On June 11, 2025, in a memorandum entitled Civil Division Enforcement Priorities (the “Memo”), the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division outlined its five priority areas for investigations and enforcement actions: (1)...more
6/26/2025
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On June 9, 2025, in a memorandum entitled Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the FCPA(the “Guidelines”), the Department of Justice (DOJ) signaled that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and...more
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On May 22, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Kousisis v. United States, providing clarity on the scope of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343. In a opinion authored by...more
On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance on white-collar enforcement priorities and revised its policies on corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD), the selection of...more
The May 6, 2025 conclusion of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (the “FTA”) marks a defining moment in the economic and strategic partnership between India and the United Kingdom....more
On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to pause enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) for a period of 180 days....more
On March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court continued its push back on an expansive reading of the federal criminal laws involving fraud and corruption by overturning the false statement conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson. In a...more
3/28/2025
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New guidance on self-reporting, cooperation, and remediation was recently released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement (CFTC). The CFTC’s advisory includes tiered scales for...more