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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for February 2024

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Beware! Corporate Transparency Act Scams Target Business Owners

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) took effect on January 1, 2024, and with it comes new federal reporting requirements for many business owners across the United States. Unfortunately, the introduction of the CTA has...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Cyber Incident Reporting Guidance: DOJ Explains How It Will Determine if a Public Disclosure Poses Substantial National Security...

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The cyber reporting landscape is rapidly shifting. Many agencies are developing rules, and a major player has been the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with important questions arising about implementation of...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Proposed Rules Overhaul Cybersecurity Requirements for Government Contractors

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council has proposed two new cybersecurity rules that would impose significant obligations and risks for federal government contractors. The proposed rules impose substantial cyber...more

Wiley Rein LLP

White House Pivots on Cyber: Voluntary Compliance Carrots Are Being Replaced By Big Regulatory Sticks

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The White House released the long-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy on March 2, 2023 setting out five (5) pillars articulating key themes and Administration priorities. Coming more than two years into the Biden...more

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CEP Magazine - January 2023. Learning from the FBI

I recently returned from the Corporate Compliance Outreach Event—presented in late September by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—a popular event SCCE & HCCA has sponsored with the FBI annually. I last wrote about the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - October 28th, Louisville, KY

Looking for compliance training and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance training, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

App Store Protected by CDA Immunity (and Limitation of Liability) for Losses from Fraudulent Crypto Wallet App

Background - The issue of fraudulent crypto-related mobile apps has received much attention of late. Back in July 2022, the FBI issued a notice, warning financial institutions and investors about instances where criminals...more

BCLP

Ransomware - why paying up earns no credit with the UK's Data Protection Authority and others

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In a joint letter this summer, the UK’s data protection regulator (the ICO) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (the NCSC) sought to convey some key messages to the legal profession relevant to advising clients...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

U.S. and British Law Enforcement Agencies Issue Unprecedented Warning About Chinese Espionage Efforts

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On July 6, 2022, the heads of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the British MI5 law enforcement agencies issued an unprecedented joint statement warning about espionage and other economic threats from China....more

Fenwick & West LLP

OFAC Helps Those Who Help Themselves: How a Ransomware Response Plan Can Help Avoid Sanctions Enforcement for Ransom Payments

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Many companies have a “no ransomware payment” stance until faced with a ransomware attack, especially an attack that causes significant business disruption. At that point, the company may reconsider its stance (or at least...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments In Criminal Antitrust For Busy Corporate Counsel ‒ Summer 2021

More than halfway through the year, 2021 has shaped up to be another busy time for antitrust enforcers. In July, the Biden administration confirmed that antitrust remains a top priority by issuing a sweeping Executive Order,...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Global Compliance Updates - November 2nd - 3rd, 5:55 pm - 8:15 pm GST

Compliance teams looking to stay ahead of the changing landscape need to be up to date on the latest developments. Join us for Global Compliance Updates in collaboration with the DIFC Academy, on 2–3 November 2021. This...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Procurement Collusion Strike Force Announces First International Criminal Antitrust Plea

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On June 25, 2021, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (the “Division”) announced the first criminal antitrust prosecution and “international resolution obtained by the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF).”...more

Perkins Coie

FBI, DOJ Focus on Anti-Competitive Conduct in Procurement

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on June 7, 2021, that a North Carolina engineering firm agreed to pay a $7 million fine and $1.5 million in restitution after pleading guilty to engaging in bid rigging and fraud...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 2021 Atlanta Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - August 13th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EDT

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Enough’s Enough: A New Executive Order Signals Sweeping Changes To Federal Cybersecurity Requirements

Akin to the exasperations of the newly minted “homeschool teachers” the pandemic has created, the Biden administration’s recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Order) is a mix of sound logic and utter...more

Knobbe Martens

Lessons From the Complaint Against Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer

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On August 20, 2020, former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan was charged with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony for knowingly concealing a hack of Uber in 2016. Based on Sullivan’s complaint,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Federal Court Finds That It Lacks Jurisdiction To Enjoin Employer From Retaliating Against Putative Class Members

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Seyfarth Synopsis – Following a familiar fact pattern, after a named Plaintiff filed a putative class action in Bird, et al. v. Barr, No. 19-CV-1581 (D.D.C. July 23, 2020), she complained that the defendant employer...more

Oberheiden P.C.

A CEO's Guide to FCPA Compliance

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- A tone-at-the-top business culture with CEO leadership is a critical component of effective anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy implementation. - CEO leadership helps set an example for lower management and company...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Going it Alone: How to Manage Cybercrime Response With Less Government Help

Several years ago when cybercrime and attacks on corporate information and funds were less common, corporate counsel may have been justified in expecting the government to take a leading role in efforts to identify, locate,...more

King & Spalding

Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, and Corporate Espionage

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This is the third alert in our series on the risks to corporations, including financial services firms, posed by “deepfakes”—a type of technology, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, that can be used to...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Six Steps To Take Immediately After You Suspect Wire Fraud

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Wire fraud is on the rise. Health care providers engaging in transactions, whether operational or financial, need to remain aware of crimes involving compromised emails and fraudulent wire transfers....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Fresenius FCPA Enforcement Action: Part I – Introduction

The long-awaited Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (FMC) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action was recently announced. ...more

Perkins Coie

The Calm Before the Storm—Are You Prepared for an Antitrust Search Warrant?

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From 2010 to 2015, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges against more than 120 corporations and more than 350 individuals, and collected fines and penalties of more than $8 billion....more

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