As the new Trump administration takes shape, a cornerstone of its stated immigration policy is the promise of “mass deportations,” as well as suspended entry of migrants (including those seeking asylum), as well as...more
1/29/2025
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Risk Management ,
USCIS
As the United States prepares for another Trump administration, companies must ready themselves for potentially aggressive immigration enforcement policies similar to or exceeding those seen during the previous Trump...more
12/11/2024
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Culture ,
Criminal Penalties ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Enforcement ,
Form I-9 ,
Immigration ,
Immigration Reform ,
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) ,
RICO ,
Sanctions ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
While we wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the fate of the Chevron doctrine governing courts’ deference to agencies’ interpretations of law, its recent decision in another case has flown under the radar. In Calcutt,...more
On May 4, 2022, New Jersey federal district judge Kevin McNulty unsealed a decision ordering Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. to produce two of its former executives unredacted versions of memoranda and notes from its...more
When harmed or in heated disputes, companies sometimes think about bringing the “big guns”—law enforcement agencies—into the fight. Often acting through counsel, a business may seek to refer a matter to the government for...more
When corporate executives are charged with crimes, their companies often foot the bill for their defenses. Sometimes those bills can be hefty. And while companies sometimes seek to recoup the expenses when the executives are...more
In perhaps the last major legislative action under this presidential administration, on New Year’s Day 2021, Congress passed—over President Trump’s veto—what could be the most significant anti-money laundering (AML) statute...more
1/26/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
NDAA ,
Patriot Act ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
On New Year’s Day 2021, Congress passed—over President Trump’s veto—a defense appropriations law containing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AML Act”) and the Corporate Transparency Act, as part of a sweeping new set...more
1/5/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Insurance Industry ,
Money Laundering ,
Nonprofits ,
Pooled Investment Vehicles ,
Sanction Violations ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Evasion ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations
The past decade has taught lenders much about regulatory enforcement risk. In the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis and collapse of the housing and related markets, the Department of Justice and other agencies...more
9/16/2020
/ Bank Fraud ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Due Process ,
Entrapment ,
Estoppel ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Lenders ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Mail Fraud ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
TARP ,
Underwriting ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud
On August 6, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the conviction of Massachusetts gynecologist Rita Luthra for criminal HIPAA violations and obstructing a health care investigation. Although such...more
Early on the morning of June 13, 2017, over one hundred federal agents raided facilities across southern California belonging to behavioral health provider Sovereign Heath. The agents provided search warrants indicating that...more
On July 10, 2020, in United States v. Ruan, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of two Alabama doctors for running an opiate “pill mill.” Among many other things, the government charged that the doctors used...more
7/15/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Blue Cross ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Nurse Practitioners ,
OIG ,
Opioid ,
Physicians ,
RICO ,
Travel Act