Everything Compliance: Episode 154, The Law Firms in Trouble Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 154
Episode 369 -- Stepping Into the Enforcement Spotlight -- Customs and Border Patrol and Import Enforcement
Daily Compliance News: May 16, 2025, The Ethics Nightmare Edition
Navigating Contractor vs. Employee Classification
Compliance into the Weeds: Leaving on a (Qatari) Jet Plane
Daily Compliance News: May 12, 2025, The Corruption in the Broad Daylight Edition
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of the Election on the FTC
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 45: New Leadership at Employment-Related Federal Agencies with David Dubberly of Maynard Nexsen
Wiley's 2025 Key Trade Developments Series: Trade Remedies
Compliance Tip of the Day: Standing at the Turning Point
The Labor Law Insider: How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part II
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 19 - Power Struggles: Federal vs. State Authority in Energy Law
Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
100 Days In: What Employers Need to Know - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
Upping Your Game: Episode 1 – Meeting Hui Chen’s Challenge
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 60 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: Employee Retention Tax Credit
Wiley's 2025 Key Trade Developments Series: Tariffs
Episode 366 -- DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements
As previously highlighted in our inaugural Akin Agency Transparency In Merger Enforcement (TIME) Report, merger enforcement transparency fell to an all-time low under the Biden administration. A key driver towards that trend...more
As discussed in our May 15th post, Matthew R. Galeotti, the Head of the Department of Justice’s (“Department”) Criminal Division, issued a memorandum on May 12th that highlights the core tenets of the Department’s enforcement...more
On April 28, 2025, the District Court for the District of Delaware granted a joint motion to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) against the National...more
On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced a $202 million civil False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with Gilead based on allegations that the company’s speaker program...more
As the third month of the second Trump administration comes to a close, the lack of any public enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctions watchers...more
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Troutman Pepper Locke colleagues Lori Sommerfield and Lane Page to dissect two unexpected fair lending developments under the new Trump...more
On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case against former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives Gordon Coburn and Steven Schwartz, United...more
Early signs from the initial months of the Trump administration indicate that fraud and abuse enforcement related to the Medicare Advantage program (“MA”) remains a bipartisan focus, as evidenced by the recent statements from...more
On March 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an $8.1 million settlement in a civil case under the False Claims Act (FCA) related to alleged customs evasion by a California importer of wood flooring. The...more
On March 26, the CFPB filed a motion to vacate its recent settlement against an Illinois-based mortgage lender accused of engaging in discriminatory marketing practices in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)...more
Saying that the bureau under the Biden Administration abused its power, the CFPB is seeking to reverse its settlement with Townstone Financial....more
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), passed in the wake of Watergate, prohibits U.S.-linked companies and individuals from bribing foreign government officials to procure international business and hiding the bribes in...more
In the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, the Biden FTC rushed to initiate major lawsuits and to tie a bow on various antitrust policy efforts. In a series of dissenting statements, the minority Republican...more
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release announcing its fiscal year (FY) 2024 False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries and reported that settlements and judgments exceeded $2.9 billion in...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including the use of legal holds in cross-border investigations,...more
The rise of tariffs as a trade weapon has put the WTO in a very difficult position as “chief judge in an intense fight among its most powerful members”....more
Let’s take a look at what President Trump has done for the oil industry in his first year (This is not about decorum, dossiers, tweets, or Oprah’s inauguration.) As in the past I refer to sources whose opinions and insights...more
Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns in FCPA Enforcement report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK and elsewhere, as well as helpful guidance on emerging best...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Former Magyar Telekom Executives Settle Bribery Charges – On April 24, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that two former executives of Magyar Telekom, a...more