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Haag's Former Criminal Chief Joins Munger

2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Real Wolves of Wall Street' Could Face $50B in Penalties

The mortgage penalties for the "real wolves of Wall Street" could top $50 billion.
2 minute read

Law.com

Avoiding a Local Whitewash Of Global Antibribery Efforts

With the misguided goal of helping their employer, local hires may re-cast bribe payments as something that is more palatable to the company.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

DOJ Settlements: Don't Believe the Hype?

The Department of Justice announced this month that it collected a whopping $8 billion in civil and criminal settlements last year. But is the agency telling the whole story about whether these settlements are wins or losses for the public?
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Levine Lee Names Former U.S. Prosecutor as Partner

White-collar defense and commercial litigation boutique Levine Lee has hired Jillian Berman, who previously served nine years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lawmakers Tap Jenner Partner for Christie Bridge Probe

Reid Schar, a former U.S. attorney in Chicago who served as the lead prosecutor in both of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trials, has been hired to serve as special counsel to a New Jersey General Assembly committee investigating the role Gov. Chris Christie and his staff members played in creating a four-day traffic snarl by ordering the closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

United States v. Riley

Refusal to Dismiss Securities Fraud Indictment for Lack of Venue Explained
1 minute read

Litigation Daily

Beanie Babies Billionaire Avoids Prison for Tax Evasion

Ty Warner dodged a potential jail term for tax evasion on Tuesday, instead earning two years of probation for hiding millions from the IRS. The decision is a relief for Warner, whose tiny stuffed animals were a defining toy craze of the 1990s, and a win for his lawyers at Scandaglia & Ryan, Caplin & Drysdale and Kirkland & Ellis.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Regulated Enterprises Must Help With Global Regulation

Regulated enterprises can be a strong aid in the fight against corruption and other illegal activities.
5 minute read

Law.com

Anticorruption Compliance for US-Chinese Joint Ventures

A U.S.-based multinational operating in China need not look far to appreciate the risk of tripping over the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anticorruption laws.
8 minute read

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