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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK Serious Fraud Office’s Extraterritorial Powers Are Clarified

After three years of uncertainty over the Serious Fraud Office’s (“SFO”) powers to obtain documents  located overseas, the UK Supreme Court has clarified the extraterritorial effect of the legislation facilitating that power...more

BCLP

Anti-Corruption Enforcement Webinar: 2018 in Review

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Anti-Corruption enforcement remained a top priority in France, the UK, and the US in 2018. Join our firm's Global Anti-Corruption Team as they explain and analyze these three countries' anti-corruption enforcement efforts and...more

Hogan Lovells

Top bribery and corruption developments in 2017 for ADG companies

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In recent years, U.S. and Western European military spending has decreased as military spending in other parts of the world has risen. As a result, aerospace, defense and government services (ADG) companies increasingly rely...more

Carlton Fields

The Chill is Gone: SEC Wants Unfettered Whistleblowers

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The SEC continues its efforts to support whistleblowers. The whistleblower program promulgated by the Commission under the Dodd-Frank Act offers rewards to individuals who report securities law violations. As we have...more

Fenwick & West LLP

“You Know How to Whistle Don’t You?”—Whistleblowers Gain Even More Protection

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The SEC recently issued guidance specifying that whistleblowers do not first have to take their concerns to the SEC in order to be covered by the SEC’s anti-retaliation rule. The guidance clarifies that those whistleblowers...more

Perkins Coie

D.C. Circuit Reaffirms Validity of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection in Internal Investigations

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On August 11, 2015, in United States ex rel. Barko v. Halliburton et al., No. 14-5319, slip op. (D.C. Cir. Aug. 11, 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an important opinion vacating another series of...more

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D.C. Appeals Court Upholds Privilege For Internal Investigation Preceding False Claims Act Litigation

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The KBR decision should not be interpreted as a sign that internal investigations of regulatory compliance are privileged per se. Companies should keep the following principles in mind when conducting any internal...more

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