Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
Fraud Risks at Nonprofit Organizations - Part 1
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Estate Planning and the Corporate Transparency Act
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
FCA Uncovered: Mitigating Risk in the Regulatory Spotlight — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Tackling Credit Push Fraud: Understanding Nacha's Risk Management Package (Part Two) — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Think You Know Whistleblowers? Think Again.
PilieroMazza Annual Review What DOJ’s Annual FCA Report Means for Government Contractors
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 6 – Mitigating Class Action Exposure
Compliance into the Weeds: The ACFE 2024 Anti-Fraud Technology Benchmarking Report
AD Nauseam: Cabbage Soup v. Keto Diet: The Evolving FTC and NAD Approach to Post-Holiday Weight Loss Claims
The Justice Insiders Podcast: The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Defendants Testifying (Poorly), FOMO, and How to Actually Blame Lawyers
Detecting Fraud in New Jersey Workers' Compensation
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 25 - An Investigative Journalist’s Insight Into the COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
JONES DAY TALKS®: Looking for ESG Fraud – CFTC Solicits Carbon Markets Whistleblowers
ChatGPT Risks for Compliance Programs
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Varsity Blues Reversals Turn DOJ Red
Giving Compliance Advice
Crypto Enforcement Actions - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its new “Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program” (“DOJ Program”), a three-year initiative managed by DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section....more
In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases. ..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight...more
DOJ is feeling the heat. Corporate criminal enforcement numbers are down. in fairness, DOJ has been pushing individual criminal enforcement as an effective deterrent to corporate misconduct. Criminal prosecutions, when done...more
In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more
Government contractors are no stranger to disclosure obligations. Since it went into effect in December 2008, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Mandatory Disclosure Rule has been the stick the Government has used to...more
To what extent are boards and senior executives in your country of focus taking proactive steps to reduce incidences of fraud and corruption from surfacing within their company? Over the past several years, there has been...more
We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more
Since December 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have levied almost $3.0 billion in penalties for longstanding failures by 39 broker-dealers, swap dealers,...more
The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Nick Ephgrave QPM, delivered his maiden public speech on February, 13, 2024, closely followed by visits to key financial centres in the United States to meet with...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is increasingly utilizing data analytics for proactive enforcement, signaling a significant shift in their approach to combating white-collar crime. This move reflects the recognition of data...more
Summary - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has created the International Corporate Anti-Bribery initiative (ICAB), which aims to strengthen the United States’ global efforts in combating corruption through enhanced...more
It is no surprise that the United States’ fight against corruption is not confined to its borders. For decades, the government has sought to prosecute individuals and companies across the globe who have been involved in...more
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
Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its annual report of civil fraud recoveries and statistics under the civil False Claims Act (FCA). The Report can be found, and the accompanying DOJ Press Release can be found....more
On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite announced revisions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP), expanding the availability of a potential full...more
As the Russia – Ukraine war rages on, one outcome so far is clear: the Western nations remain aligned and united to confront Russian aggression. The West’s synchronized, roll-out of economic and trade sanctions against...more
The proper balance in corporate prosecutions remains a tricky issue. On the one hand, many argue that large fines and penalties against corporations are needed to deter criminal conduct, while others contend that...more
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently released its 2021-2022 Annual Report. The report highlights major successes for the SFO along with key challenges the prosecutor needs to tackle going forward....more
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Former Theranos President and COO, Found Guilty on All Twelve Fraud Counts in High-Profile Trial - On July 7, 2022, a federal jury in the Northern District of California found Ramesh “Sunny”...more
Glencore’s settlement with DOJ and the CFTC revealed a plethora of manipulative, deceptive and corrupt conduct, which spanned from at least 2007 to 2018 and occurred in the United States and global oil markets, including...more
Recently, from March 2-4, almost 1,000 judges, federal prosecutors, federal public defenders, regulators, private practitioners, general counsel, and academics gathered in San Francisco for the 37th Annual American Bar...more
To close out 2021, enforcement authorities throughout the Americas continued to investigate fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. For 2022, we expect an uptick of anticorruption investigations as a...more
The US Department of Justice’s Criminal Division Fraud Section released its annual Year in Review report on February 15, covering 2021. Despite ongoing aftershocks associated with the global pandemic, this year’s report...more
As for the Judiciary, the U.S. Supreme Court did not issue any relevant decisions nor grant certiorari in any notable FCA cases in FY21. To the contrary, they denied petitions to review appellate cases of potential...more
Worth the Wait? DOJ finally released its Fraud Statistics for FY 2021 and announced the “second largest amount recorded” since 1986: FCPA Settlement and judgment exceed $5.6 billion...more