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When Does a Medical Error Become a Criminal Act?

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Healthcare providers carry heavy liability risks in the event of a medical malpractice allegation or professional standards violation, which can be costly and lead to licensing ramifications and reputational damage. While the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Competition authorities crackdown on employment markets: a new era for cartels

At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer Found Guilty of Obstruction for Coverup of Data Breaches

On October 5, 2022, after a monthlong jury trial, former Uber Chief Information Security Officer Joseph Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and misprision of a felony...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israeli Supreme Court Limits Possibility of Pleading Reliance on Assistance of Counsel as Defense against Indictment

In a ruling handed down a few days ago, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that a release from criminal liability on the grounds of reliance on assistance of counsel shall not apply when an attorney fails to warn about the...more

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Failure to prevent bribery

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On 14 April three individuals and three companies were sentenced for their role in a bribery scheme spanning nine years. The prosecution merits consideration because, as well as securing convictions for corruption and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - June 3, 2021

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Van Buren v. United States, No. 19-783: Petitioner Nathan Van Buren, when he was a police sergeant, had access to search the state law enforcement computer data base, and was authorized by his department’s policy to do so...more

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Bribery Act 2010: Ten Years On

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Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Its First CFAA Case

On November 30, 2020, the Supreme Court held oral argument in its first case interpreting the “unauthorized access” provision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The CFAA in part prohibits knowingly accessing a...more

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Compliance Perspectives: The German Corporate Sanctions Act

Germany has proposed legislation, likely to be ratified this Fall, that would mark a major change in how the government there enforces criminal violations in the corporate sector. The Corporate Sanctions Act, or CSA, would,...more

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Former Bumble Bee CEO sentenced to prison for price fixing

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 13 (June 25, 2020): On June 16, Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods LLC, was sentenced to 40 months in jail and a criminal fine of USD 100,000. Lischewski led a...more

Cozen O'Connor

Court Reverses Foreign National’s FCPA Conviction, Setting a High Bar to Establish an Agency Relationship

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A ruling issued on Wednesday, February 26 by a Connecticut federal court details the type of control necessary to find that a foreign national acted as an agent of a U.S. domestic concern for purposes of falling within the...more

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Federal judge provides reminder that fraudulent mass tort litigation can carry criminal, as well as civil, consequences

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Recently, a Mississippi federal judge provided a heartening reminder that, while it may seem all too often ignored, fraud in the mass tort context can carry serious—indeed, criminal—consequences. As we discuss below, victims...more

King & Spalding

Q4 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

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In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Conviction of Foreign Employee Reinforces Broad Geographic Reach of FCPA

Last week, a jury found a former executive of a French multinational company guilty of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, and conspiracy in connection with alleged bribery in Indonesia....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Jury Verdict Clarifies “Adequate Procedures” Under UK Bribery Act

In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what “adequate procedures” should be for the purpose of a defense to the corporate offense of failing...more

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