On December 12, the DOJ unsealed two indictments charging ten retired NFL players with defrauding the league's retiree health care...more
On August 28, 2019, Judge Garaufis of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that investors in a mining company, Africo Resources Ltd. (“Africo”), could seek restitution from a defendant...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Unseals Indictment of Two More Individuals Connected With PDVSA Corruption Scheme - On February 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of an indictment...more
A new UK policy establishes a commitment to providing victims of overseas bribery with compensation; however, important questions remain that will impact implementation. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Crown...more
• The voluntary disclosure of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violation, “full cooperation” in an ensuing investigation, and timely and appropriate remediation, will create a presumption that the disclosing company...more
On November 29, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced a new “FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy” (“Policy”) that extends and revises the FCPA Pilot Program. In his announcement, DAG Rosenstein explained that...more
The CFPB recently issued its third consent order involving a debt collection law firm and appears to be expanding its interpretation of “meaningful involvement”. The order, which was entered against two related debt...more
In recent years, purchasers of D&O and professional liability insurance have been stunned to learn that their carriers have denied coverage for a wide range of claims on the theory that their policies do not cover loss that...more