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Compliance Hot Spots: 'It's Just Been Unreal': Wilmer's Jamie Gorelick Dishes on Covid-19 Crisis Management | CFIUS Reviews Slow Down | Lobbying Boom | Who Got the Work

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, and we hope you are safe and well. We caught up with Wilmer Hale's Jamie Gorelick for her views on the crisis, and scroll down for reporting on CFIUS, major compliance headlines, Who Got the Work and much more. Thanks for reading, and be well.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Without Leverage, Private Equity Firms Missing Out on Stimulus Funds

Portfolio companies have thus far been excluded from the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program, leaving private equity firms to lobby for a life raft.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Lawyer-Lobbyists Saw Big Payday in 2019, See Uncertainty For 2020

"Regarding the ballot question on marijuana, if we had spoken a month and a half ago, I would have predicted record spending," ELEC executive director Jeff Brindle said. "Now with the pandemic, it will be interesting to watch."
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Covington Hands Over More Files to Mike Flynn, After 'Inadvertently' Missing Them Earlier

The sentencing of the former Trump national security adviser, who pleaded guilty in 2017, has been delayed for months as a federal judge in Washington weighs whether to allow Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea.
5 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: Meet Brian Miller, Trump's Pandemic IG Pick | False Claims and Covid-19 | Kathy Ruemmler's Leaving Latham | Who Got the Work

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, and we hope you, colleagues and family are safe. Brian Miller, the White House lawyer up for special inspector general for pandemic recovery, has said a lot about independence and congressional oversight. Plus: the False Claims Act and COVID-19. Thanks for reading, and be well.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

'Unprecedented Need for Information': Inside the Lobbying Frenzy Over the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Package

"It has been an all-hands-on-deck moment for the law firm in a way that I think has never really existed before in the policy space," Akin Gump partner Hunter Bates said.
8 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: Coronavirus Compliance: Neil Barofsky's Advice, and Predictions | Pandemic-Era Insider Trading Alarms | Who Got the Work: Alice Fisher's Guiding Sen. Richard Burr | Headlines, Moves & More

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, and we hope you are safe and well. Jenner & Block's Neil Barofsky speaks with us about coronavirus compliance. Law firms are advising on insider-trading matters in the virus era. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, major headlines and more.
12 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: For White-Collar Lawyers, a New Normal | Addressing Anti-Corruption Risks From the Coronavirus | Sen. Richard Burr Is Sued Over Stock Sales | Who Got the Work

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.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Facing Corruption Probes, Exelon Hires Former SEC Official, Prosecutor as Compliance Chief

David Glockner will begin his newly created role as Exelon's executive vice president of compliance and audit March 23 at the utility giant's headquarters in Chicago.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Match Group's Chief Legal Officer Testifies in Support of EARN IT Act

"Because the consequences of doing nothing are both unacceptable and terrifying," Jared Sine said Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.
4 minute read

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