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When Collusion Proves Costly: A Cautionary Tale on Potential Penalties for 93A Violations

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What happens when an individual, to benefit their own employer, solicits confidential corporate information held by a spouse or partner? A damages award in the several millions may be the result. In BioPoint, Inc. v....more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

General Counsels Beware: Assume That Anything Can Go Viral in the #MeToo Era

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In March 2023, at the American Bar Association’s White Collar Crime Institute in Miami, Gary S. Lincenberg moderated a panel of general counsels. The panel covered a range of different issues; this post focuses on the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Effective and Efficient Pre-Transaction FCPA Diligence: How to Leverage Compliance and ESG to Avoid Buyer’s Remorse and Other...

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The arduous process of FCPA compliance requires risk teams to digest and cross-reference a morass of information – from internal data analysis to human representatives collecting interviews on the ground. Diligence failures...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Internal Investigations Compliance Workshop - July 19th - 21st, Lake Buena Vista, FL

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Get the training you need to conduct internal investigations - The SCCE Internal Investigations Workshop provides two days of focused training on conducting compliance-related internal investigations. Attendees also have...more

Troutman Pepper

Seven Steps to Address Trade Secret Misappropriation by Whistleblowers

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“The immunity provision of the Defend Trade Secrets Act creates serious risk for companies: A whistleblower could expose a company to civil and criminal penalties stemming from the company’s alleged misconduct and...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

4 Steps Attorneys Should Take to Ensure Privacy & Security in Whistleblower Cases

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Whistleblowers perform an essential public service in keeping companies and government honest. Unfortunately, in revealing misconduct or illegal acts, they also put themselves at risk of retaliation for the role they play....more

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Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal...

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In Part 2 of this two-part podcast Michael Horowitz addresses issues that would look familiar to any compliance officer who is familiar with investigations: - Determining who should be included in the investigations -...more

Hogan Lovells

Global Accountants’ Liability Update - October 2019

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The Netherlands - Breach of an accountant’s duty of care does not always lead to civil liability - In the period of 2001-2002, two accountants drafted a company’s financial statements at the request of the owner who...more

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[Event] Internal Investigations Workshop - January 22 - 24, San Francisco, CA

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The SCCE Internal Investigations Workshop provides two days of focused training on conducting compliance-related internal investigations, the domestic workshops also offer an optional third day post conference. Learn from...more

Polsinelli

Protected Activity or Terminable Misconduct? — Government Contractor Update

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It has become almost routine for employees pursuing whistleblower and other employment-related claims against their employer to engage in "self-help discovery," using their access to files and databases to collect and gather,...more

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Individual Accountability in the Huawei Trade Secrets Prosecution

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In the ongoing legal battle over the alleged theft of American trade secrets by Chinese telecom giant Huawei, one curious aspect is the lack of charges filed against any individual Huawei employees. On February 28, Huawei...more

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Sixth Circuit Declines to Address the Definition of Dodd Frank “Whistleblower”

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On January 13, 2017, the Sixth Circuit in Verble v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC, declined an opportunity to be the third federal appellate court to address the definition of “whistleblower” under Dodd Frank’s...more

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