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Developments in Federal Whistleblowing Programs: What Compliance Officers Need to Know

Jonathan B. New, Patrick T. Campbell & Lauren Lyster

This article examines recent developments and trends concerning federal whistleblower programs that compliance officers need to know and provides best practices recommendations for ensuring that your company maintains a robust whistleblower and anti-retaliation program in light of increased whistleblower activity.

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Cross-Border Insolvency In Brazil: The UNCITRAL Model Law Dances to A Samba Beat Image

Cross-Border Insolvency In Brazil: The UNCITRAL Model Law Dances to A Samba Beat

Nyana Abreu Miller & Raul Torrao

After years of debate, Brazil recently enacted legislation amending its bankruptcy statute and modernizing the Brazilian insolvency system.

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OFAC Asks Non-U.S. Persons to Advance U.S. Foreign Policy

Harry Sandick & Gautam Rao

In recent years, U.S. prosecutors and regulators have shown increasing interest in prosecuting people and entities with little or no connection to the United States. This trend has been especially pronounced in the context of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and has also extended beyond the FCPA to the prosecution of white-collar crime more generally.

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The CAA's Impact on Health and Welfare Plans

Lawrence L. Bell

In addition to funding the government and further COVID-19 relief, the recently signed Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) included significant provisions impacting health benefit coverage.

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Government Policies Could Be Concern for Commercial Real Estate Lenders

Leslie Shaver

Significant concerns aren't necessarily issues caused by real estate lending, borrowing or underwriting. They're caused by government policy.

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Negotiating with Small Office Tenants on Pandemic Issues

Erika Morphy

Small businesses make up the backbone of the commercial office sector. Until recently, by virtue of their small size, they had little sway with landlords when it came to renegotiating or negotiating a lease. Then the pandemic happened.

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Scared of Your Clients' Involvement With Cryptocurrency?

Ross Benson & Robert N. Driscoll

Given the rapid expansion of interest and participation in cryptocurrency transactions, it's not a matter of whether you have an interest in crypto, think it's all a bizarre techno-bubble, the eventual replacement for fiat currency, or somewhere in between. The fact of the matter is your clients, and future clients, are more likely than ever to have a connection to this market, and a brief review of the headlines can make this prospect seem terrifying.

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Telehealth: The Wave of the Future for Both Medicine and Enforcement

Jacqueline C. Wolff & Michael Herrmann

The prevalent view is that telehealth will remain an integral part of our healthcare system post-PHE and may even continue to expand. And that means criminal and civil enforcement focused on fraud committed using, or furthered by the use of, telehealth will be expanding as well, particularly when one looks at the dollars that a regulator can bring in for fraud or noncompliance.

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Corporate ESG Integration Not Optional

Alexandra Poe & Bryan Sillaman

Corporate ESG (environmental, social and governance) integration is becoming less optional every day, driven by increasing regulation, investor demand and the recent embrace of stakeholder capitalism.

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California Privacy Protection Agency Roster Set

Mike Scarcella

California named five members to the inaugural board of the California Privacy Protection Agency, a new entity created by voters in 2020 that will enforce the state's sweeping consumer privacy laws.

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