As savvy investigators in Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration prepare for new and expanded government investigations, it is time for potential targets to assess and address their vulnerabilities. Investigators in...more
While gearing up to get trillions of dollars into the economy, the government was also setting in place the mechanism to investigate and prosecute fraud related to these programs. The CARES Act was signed into law on March...more
Any financial crisis, especially one as pronounced as that triggered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, puts companies at heightened risk for fraud. With $2.2 trillion about to be made available for financial relief...more
Anticipated House passage later today of the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill helped swing markets back to a bull run (though let’s keep that bubbly corked, shall we?). The news was enough for Wall Street to shrug off a...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading The Past Week - Contrasted with the story of the economic recovery, and how the biggest...more
Introduction Executive compensation and increased communication and transparency for shareholders are among the hot-button issues in economic reform. One need only look to the discussions at the recent G20 London Summit or...more
On January 12, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) formally adopted amendments to the federal proxy rules to implement certain provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”)....more