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Corporate Counsel

New Corporate-Transparency Laws to Require 'Mountain of Filings'

Startups will need to avoid stumbles because "you want to be putting yourself out there as a good, sophisticated and responsible founder," Fenwick & West partner Jonathan Sagot said.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

SDNY Outreach to 'Whistleblowers' Takes Page from Main Justice Playbook

The Southern District of New York's latest tool in white-collar criminal enforcement, SDNY's Whistleblower Pilot Program, is the first of its kind, offering a non-prosecution agreement to individuals in exchange for working with SDNY prosecutors to "figure out what [they] don't know."
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Feds Urge Judge to Reject Menendez's Motion to Dismiss Indictment

Prosecutors argued that the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause does not protect the embattled senator from prosecution.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Federal Prosecutor in Georgia Joins Baker Hostetler as It Builds 'Elite White-Collar Team'

Jennifer "Jenna" Solari joins from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia, where she worked over 12 years.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA): How the New Law Creates Legal Risks and Opportunities for International Businesses

FEPA will amend the domestic bribery statute (18 U.S.C. § 201) to make it a criminal offense for foreign government officials to solicit or receive bribes from any person in the United States, any issuer, or any domestic concern.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

SDNY Indicts Three After Scheme Moved More Than $65 Million Between US and Middle East, Prosecutors Say

One defendant was arrested while trying to board a flight from JFK to Turkey, prosecutors said, and a third is still at large.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Evidence Fight Breaks Out as Bribery Trial Nears for Ex-Cognizant Legal Chief

Jones Day partner James Loonam, lead defense attorney in the government's corruption case against former Cognizant executives, says the prosecution's star witness is pointing the finger" at ex-legal chief Steven Schwartz and his co-defendant, former president Gordon Coburn, to cover up his own misconduct.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Claims Against Prosecutors May Be Used for 'Softening' Jury

A defendant's claims of a personal relationship between the DA and a lead prosecutor in the sprawling Georgia racketeering case against Trump "is a way to reach the jury pool before the start of trial," said law professor John Acevedo.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Year, New Deal? SDNY Prosecutors Ring in the New Year With Pilot Program for Non-Prosecution of Individual Whistleblowers

      On Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced implementation…
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Meet the Lawyers Facing Off Over Trump's Ballot Eligibility at the Supreme Court

Counsel on each side of "Trump v. Anderson" have clerked for current or former Supreme Court justices.
7 minute read

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