As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more
10/30/2019
/ AFA ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
CJIP ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Evidence ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Individual Accountability ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Multinationals ,
New Guidance ,
Remediation ,
Sapin II ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
United States ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Yates Memorandum
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more
1/7/2019
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
BSA/AML ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
FATCA ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Forex ,
France ,
Government Investigations ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hackers ,
Imports ,
International Litigation ,
Iran ,
Legal Professional Privilege ,
Libor ,
Litigation Privilege ,
Market Manipulation ,
Money Laundering ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Multinationals ,
NYDFS ,
Privileged Communication ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
SFO ,
Spoofing ,
Tax Fraud ,
Traders ,
UK ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
Yates Memorandum
On November 29, 2018, in a speech at the 35th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the Department of Justice’s (DOJ or the Department) revised...more
On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Trevor McFadden (the P-DAAG) spoke at the 10th Anti-Corruption, Export Controls & Sanctions Compliance Summit in Washington, D.C. After much...more
4/24/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exports ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Trump Administration ,
Yates Memorandum
On September 20, 2016, Skadden presented a seminar titled “Government Enforcement Investigations – Trends and Perspectives from the UK, US and China” in London. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Director of Enforcement...more
10/3/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Investigations ,
Market Abuse ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Sanctions ,
Self-Reporting ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (the Department) publicly announced that it had issued guidance to its criminal and civil prosecutors that purports to change, at least in part, the Department’s approach to...more
9/16/2015
/ Civil Investigation Demand ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FIRREA ,
Government Investigations ,
Personal Liability ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Willful Misconduct ,
Yates Memorandum