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Ethics and the New Compliance Ethos
September 29, 2010
All who are involved with compliance programs as advisers and counselors must take heed of recent developments at the U.S. Sentencing Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Calling Witnesses Who Plan to Take the Fifth in Congress
September 29, 2010
Federal appellate courts have repeatedly made clear that it is not improper for a prosecutor to call and examine a witness in the grand jury knowing that the witness likely will decline to answer the questions based on the privilege against self-incrimination.
Deploying Countermeasures to the SEC's Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Awards
September 29, 2010
Section 922 of Dodd-Frank created awards of 10%-30% of monetary sanctions for whistleblowers who report to the SEC original information leading to securities law enforcement actions that recover more than $1 million. Here are 10 actions organizations might take to help mitigate the increased regulatory risk this change may create.
Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Under the Obama Administration
August 28, 2010
Judging by the numbers, the Obama DOJ has been as active, or at least as successful, in criminal antitrust enforcement as candidate Obama promised. Criminal antitrust fines in 2009 exceeded $1 billion...
Criminal Prosecution Under New York State's Martin Act
August 28, 2010
In the decades following the Great Depression, the Martin Act became a powerful tool for civil protection against fraud. By the early 1990s, the Martin Act was regularly employed against larger institutions as well as smaller fraudulent schemes.
Expanded Criminal Enforcement in the Financial-Services Industry
August 28, 2010
Since the economic meltdown began in 2008, the media have waged a relentless attack on the financial industry as the greedy culprit. "So where are all the prosecutions that we were promised?" the white-collar bar has wondered.
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- Inferring Dishonesty: The Fifth Amendment and Fidelity CoverageDishonest employees always have posed a problem for businesses. The average business may lose 6% of its annual revenues to employee fraud, and cumulatively the impact of employee theft on the economy is estimated to be $600 billion annually. <i>See</i> Association of Certified Fraud Examiners ("ACFE"), 2002 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud & Abuse, at ii, 4 (2002), available at <i>www.cfenet.com/publications/rttn.asp.</i> Although the average loss through employee embezzlement is $25,000, where computerized financial records or transactions are involved, the average loss increases nearly twentyfold. <i>See</i> National White Collar Crime Center, <i>WCC Issue: Embezzlement/Employee Theft,</i> at 2 (2002), available at <i>http://nw3c.org/downloads/Computer_Crime_Weapon.pdf.</i>Read More ›
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