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New Jersey Law Journal

SEC Chair Promises 'Active Year in Enforcement'

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2014 is preparing for "a very busy year in enforcement" and an expansion of its arsenal against wrongdoing on Wall Street, according to SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan DA Appoints Counsel and Chief of Staff

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has brought in a Dechert white-collar defense partner and the head of an investigative firm as he builds out his executive staff at the start of his second term.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Osmose Inc. v. Chemical Specialties Inc.

Court Explains Dismissal of FCA Qui Tam Suit Over Sale of Fire Retardant Wood Treatment
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Question Over Baldwin Testimony Persists in Wake of Ruling

Despite a ruling denying motions to preclude Cynthia Baldwin, the former Penn State general counsel, from testifying against three ex-university administrators in a criminal case stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, the question of whether she will ever take the stand is still very much up in the air.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

SAC's Cohen Must Face Ex-Wife's Fraud Claims

"Though treble damages are a tempting way to spice things up, civil RICO and marriage do not go together like a horse and carriage," a federal judge ruled in Patricia Cohen v. Steven Cohen.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Dept. Top FCPA Cop Heads to Morrison & Foerster

After four years at the U.S. Department of Justice leading the charge against Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violators, Charles Duross soon will offer his help to Morrison & Foerster clients looking to keep DOJ's FCPA investigators at bay.
1 minute read

Litigation Daily

MoFo Nabs Top FCPA Prosecutor Charles Duross

After testing the waters at about a half-dozen law firms, the Justice Department's outgoing FCPA enforcer is joining Morrison & Foerster to lead the firm's global anticorruption practice.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

DOJ's Top FCPA Cop Heads to Morrison & Foerster

After four years at the U.S. Department of Justice leading the charge against Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violators, Charles Duross will offer his help to Morrison & Foerster clients looking to keep the DOJ's FCPA investigators at bay.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Mikal Watts, Watts Guerra Seek to Stay Lawsuit Filed by BP

Plaintiffs lawyer Mikal Watts and his firm Watts Guerra have cited a pending criminal investigation as their reason for seeking to stay a lawsuit filed against them by BP Exploration & Production Inc.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Antitrust Enforcement Goes Global

The United States government continues to push the territorial reach of its criminal antitrust laws beyond its domestic borders.
9 minute read

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