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Compliance Hot Spots: GOP Eyes ESG as an Antitrust Issue + Another DOJ Crypto Seizure + Sidley Partner Jumps to Main Justice

Republican senators sent letters to Big Law ESG practices warning that they would target "collusive" conduct between firms on environmental issues.
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Compliance Hot Spots: Criminal Monopolization Cases Return + Preparing for Video Depositions on Capitol Hill + Latham Brings Back Senior DOJ Official

The DOJ antitrust division brought its first criminal monopolization case since 1977, months after officials indicated the enforcement tool was back on the table.
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Compliance Hot Spots: Preparing for GOP-Led Investigations + CFPB Funding Structure Ruled Unconstitutional + Google's Novel Compliance Settlement

Kirkland & Ellis partner Reginald Brown on how corporations are likely to be ensnared by House investigations into corporate ESG practices, China and the Biden administration.
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Compliance Hot Spots: Lessons from Lafarge + Fraud Section Chief Talks Compliance + Cravath Lands FTC Commissioner

The terror financing case against French cement company Lafarge showcases DOJ's growing focus on issues on the intersection of corporate behavior and national security.
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Compliance Hot Spots: How to Weather a Monitorship + FARA Defeat for DOJ + SEC Faces Another Crypto Industry Challenge

Veterans of compliance monitorships told an audience this week that companies facing a government-imposed monitor need to embrace the opportunity. "It can't be a battle," one lawyer said.
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Compliance Hot Spots: Employee Messaging a Focus of White-Collar Enforcers + O'Melveny Lawyer Lands DOJ Post + Cooley Reps Kim Kardashian

As the SEC settled with many of Wall Street's biggest banks over recordkeeping failures, DOJ said it would consider whether companies have adequate policies on the use of personal devices and messaging apps as it evaluates compliance programs.
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Compliance Hot Spots: Monaco Speech Prompts 'Carrots and Sticks' Debate + Loretta Lynch in Airline FCPA Case + All the Firms in Major SEC Bank Settlements

A series of changes to the Justice Department's corporate crime policies may change the calculus for companies on whether to voluntarily report wrongdoing to the government, defense attorneys said.
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Compliance Hot Spots: SEC Puts Target on Executive Bonuses + DOJ Official McQuaid to Depart + White-Collar Heads Join Rival Firms

The SEC plans to make more aggressive use of its power to compel senior executives to repay bonuses and stock sale profits when misconduct occurs at their firms.
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Compliance Hot Spots: New Hires Out of DOJ Antitrust Division + Kramer Levin Launches Congressional Investigations Group + Kirkland & Ellis in FTC Consumer Protection Settlement

Cooley and Axinn landed senior DOJ antitrust officials who recently made the move to private practice.
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Compliance Hot Spots: SEC Whistleblower Program's 'Preferred Attorneys' + Top CFIUS Lawyer Joins King & Spalding + Paul Weiss Jumps into Trump Doc Fray

A new study finds that former SEC attorneys are at a distinct advantage in securing payouts for their clients through the agency's whistleblower program.
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