The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Episode 333 -- The Boeing Proposed Plea Agreement
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
FCPA Survival Guide - Step 8 - Investing in Compliance
Exploring the AI and Crypto Intersection
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 41 - The Dynamics of Decision-Making: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System
INTERPOL and Child Kidnapping Cases. What are INTERPOL’s Abilities and Limitations?
False Claims Act Insights - Eureka! Government Investigators Seek Out Research Misconduct
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The CFPB and State AGs Act Jointly Against Online Educational Company
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 3 - Extensive Remediation
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day – Compliance Lessons from the Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
Episode 323 - Carlos Villagran Discusses Rebuilding a Corporate Culture After a Crisis
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC (“CCC”) entered into a December 18th Agreed Order addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
A United States District Court (“Court”) (D. Idaho) addressed in a February 27th Memorandum Decision and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) charging an individual...more
The Environmental Action Project on behalf of Food & Water Watch (“F&W”) filed a November 15th Clean Air Act citizen suit action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, against the Allegheny County...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 12th news release indicating it had entered into a Consent Agreement with Hamm Inc. (“HI”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. ...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed on August 14th a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) against Twin Rivers Technologies, Inc., and Twin Rivers technologies...more
Right on the heels of the eye-popping $408 million settlement between a major commercial sterilizer and plaintiffs claiming injuries resulting from exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO) emitted from the company’s Illinois facility...more
When it comes to enforcement initiatives, EPA’s priorities are clear. EPA’s National Enforcement Initiatives are announced on a three-year cycle, and EPA’s annual release of enforcement results is an extensive and in-depth...more
The United States Department of Justice and the State of Indiana (collectively “DOJ”) entered into a June 3rd Consent Decree (“CD”) with Lone Star Industries, Inc., (“LSI”) addressing alleged Clean Air Act violations. See...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in a March 26th news release stated that Gunay Yakup (“Yakup”) pleaded guilty to involvement in a conspiracy to illegally remove asbestos. The facility involved is stated...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Ltd. (“Save-A-Lot”) entered into a November 2nd Expedited Penalty Action and Consent Agreement (“Consent Agreement”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Pacific Surimi – Newport, LLC, (“Pacific”) entered into a January 16th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Louis Dreyfus Company Agricultural Industries LLC (“Dreyfus”) entered into a September 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged Clean Air...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA“) and Port Townsend Paper Corporation (“PTPC“) entered into a May 21st Consent Agreement (“CA“) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. See Docket No....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Welch Foods, Inc. (“Welch”) entered into a September 28th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations regarding the Clean Air Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Save-A-Lot, Ltd. (“SAL”) entered into a May 8th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act and the regulations...more
A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more
The headlines generated by the Volkswagen emissions scandal continue to amaze the environmental community and the general public, both here and abroad. The events are shocking in part because they involve a household name in...more
Overview - In the wake of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent $5.6 million settlement with Bayer CropScience under Clean Air Act Section 112(r), companies should expect more from EPA in the...more