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New Mandatory Disclosure Rule
June 30, 2009
Since Dec. 12, 2008, the ability of company counsel to make independent judgments and to advocate on behalf of their clients has been co-opted. That was the effective date of an amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which covers almost anyone who contracts to provide products or services to the federal government.
FERA Expands Enforcement Options
June 30, 2009
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA), enacted in May, was easy to miss. Yet this small piece of legislation makes a number of significant changes to the federal money laundering and criminal fraud statutes ' changes about which lawyers who represent clients accused of white-collar crimes will want to be aware.
In the Courts
May 26, 2009
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Business Crimes Hotline
May 26, 2009
Recent rulings across the country.
Look, But Don't Log In
May 26, 2009
A computer forensic analysis reveals that the employee has accessed his personal Web-based e-mail account from his company computer and that his log-in information (username and password) has been recovered from the computer's memory. Can you log in to the account and read his personal e-mail?
Coming to the States?
May 26, 2009
The long arm of U.S. jurisdiction generates a number of worries for counsel advising foreign businesses and executives who may be "of interest" to authorities here. One such worry is the status of foreign nationals entering the United States on business during the course of a criminal or civil investigation.
How to Use and Not Lose Experts in Criminal Cases
May 26, 2009
Rare is the white-collar case today where an expert witness does not play a powerful role. But the vagueness in expert disclosure rules in criminal cases can lead unwary defense counsel to forfeit an expert entirely.
In the Courts
April 24, 2009
Analysis of recent high-profile cases.
Business Crimes Hotline
April 24, 2009
Recent national cases of interest.
Off-Label Promotion of Drugs and Medical Devices
April 24, 2009
A spate of billion- and hundred-million-dollar settlements with the Department of Justice (DOJ) illustrates how the investigation of off-label promotions of drugs and devices has emerged as a predominant theory in pharmaceutical and medical-device prosecutions.

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