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Corporate Counsel

Identifying What's 'Reasonable' in Due Diligence

The U.S. Department of Justice recommends companies do "reasonable due diligence" of third parties to avoid corruption, but without defining what reasonable due diligence actually is.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

DA's Former General Counsel Joins Gibson Dunn

Caitlin Halligan, who left the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in January after four years of helping oversee more than 500 lawyers, joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher this week as partner focusing on appellate litigation.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

DeKalb Judge Will Let DA Stay on Ellis Case

The DeKalb County Superior Court judge presiding over this week's motions hearing in the criminal case of suspended county CEO Burrell Ellis has denied Ellis' motion to disqualify the district attorney from prosecution.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

FBI Joins High-Speed Trading Fray

Following in the footsteps of the New York State attorney general's and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly begun to investigate the area of high-frequency trading.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

FCPA Enforcers Have Hands Full as 2014 Begins

Enforcers of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have had a busy start to the year.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Rowland Linked To Ex-Candidate Who Pleads Guilty In Campaign Scheme

A former Republican congressional candidate and her husband have pleaded guilty in a scheme to set up a phony contract to hide the role played in the candidate's campaign by ex-Gov. John G. Rowland, who resigned a decade ago in a corruption scandal.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Sikorsky Settles Allegations Of Overcharging Military For $3.5 Million

Helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations it violated federal law and inflated the cost of spare parts to the Army, federal prosecutors said.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Conscious Avoidance: An Over-Used Doctrine

In their White-Collar Crime column, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello partners Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert write: It has become de rigueur for the government to request, and for trial courts to deliver, a conscious avoidance jury instruction in virtually all criminal prosecutions where the element of knowledge is contested. Where no evidence of manifest conduct by the defendant to avoid knowledge is introduced, however, such instruction serves no useful purpose except to threaten to cause confusion and to lessen the government's burden to demonstrate the culpable mental state required by statute.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Weighing In

After courts disagree, the SEC adds its voice to the debate on whom whistleblowers should report to.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Countries Around the Globe Step Up Antibribery Efforts

The U.S., while still the leader in prosecutions, faces stiff competition from countries like the U.K. and China.
4 minute read

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