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Insights Special Edition: Women’s History Month

Celebrating Women’s History Month, we present a special edition of our quarterly Insights publication, highlighting the talent and insights of women at Skadden. The issue spotlights their authorship on such topics as the...more

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DOJ Deputy Chief Announces “Stiffer Sentences” for AI-Related White-Collar Crime — AI: The Washington Report

Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco’s March 7, 2024, speech addressed the agency’s current enforcement stance towards AI. In the speech, Monaco reiterated that there are no AI exemptions to the...more

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Criminal Tax Enforcement – What to Look For in 2024

IRS enforcement activity remained strong in 2023, with the volume of investigations and prosecutions initiated holding steady from 2022. Despite the substantial funding boost provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, with some...more

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Major Questions over Non-Compete Clauses and Overtime Pay

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Two major new rules expected in 2024 will have profound effects on the economy and employers around the country: (1) the FTC’s non-compete rule and (2) the Department of Labor’s overtime rule. Both agencies issued notices of...more

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DOJ Signals Tough Stance on Crimes Involving Misuse of Artificial Intelligence

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WHAT: Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom on “the Promise and Perils of AI.” Her remarks focused on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) use of...more

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DOJ and FTC Update Guidance on Preservation Obligations regarding Ephemeral Messages - What Steps Should You Be Taking?

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On January 26, 2024, the DOJ and FTC announced that they were updating the language in their "standard preservation letters and specifications for all second requests, voluntary access letters, and compulsory legal process,...more

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Companies Can No Longer Afford to Slack Off in Preserving Chats and Messages

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Doubling down on guidance originally issued in September 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced updates to standard preservation letters and...more

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The State AG Report – 7.27.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • FTC and HHS Express Concern Over Health Data Disclosed by...more

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The State AG Report – 6.22.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •It’s No Batman, but California Teams up to Stop Organized...more

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AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Inside the World of No-Poach Investigations and Indictments

In this episode, Jeff Jacobovitz, AGG trial attorney, chair of the firm’s Antitrust group, and former Federal Trade Commission attorney, will discuss the recent civil and criminal investigations and indictments for “no-poach...more

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Axon, Gibson, Jarkesy: Continuing Challenges to SEC’s Administrative Citadel

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a procedural decision that has the potential to dismantle the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to litigate cases administratively. On April 14, 2023, the Supreme...more

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The DOJ’s Focus on Employer Non-Poaching Agreements Continues

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In another example of the Department of Labor (DOJ) pursuing criminal anti-trust cases against employers throughout the country, on October 27th, 2022, VDA OC, LLC (formerly Advantage On Call or AOC), a healthcare staffing...more

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Breaking Down Key Areas of Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets

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On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. The Executive Order (EO) establishes policy objectives related to digital assets and directs agencies and...more

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Cartel Corner - March 2022

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The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) has continued to actively investigate and pursue alleged criminal violations of antitrust laws and collusive activity in government procurement. US Attorney...more

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Head of DOJ Criminal Antitrust Unit Says that Criminal Monopolization Cases May be on the Horizon

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In remarks made during a panel discussion at the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime on 2 March, Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers said that the Department of Justice Antitrust...more

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A Look Ahead into Corporate Enforcement in the Biden Administration

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Just one year after President Biden’s election, senior administration officials have signaled in public remarks that the federal government will amplify enforcement pressure on corporations and their employees through...more

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What You Need To Know About White-Collar Criminal Enforcement Under The Biden Administration

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A new sheriff is in town — and that means the potential for big changes ahead for white-collar criminal enforcement in terms of specific areas of focus and volume of investigations...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 16, 2021)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.19.2021 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group Finalize Merger to Form Auto Behemoth Stellantis NV

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Group completed their mega-auto-merger first agreed-to in late 2019, “creating Stellantis NV, a global auto-making giant that executives say will have the heft needed to compete in the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.14.2021 | Top Story: Intel Ousts CEO Robert Swan After Just Two Years

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Intel has ousted CEO Robert Swan “as the company faces pressure from an activist investor and grapples with the loss of leadership in producing ultrafast chips.” Swan had been at the helm since January 2019...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.10.2020 | Top Story: Federal and State Regulators Sue Facebook over Alleged Antitrust Violations

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The long-awaited Facebook antitrust bomb dropped on Wednesday, with the FTC and attorneys general from more than 40 states accusing Zuck & Co. of “buying up its rivals to illegally squash competition” in D.C. federal district...more

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Key Supreme Court Cases From the 2019-20 Term and a Look Ahead to the 2020-21 Term

On September 23, 2020, a panel of Skadden attorneys hosted a webinar entitled “Key Supreme Court Cases From the 2019-20 Term and a Look Ahead to the 2020-21 Term.” Panelists Julie Bédard, Boris Bershteyn, Jocelyn E. Strauber...more

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It’s All Hands on Deck in Prosecuting COVID-19 Fraud

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As scientists around the globe team up to discover and develop treatments and vaccine candidates for COVID-19, we are also seeing unprecedented speed and coordination in the effort to quell a different kind of virus — the...more

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Congress Considering New Federal Price Gouging Laws

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Congress has begun igniting its legislative engine to create a federal framework to prohibit price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until now, price gouging has mainly been the province of state laws....more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

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