By Sue Reisinger | April 21, 2017
Former deputy U.S. attorney general Larry Thompson was named independent corporate monitor overseeing compliance reforms at Volkswagen AG for the next three years by the U.S. government on Friday.
By Sue Reisinger | April 20, 2017
Christopher Keays, a native of Scotland, was 27 years old and fresh out of the maritime academy in the summer of 2013 when he got "the chance of a lifetime" to work on a ship, as a junior engineer with the Caribbean Princess. Today he is a millionaire. A federal judge in Miami awarded Keays $1 million Wednesday for blowing the whistle on the Princess Cruise Lines' illegal dumping of oily waste into the ocean.
By Legal Week | April 19, 2017
SFO's joint head of bribery and corruption, Ben Morgan, to join Freshfields as a partner
By Andrew Denney | April 19, 2017
A joint trial of ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli and Evan Greebel, his co-defendant in a fraud case and his former lawyer, would present a "serious risk" that Shkreli would not receive a fair trial, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 19, 2017
The two firms claim they are being targeted because the real fraudster is broke and owes millions of dollars.
By Tony Mauro | April 18, 2017
A case argued Tuesday considers whether the use of "disgorgement" by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be considered a penalty subject to a five-year statute of limitations.
By Sue Reisinger | April 14, 2017
Although the U.S. Justice Department's FCPA pilot program has publicly declined prosecution in five cases based on similar criteria, the outcomes were varied. Here at a glance are the results of the five cases resolved under the program so far.
By Sue Reisinger | April 14, 2017
Weighing the risks of self-reporting a bribery violation, or hiding it, has always been a thorny issue for companies. That's the dilemma at the heart of the U.S. Justice Department's pilot program for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Justice Department is mulling whether to continue the pilot program or to modify it. Most lawyers who have participated in the program said it should be continued, but with more clarity for companies.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 13, 2017
A federal judge said the case must be resolved quickly since Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams is still running the office despite a suspended license and felony charges.
By Brian Baxter | April 9, 2017
He was not quite Whitey Bulger, but federal prosecutors in Boston announced Friday the arrest in Florida of Scott Wolas, a disbarred lawyer accused of perpetrating a $1.5 million real estate investment fraud in Massachusetts. Wolas, booted from Hunton & Williams in 1995, has been on the run for two decades.
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