Washington State Governor Inslee recently signed SB 5034 into law. The law completely replaces the current form of the Washington Nonprofit Act, which was adopted in 1967, with more modernized provisions.
The new version...more
Former President Trump signed into law the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 on December 23, 2020. The law prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who provide information to a superior, to a...more
In a decision likely to bring comfort to the manufacturers of vehicle automation technology, the court in Flynn v. FCA US LLC, No. 15-cv-855-SMY, 2020 WL 1492687 (S.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2020) granted the defendants’ motion to...more
New guidelines from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division emphasize that “individualized determinations” will drive the evaluation of corporate compliance programs. Announced June 1, 2020, these revisions also...more
Recent developments show that, while the Department of Justice (DOJ) is willing to offer incentives for cooperation with criminal antitrust investigations, it also is increasing the resources to root out and uncover...more
Nationwide, federal prosecution of white-collar offenders may be hitting an all-time low. According to an analysis by Syracuse University, the last time white-collar prosecutions reached this level was during the Reagan...more
The criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice formalized the criteria it will use to evaluate corporate defendants’ claims of inability to pay fines or monetary penalties. The memorandum, published October 8, 2019,...more