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DOJ Makes Good on Promise to Actively Prosecute Interlocking Directorships

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​​​​​​​Back in April 2022, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter hinted very strongly that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be looking at Section 8 violations of the Clayton Act. That...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Prosecutors Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division's "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" during a keynote address at the...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC and DOJ Charge Board Member with Trading on Inside Information . . . During a Board Meeting

On Friday, the SEC filed a complaint against James C. Cope, a former member of the Executive Committee of Pinnacle Financial Partners’ (“PFP”) board of directors, alleging that he engaged in insider trading. The same day,...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Court Upholds Indicted Ex-Director's Advancement Rights

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Advancement provides corporate officials with immediate interim relief from the personal out-of-pocket financial burden of paying the significant ongoing expenses inevitably involved with defending investigations and legal...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 119-FCPA Year in Review, Part I

In this episode I begin a two-part review of the 2014 FCPA year. In this episode I review some of the significant corporate enforcement actions. ...more

Saul Ewing LLP

White Collar Watch - September 2013

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Contents - FDIC filing more suits against officers and directors of failed financial institutions - Third Circuit upholds 12-year prison sentence for former BigLaw associate - Health care executives...more

Dechert LLP

Private Prosecutions - An Often Overlooked Method of Corporate Enforcement in England and Wales

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In Ireland, a hotelier has initiated a private prosecution against a current and a former employee of an Irish bank. The hotelier was a director and shareholder of two companies which apparently owed a significant amount to...more

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