Last week, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. (“AAG Polite”) announced revisions to the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (the “CEP”). These...more
For the first time in decades, Congress in 2021 enacted major reform to anti-money laundering laws. A central piece of this legislation was the Corporate Transparency Act, which promised to increase companies’ obligations to...more
On January 1, 2021, the Senate voted to override the president’s veto and to enact the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the “NDAA”). Incorporated into the NDAA, the Anti-Money Laundering Act (“AMLA”)...more
The nonprofit industry in the United States accounts for one trillion dollars of annual economic activity. But high-profile enforcement actions against nonprofit organizations (“NPOs”) at both the federal and state level in...more
With many employees working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic due to government-mandated office closures and workplace safety concerns, in-house attorneys are facing a multitude of unprecedented challenges. Among them are...more
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS -
All of us here at Blank Rome wish you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season and start to 2019.
We are pleased to present our final 2018 edition of White Collar Watch, which includes timely...more
12/14/2018
/ Bribery ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
White Collar Crimes
Welcome to the spring edition of our White Collar Watch. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, winter’s storms (finally?) are behind us.
2018 has gotten off to a busy start for our practice and attorneys. We look...more
5/1/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Certiorari ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Lagos v United States ,
Qui Tam ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Welcome to the summer edition of Blank Rome’s White Collar Watch. In a world that seems to bring new challenges daily—such as the global cybersecurity attacks that were launched in late June—this newsletter is designed to...more
7/25/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
The global "ransomware" cyberattack in early May 2017 resulted in tens of thousands of computer systems being taken hostage by hackers and, in the instances involving hospitals, put lives at risk. Companies that suffered...more
As of March 1, 2017, New York financial institutions subject to the oversight of the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) are required to comply with a new cybersecurity regulatory scheme. Compliance deadlines...more
Action Item: Last week, in a unanimous decision in Salman v. U.S., the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation of insider trading rules, permitting prosecutions even when the insider/tipper did not...more
12/15/2016
/ Confidential Information ,
Corporate Executives ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Dirks v SEC ,
Insider Trading ,
Personal Benefit ,
SCOTUS ,
Tippees ,
Tippers ,
US v Newman ,
US v Salman