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Raids by Asia-Pacific Enforcers Are on the Rise: A Guide to Being Prepared for When the Enforcer Comes Knocking

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The Development: After an interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities across the Asia-Pacific region have fully revived dawn raids....more

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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 34 - A Conversation With Jesse Eisinger, Author of 'The Chickenshit Club: Why the...

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In a single decade, the prosecutions of those accused of white-collar crime underwent a radical transformation. This thought-provoking episode will take you back in time to explore the DOJ's approach in the early 2000s Enron...more

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Second Circuit’s Rejection of Fraud Theory in LIBOR Manipulation Case May Have Far-Reaching Implications

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In a long-awaited decision on January 27, 2022, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the convictions of Deutsche Bank (DB) derivatives traders Matthew Connolly and Gavin Black in a...more

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What to Know About the DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

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In early October, U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the creation of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (“NCET”).  The NCET will handle the Department’s investigations...more

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FCA Business Plan 2021/22: Increased Enforcement Activity Expected in the Year Ahead

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It is clear that the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to be more aggressive in its enforcement activity in the coming year. The FCA’s Business Plan for 2021/22 (the Business Plan) signals a change in focus for the...more

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Q1 2021: Latin American Enforcement Review

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Enforcement authorities throughout the Americas continued investigations of fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below are some of the highlights of the last quarter. ...more

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Predicting A Renewed Focus On White-Collar Crime Under President Biden’s DOJ

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During the 2020 campaign, former President Trump frequently called himself the “law and order president.” However, based upon a review of statistics from his time in office, his attention appears to have been focused on...more

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U.S. and UK Enforcement Priority: Spoofing - 2020 Highlights and What to Expect in 2021

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In a year of increased volatility across the world’s financial markets, prosecutors, regulators and exchanges on both sides of the Atlantic sharpened their focus on “spoofing” – i.e., bidding or offering without the intent to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.26.2021 | Top Story: Apollo Global Ousts Leon Black as CEO Over Epstein Ties

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Private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management’s CEO, Leon Black, is stepping down after an outside inquiry by Dechert—“ordered by the firm’s board at Mr. Black’s behest in October”—revealed that Black “had paid more than...more

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Japan Legal Update Vol. 53 | Autumn 2020

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Technology - Japan Ministries Support Expansion of E-Signature Use - On September 4, 2020, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.20.2020 | Top Story: Intel Sells Flash Memory Unit to SKY Hynix for $9 billion

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Intel Corp. has reached a nearly $9 billion deal to sell its NAND flash memory unit to South Korea’s SKY Hynix, a “move that reorient[s] the semiconductor giant away from an area of historical importance that has become...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.12.2020 | Top Story: Fed Launches ETF Buying in Effort to Aid Credit Markets

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For the first time, the Federal Reserve system will begin buying corporate bonds—all part of the central bank’s efforts to “support the economy and financial system in the coronavirus crisis.” The NY Fed will kick things off...more

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Public Companies Face Heightened Risk of Insider Trading Due to COVID-19 Volatility

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COVID-19 has injected significant uncertainty into our daily lives and enormous volatility into our markets. In the last two weeks alone, many major domestic and international indices have experienced their largest daily...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.6.2020 | Top Story: Volatility Reigns as Stocks Dive Over Continued COVID-19 Fears

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Volatility’s the name of the game again, folks, and we have COVID-19 to thank. Just a day after markets jumped in response to central bank and Super Tuesday news, the dove again some 3% as virus-related fears took hold again....more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.2.2020 | Top Story: Activist Elliott Mgmt Amasses Stake in Twitter and Takes Aim at CEO Jack Dorsey

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Paul Singer and the Elliott Mgmt crew have a new target in their sights: Twitter’s founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey. Singer’s Elliott fund has amassed a “significant stake” in the company—perhaps as much as a billion—and is...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.10.2020 | Top Story: Volvo May go Public Via Merger With Owner’s Geely Automobile Holdings

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Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.7.2020 | Top Story: Credit Suisse CEO Tiam Out in Wake of Corporate Spying Scandal

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Credit Suisse’s CEO Tidjane Thiam is out, to be succeeded next week by longtime company vet Thomas Gottstein. Thaim appeared to have ridden out the corporate spying scandal involving a former employee last year, and he had...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.16.2020 | Top Story: US and China Make Phase One Official While Trade Questions Linger

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Well, Phase One is official, thanks to a White House signing yesterday that included Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. With that act comes our first substantive look at the deal that’s been thus-far shrouded in secrecy. Some...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.7.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Ban of “Deepfakes”

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Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.6.2020 | Top Story: Oil Futures Jump as Concerns Deepen Over Mideast Volatility

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Oil jumped for a second straight day, with futures near $70/barrel as fallout from the U.S.’s drone-strike assassination of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani continues to raise “the prospect of disruptions in the world’s most important...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

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Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.21.2019 | Top Story: UAW President Resigns After GM Accuses Fiat Chrysler of Bribery

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More than a bit of drama in the auto world yesterday, with General Motors suing rival Fiat Chrysler, accusing it of “bribing United Auto Workers officials to gain competitive advantages in contract negotiations.”  The UAW’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.31.2019 | Top Story: Fed Delivers Expected Interest Rate Cut

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As universally expected, the Fed’s Open Market Committee delivered its third interest rate cut of 2019 yesterday, though it did so while signaling that it’s likely to pause before taking action again and “is now shifting into...more

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Delaware Court Increases Scrutiny of Corporate Board Oversight and Monitoring of Compliance Programs

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On October 1, 2019, in In re Clovis Oncology, Inc. Derivative Litigation, a Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims under the Caremark decision against individual directors for failing to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.7.2019 | Top Story: Talks Between GM and UAW Falter as Strike Hits Fourth Week

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Talks between General Motors and the striking UAW broke down yesterday, threatening the progress the two sides “appeared to make in recent days,” a troubling sign as the strike heads into its 4th week....more

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