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Navigating the Complexities of Internal Investigations In the Current Climate Image

Navigating the Complexities of Internal Investigations In the Current Climate

Carrie Cohen, Brian Michael & Christine Wong

Today, internal investigations have taken on added complexity given the government's current emphasis on voluntary disclosures, the increased vigor of social justice movements, the 24/7 news cycle, and other heightened risks that often require companies to respond quickly to an unexpected event or potential crisis. To help companies navigate these complexities and best address such situations, the following strategies should be considered.

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The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later

Jolie Apicella

The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.

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Lack of Transparency In SEC Settlement Penalty Calculations May Frustrate Self-reporting Image

Lack of Transparency In SEC Settlement Penalty Calculations May Frustrate Self-reporting

Michael J. Osnato Jr., Meaghan Kelly & Stephanie Hon

SEC settlements often lack explanation as to how the civil monetary penalties were calculated per the statutory framework or why such penalties were appropriate under the circumstances. This lack of transparency tends to create market confusion and may frustrate certain behavior the SEC seeks to encourage, namely self-reporting.

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Business Crimes Bulletin Is Going Digital Only. Here's What You Need to Know. Image

Business Crimes Bulletin Is Going Digital Only. Here's What You Need to Know.

Steve Salkin

The final print edition of Business Crimes Bulletin will be our January issue.

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Leveraging Data and Deal Terms to Meet the Demands of the DOJ's New M&A Safe Harbor Image

Leveraging Data and Deal Terms to Meet the Demands of the DOJ's New M&A Safe Harbor

Patrick T. Campbell, Jonathan B. New, James A. Sherer, & Lauren E. Sternbach

This article describes the DOJ's new M&A safe harbor policy and also provides practical insights on how companies engaged in M&A can meet the DOJ's expectations.

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AI Is Attracting Antitrust Regulatory Scrutiny

Gretchen L. Jankowski & Abigail L. Cessna

While some jurisdictions are enacting or proposing AI-specific regulation, many existing regulatory frameworks apply to new technologies, including antitrust. Companies may experience different potential antitrust risks depending on the type of AI technology and their use of that technology.

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Are Law Firms Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act?

Ross Aronowitz

With the beginning of a new year around the corner and the introduction of new compliance obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), many law firms are scrambling to determine how they will assist clients who may be subject to these additional regulations.

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The White House's AI Executive Order Has Teeth, But Does It Bite? Image

The White House's AI Executive Order Has Teeth, But Does It Bite?

Cat Casey

Packing more tricks and treats than a suburban soccer mom, this sweeping order was ambitious, to say the least, artfully seeking to thread the needle and balance fear and desire when it comes to the AI renaissance sweeping the globe. And yet, hidden within the body of the order lay something that might make this sweeping and ambitious order flop.

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EU's New Foreign Subsidies Regulation Creates Risk for Foreign Companies Image

EU's New Foreign Subsidies Regulation Creates Risk for Foreign Companies

Linda A. Thompson

Now, large companies doing business in the EU must report any financial contribution received from a government in a non-EU country in the last three years.

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Enhanced Oversight of Search Warrants and Title III Wiretaps

Harry Sandick, Bonnie Robinson & Thomas Kicak

Search warrants and wiretaps were once used primarily to investigate organized crime, drug dealing and terrorism. In recent years, however, prosecutors have employed these tools increasingly in the context of white-collar crime to the point where it is now commonplace.

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