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A Survey of Recent Enforcement Actions, Trends & Priorities

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The landscape of criminal prosecution of foreign bribery has shifted, and the second Trump administration has made its priorities clear; however, companies still have 950 million reasons and counting to strengthen their...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Executive Order Directs DOJ to Pause FCPA Enforcement

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order that instructed DOJ to pause all action related to enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Enacted in 1977, the FCPA features anti-bribery...more

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Defense Contractor Resolves DOJ and SEC FCPA, FCA, Export Controls Violations for $950 Million

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In October 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with Raytheon Company, a division of multinational defense contractor RTX, over defective pricing and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations

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What happens when a major defense contractor faces scrutiny for ethics and compliance violations? In this episode of Corruption, Crime, and Compliance, Michael Volkov dives into the high-stakes world of corporate...more

Paul Hastings LLP

OFCCP Enforcement Action Against Federal Contractor Enjoined by U.S. District Court

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Last week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from pursuing an enforcement action against a federal contractor, ABM...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Government Continues Its Big Push for Cybersecurity with SEC Action Against SolarWinds and Its CISO

On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a civil suit against SolarWinds and their chief information security officer (CISO) for fraudulent cybersecurity information. The SEC claims that...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

International Trade Enforcement Roundup – December 2022

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Russia - Active Russian Agent Indicted for Scheme to Violate Sanctions in the United States (DOJ Action) Those involved. Andrii Derkach, a Ukrainian national and – according to the DOJ – an “Active Russian Agent.” ...more

Burr & Forman

Corporate E-Note - October 2021

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Resources - What We Do And Don’t Know About The New COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates - Since President Biden’s announcement on September 9, 2021 of plans for COVID-19 vaccination and/or weekly testing mandates, we have...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Third Circuit Holds False Claims Act Relator Lacks Standing and Right to Intervene in Related Criminal...

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Third Circuit Holds False Claims Act Relator Lacks Standing and Right to Intervene in Related Criminal Case - In a matter of first impression, the Third Circuit held last week that a relator who filed an action under the...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Hospital to Pay Over $2 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

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DOJ News & Litigation Updates - ITT Cannon to Pay $11 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations - ITT Cannon (ITT), a division of ITT Inc., has agreed to pay $11 million to settle whistleblower claims that it supplied...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2018 #4

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - According to a Bloomberg Government article, more than 30,000 federal contracting opportunities at twenty-eight (28) agencies are coming up for competition in the coming fiscal years. In a webinar,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Expect Increased Enforcement Activities with DOJ’s New Fraud Task Force

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of a Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. Relevant to the contracting and healthcare community, the task force is designed to strengthen the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC – Government Contracts Firm Settle Internal Controls Action

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Internal controls has been at the center of a number of Commission enforcement actions in recent months. Its most recent action in this area focuses on a firm that recognized revenue in a manner that was inconsistent with its...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Loss Contingency Disclosures - A Warning from the SEC

Companies frequently struggle with how to account for loss contingencies and when to make the related disclosures. A recent complaint by the SEC against RPM International, Inc. and its General Counsel highlights the...more

BakerHostetler

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

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Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

5 Takeaways From Former SAP Exec's FCPA Case

On Aug. 12, 2015, Vincente Garcia (former head of Latin American sales for SAP International Inc.) pled guilty in federal court in San Francisco to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition to pleading...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Brazilian Corruption Scandal Expands Past Petrobras – Is a FCPA Country Sweep Next?

The Brazilian corruption scandal took a new turn last week, when the Brazilian government announced that it was investigating the country’s health ministry and the state-owned bank Caixa Econômica Federal (Caixa). As reported...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 121-FCPA Year in Review, Part II

In this episode I review the two Opinion Releases, Esquenazi court decision, DOJ communications via speeches on FCPA enforcement. I end with a look at 2015. ...more

The Volkov Law Group

The FCPA Year in Review: Twist and Shout (Part I of II)

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We all like annual reviews and predictions for the upcoming year – it is a New Year’s rite of passage and one that brings perspective and a sense of order to our otherwise chaotic lives....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Brings Its Sixth Insider Trading Action As An Administrative Proceeding Since September

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The SEC is clearly bringing more cases as administrative proceedings. To be sure, many of its “broken windows” actions are brought in that forum. At the same time, it is brining other cases which are traditionally brought as...more

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