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Business Crimes Bulletin

Volume 19 - Number 6 | February 2012

February Issue in PDF Format


Side-Swiped by the False Claims Act
By Laurence A. Urgenson, Robert S. Ryland, H. Boyd Greene and Matthew C. Thuesen
An important consequence of recent "indirect" FCA case law is that vendors and subcontractors may now face strict liability if others rely on their documents and these are determined to be false.

What Private Equity Needs to Know About the FCPA
By Jonathan S. Feld, Scott A. Resnik and Elizabeth D. Langdale
In the past, private equity firms and hedge funds have not been subject to the rigorous regulatory scrutiny applied to publically traded companies under the FCPA. However, it appears that this trend may be changing.

The ‘New’ Willful Blindness Doctrine After Global-Tech
By Joseph F. Savage Jr. and David McCrary
In Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A., the Supreme Court expressly approved of the "willful blindness" tool for the first time. But in doing so, it framed the doctrine in a way that provided some much-needed limitations.

In the Courts
Recent high-profile cases of interest.

Business Crimes Hotline
Recent rulings of interest.