Compliance Hot Spots: White-Collar Prosecutions Wither | DOJ's Foreign Lobbying Guidance | Plus: Who Got the Work
White-collar cases are approaching a new 20-year-low. What's driving the trend? Plus: The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to post online, for the first time, guidance memos about the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the lobbying law in focus now as part of the prosecution of Paul Manafort.
May 30, 2018 at 01:01 PM
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Reaching New Low for White-Collar Cases
Jeff Sessions Jay Clayton during his partnership Sullivan & Cromwell Mary Jo White ➤➤ White-collar prosecutions are on track to hit a 20-year low, according to Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonprofit research center that analyzes government data. found in its latest report more here according to figures Urska Velikonja Stephanie Avakian remarks last Wednesday Rod Rosenstein “piling on nudged the Senate Kirkland & Ellis Brian Benczkowski New York Law Journal Robert Anello Richard Albert Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
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Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $23.8 million to resolve U.S. Justice Departmentclaims said Ropes & Gray Joshua Levy Rady Johnson Read the corporate integrity agreement here. Gregory Demske John Lundquist Fredrikson & Byron announcement agreement here Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Richard Gottlieb looked at why on Tuesday Sullivan & Cromwell represented Arnold & Porter Weil, Gotshal & Manges Makan Delrahim Amanda DeBusk Dechert Holland & Knight Jon Epstein more here
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Compliance Roundup: GDPR & Whistleblowers | Ethics 'Nudge' | Accenture's Anti-Corruption Efforts | DOJ's FARA Memos
Wall Street Journal More reading on GDPR from my colleague Gabrielle Orum Hernández over at LegalTech News: Why blockchain poses an unusual challenge for GDPR compliance. Wall Street Journal Chad Jerdee Big Law Business 
Covington & Burling Robert Kelner National Law Journal opens up about his plans Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
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Blake Lawit named new general counsel Michael Callahan named Stephen Deadman Avi Schick has joined Troutman Sanders has hired Jay Carter Please send me any new hires, promotions and laterals. Contact me at [email protected] or 202-828-0315. That's all for this week. We welcome feedback and suggestions, so don't be a stranger.
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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