C. Ryan Barber

March 25, 2020 | National Law Journal

The heightened risk of corruption has come as the novel coronavirus has upended everyday life and complicated the work of compliance teams tasked with heading off overseas bribery and other corporate misdeeds.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

March 24, 2020 | Law.com

Ex: White-collar defenders are facing new challenges and uncertainty in the virus era. Plus: confronting anti-bribery efforts amid the pandemic. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, headlines and much more. Thanks for reading, and stay safe.

By C. Ryan Barber

11 minute read

March 23, 2020 | National Law Journal

Barr's appearance Monday at the White House came just days after the Justice Department filed its first lawsuit stemming from the attorney general's call to crack down on fraud related to the novel coronavirus.

By C. Ryan Barber

3 minute read

March 20, 2020 | National Law Journal

"Actually interviewing people as part of an internal investigation, appearing before the government in whatever capacity—that is just not something that lends itself to remote work," a white-collar partner at Quinn Emanuel says.

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read

March 18, 2020 | National Law Journal

"It comes down to you have to pound, and pound and pound away. And you look for a weakness, and as soon as you find that weakness, you exploit it and pound away at it," Reed Smith's Eric Dubelier says in a wide-ranging interview, after DOJ abandoned charges against his client Concord Management and Consulting.

By C. Ryan Barber

15 minute read

March 16, 2020 | National Law Journal

"It is no longer in the best interests of justice or the country's national security to continue this prosecution," federal prosecutors in Washington told the trial judge presiding over the case against Concord Management and Consulting, accused of sowing discord in the 2016 presidential election.

By C. Ryan Barber

6 minute read

March 13, 2020 | National Law Journal

In a new court filing Friday, the DOJ corrected an assertion, made earlier in the week, that DOJ attorneys had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "We are aware of persons in our office in Washington, D.C., who have exhibited symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and have sought medical attention," the government said in the new filing.

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read

March 12, 2020 | National Law Journal

At a hearing in one case, a public records dispute involving the U.S. Justice Department, the novel coronavirus appeared to provide some perspective.

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

March 11, 2020 | National Law Journal

Debevoise partners Mary Jo White and David Sarratt helped prep board members ahead of their Wednesday appearance. The bank's new chief executive, Charlie Scharf, had been prepped by Wilmer partners Reginald Brown and Jeremy Dresner.

By C. Ryan Barber

6 minute read

March 10, 2020 | Law.com

Williams & Connolly is defending Fifth Third Bank in a new, and rare, Trump-era CFPB enforcement action. Plus: US Attorney General William Barr's reshuffling his front office. And Crowell & Moring is boosting its state attorneys general practice. Thanks for reading!

By C. Ryan Barber

13 minute read