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Episode 347 -- LRN's Code of Conduct Survey

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Have you ever wondered how different cultures and generations engage with a company's code of conduct? Do employees across the globe really follow ethical guidelines in the same way, or are there stark contrasts depending on...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Cyber Harassment: A Growing Concern in Domestic Violence Cases

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As technology becomes more integrated into our lives, it has introduced new challenges, particularly in domestic violence cases. One of the most alarming trends is the rise of cyber harassment, where individuals use...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Third-party biller fraud may hook your practice, unless you protect yourself

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A November 25 article in Part B News, “Third-party biller fraud may hook your practice, unless you protect yourself,” discussed the federal government’s recent fraud investigation of a medical biller in New York State and...more

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Practical tips for large organisations to ensure reasonable procedures to prevent fraud are in place

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We distil key practical takeaways from the UK Government’s official guidance on the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud (the Guidance). Businesses and compliance teams will be working to review and...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

What is Willful Blindness According to the IRS?

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What is willful blindness according to the IRS? How is this important in tax cases involving unreported or under-reported income, disclosure of offshore assets and income, FinCEN Form 114 (more commonly referred to as an...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Issues Updated Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

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In recently released updated guidance, the Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division”) of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) outlined how its prosecutors will assess corporate compliance programs when conducting criminal...more

King & Spalding

The ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence: A Phased Approach to Implementing Effective Fraud Prevention Procedures

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the “ECCTA”) introduced a corporate ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence providing that ‘large’ organisations may be held criminally liable if an ‘associate’ (such as an...more

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Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: U.S. Department of Justice Press Release Announces Six-Count Indictment Charging Phillips 66...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Phillips 66 Company with violating the Clean Water Act. The matter is being handled by the...more

Fishman Haygood LLP

2023-2024 Annual Review of the Fifth Circuit’s Judicial Statistics

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Each year, Take the Fifth blog compiles and analyzes key statistics from the opinions issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While the Fifth Circuit itself compiles and releases statistics on a...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Announces Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2024

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On November 22, 2024, the SEC released its fiscal year 2024 enforcement statistics.  According to the accompanying press release, the SEC filed 583 total enforcement actions—431 of them standalone actions—while obtaining $8.2...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The Corporate Transparency Act: Upcoming Deadline for Compliance

The information memo below was originally published on Nov. 23, 2023 and identified new filing requirements for certain business entities under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). While business entities formed on or after...more

A&O Shearman

New UK guidance on failure to prevent fraud - what does it tell businesses about how the offence will apply?

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The UK Government has finally published its official guidance on the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud (the Guidance). The offence will come into force on 1 September 2025. By then, businesses that fall...more

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DOJ Updates Guidance on Antitrust Compliance Programs

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The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division has updated its guidelines for the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (AT ECCP). The AT ECCP updates include several important...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Special Counsel Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss Two Cases Pending Against President-Elect Trump

On November 25, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss both federal cases pending against President Trump: the election-interference case pending in district court in Washington, D.C., and the case relating to classified...more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - November 2024 #4

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Stablecoin Initiatives Announced by Fintech Companies, DeFi Protocols - Major U.S. payments firm recently announced plans to enable “disbursement partners” to use the PYUSD stablecoin to settle cross-border money...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of November 18-22, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Grayson v. Ala DOC - capital case, postconviction relief...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - October 2024 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Fourth Circuit’s Brewbaker Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling that limits the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) ability to bring criminal charges for antitrust violations to stand. On November 12,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ’s Antitrust Division Says Compliance Programs Must be Updated to Address Changing Technology

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In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division” or “Division”) updated its guidance on how it will evaluate Corporate Compliance Programs when conducting criminal antitrust...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Owner, Operator of Texas Lab Charged for $79 Million Medical Testing Fraud Scheme

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Owner, Operator of Texas Lab Charged for $79 Million Medical Testing Fraud Scheme - On November 20, Osman Syed, the owner and operator of a laboratory in Texas, was charged with three counts of health care fraud,...more

K&L Gates LLP

Guidance to Organisations on the Offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud

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On 6 November 2024, the government released its much-anticipated guidance on the offence of failure to prevent fraud (the Guidance), as introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act)....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

$3B TD Bank AML Settlement Is A Wake-Up Call For All Banks

On Oct. 10, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that TD Bank pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the U.S. Department of Justice's...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Podcast] Ukraine’s Legacy of Corruption: From Kuchma to Yanukovych

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In this episode of Wicked Coin, hosts Diana Shaw and Tatiana Sainati delve into the controversies surrounding Victor Yanukovych’s presidency in Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. During his tenure, Ukraine was heavily affected by...more

Linda Liu & Partners

Analysis of legal issues related to “cracking behavior”

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In the era of digital economy, the blooming of digital products has led to the widespread implementation of technical measures to protect these products from unauthorized use. Rights holders frequently employ these measures...more

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Lessons Learned from the Telefónica FCPA Settlement (Part III of III)

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The Justice Department’s record of FCPA enforcement in 2024 has been disappointing.  With all of the hoopla and pronouncements surrounding the global war against corruption, DOJ suggested that enforcement in 2023 and 2024...more

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