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2024 Trade Secret Update: Whistleblower Protections in the Northern District of California

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WilmerHale lawyers advise clients on every aspect of trade secret law from contracts to complex litigation. Below please find a short update on an important development in trade secret whistleblower protections in the...more

Jones Day

SDNY Launches Whistleblower Pilot Program to Encourage Self-Disclosure of Criminal Conduct

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The recently created SDNY Whistleblower Pilot Program encourages individuals to self-disclose certain criminal conduct and cooperate in resulting investigations and prosecutions. ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

"Call Us Before We Call You": SDNY Announces Pilot Whistleblower Program

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on Jan. 10, 2024, announced a Whistleblower Pilot Program (Program) that it is presenting as another "tool in [the SDNY's] toolkit" that could unearth...more

A&O Shearman

White collar crime enforcement in Germany: trends and developments

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German authorities have intensified and accelerated their enforcement activities in 2023, following a slowdown of both investigations and court proceedings during the pandemic. This had led to a surge of dawn-raids in...more

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Belgian investigations trends and developments in white collar crime

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We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors. Investigations are boosted by...more

Hogan Lovells

Review into the UK whistleblowing framework – legislative reform to corporate criminal liability?

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In a policy paper published on Monday 27 March, the Department for Business and Trade has announced a review into the current UK whistleblowing framework (“the Review”). The Review will assess how the whistleblowing framework...more

Walkers

Ireland Update: Guide to the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022

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Substantial changes to Irish whistleblowing law will be introduced by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022 (the “Amendment Act”) on 1 January 2023. Protection for whistleblowers is not a new concept in...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Weighing Employers’ Strategies for Employee Benefits in a Post Roe World

As is now well known both in and outside of the legal community, the Supreme Court of the United States recently decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, where the Court analyzed a Mississippi law that restricted...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] Japan Webinar Series - Session 4: Trade Policy Outlook - June 3rd, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm JST

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McDermott is committed to provide insightful legal developments around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, Japan Webinar Series will be held between Thursday, May 20 – Thursday, June 3, 2021. This...more

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[Ongoing Program] Japan Webinar Series - Session 3: Global Internal Investigations - June 1st, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm JST

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McDermott is committed to provide insightful legal developments around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, Japan Webinar Series will be held between Thursday, May 20 – Thursday, June 3, 2021. This...more

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[Ongoing Program] Japan Webinar Series - Session 2: Compliance: How Will The United States DOJ View Your Compliance Program, And...

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McDermott is committed to provide insightful legal developments around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, Japan Webinar Series will be held between Thursday, May 20 – Thursday, June 3, 2021. This...more

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[Ongoing Program] Japan Webinar Series - Session 1: Global Antitrust Developments - May 20th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm JST

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McDermott is committed to provide insightful legal developments around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, Japan Webinar Series will be held between Thursday, May 20 – Thursday, June 3, 2021. This...more

Oberheiden P.C.

10 Reasons to Hire a Corporate Private Investigator

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Corporate investigations can serve a variety of different purposes. From uncovering accounting fraud to responding to cybersecurity breaches and preparing for litigation, there are various circumstances in which corporate...more

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Protection for Criminal Antitrust Whistleblowers Signed into Law

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Largely overshadowed by the rise in COVID-19 deaths and the January 6, 2021, siege on the Capitol, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (“the Act”) became law on December 23, 2020. See 15 U.S.C. § 7a-3....more

Morgan Lewis

Congress Adds Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act to DOL-Administered Whistleblower Protection Programs

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The US Congress passed S.2258, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019, on December 8 and presented the bill to the president on December 11 – almost a year-and-a-half after Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)...more

K&L Gates LLP

Voluntary Disclosure: Newsflash – October 2020

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In this episode, we examine how two criminal defendants are aiming to leverage parallel FCPA investigations by the SEC and the DOJ to build their defense. We’ll also offer our thoughts on the SEC’s new (and improved?)...more

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[Webinar] CLE Institute - Justice is Collar Blind - October 8th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ET

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This program will trace investigatory tactics and legal concepts from their blue-collar roots and discuss their application in a white-collar context, including: - Discussion of how the criminal justice system, and the...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Former Bumble Bee CEO sentenced to prison for price fixing

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 13 (June 25, 2020): On June 16, Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods LLC, was sentenced to 40 months in jail and a criminal fine of USD 100,000. Lischewski led a...more

Jackson Walker

Pandemic Recovery Funds and Government Enforcement

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When Depression-era bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he infamously responded, “Because that’s where the money is.” Similarly, anytime you see large amounts of government money devoted to any given...more

BakerHostetler

Borrower Beware: Future Government Investigations and Whistleblower Liability Based on the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program

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Last month, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) in response to the economic crisis that has been created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act established the Paycheck...more

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Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

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Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

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