In Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner Ronald Machen’s mind, the best offense is a good defense. The former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and white collar defense litigator abided by this axiom while representing Panasonic Corp. during an investigation into the company’s business practices by federal agencies.

“We had a pretty strong mandate that [Panasonic] wanted to figure out what was going on and cooperate. … And try to remediate any issues,” Machen said. He and fellow WilmerHale attorneys Matthew Jones, Kimberly Parker and Erin G.H. Sloane were retained by the Japanese corporation after it fell under the scrutiny of the U.S. Justice Department as well as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to court filings entered with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, federal prosecutors alleged subsidiary company Panasonic Avionics Corp. violated provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act between 2007 and 2013. Specifically, the company was charged with falsifying its books and retaining foreign consultants in the Middle East and Asia “for improper purposes other than for providing actual consulting services.”

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