Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our weekly snapshot on white-collar, regulatory and compliance news and trends. Today, we examine a white-collar statute that has become key to the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation, and detail compliance failures at Carnival Cruise Line. Please get in touch with tips and feedback. Contact me at [email protected] and @AGoudsward on Twitter.
How a Post-Enron Law Became a Central Focus of Jan. 6 Prosecutions
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.Credit:Alex Gakos/Shutterstock.com.
Multiple investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have homed in on a single provision in the federal crime code: 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (c)(2)—obstruction of an official proceeding.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
