By Dylan Jackson | July 22, 2020
The plaintiffs claim the law firm didn't do enough to avoid being suckered into an unauthorized bank transfer.
By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2020
Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, and thanks for reading. Reporting this week on new lobbying numbers ties to the pandemic, and we've got links to all the big new compliance headlines, including a report on leadership in the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Nekia Hackworth Jones | July 21, 2020
Businesses that are focused on economic recovery in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic may not be able to afford the time and costs associated with responding to a government investigation.
By Alaina Lancaster | July 20, 2020
"I'm sitting in the ceremonial courtroom alone, and I look out and try to envision what a jury trial for three months would look like here, maybe 12 jurors and 5 alternates, maybe more," said U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, as parties in the federal case against Elizabeth Holmes work to pinpoint a trial date that's safe in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 20, 2020
"The panel followed established precedent from this court and the Supreme Court to stop an intrusive process that would usurp the core executive power to decide whether to continue a prosecution," Justice Department lawyers said in their new brief.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 20, 2020
The reshuffling has deepened a sense of disarray and upheaval that, combined with the coronavirus outbreak, has drained morale within the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the country.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Barry Temkin and Mitchell S. Markarian | July 20, 2020
The SEC and U.S. Justice Department are investigating suspicious stock trades made by U.S. Senator Richard Burr in February 2020, which might have been based in part upon confidential information about the Coronavirus pandemic disclosed at closed-door congressional hearings, which if true, might violate the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge, or STOCK Act. The investigations may turn on whether Senator Burr's trades were based upon confidential government information, or publicly available news reports.
By Catherine Wilson | July 16, 2020
A Texas company operating in South Florida admitted sending 70,000 mailers billing new business owners $84 each for mandatory workplace labor law posters, which happen to be free.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack | July 16, 2020
In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack discuss cases that have begun to address whether "official act" is an element in a private honest services fraud prosecution.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 15, 2020
"Our practices have remained busy, even into the pandemic. So we've got a lot of matters still chugging along, but it's definitely been different kinds of work," James Garland, co-leader of Covington's white-collar practice, says.
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