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In the Courts

Colleen Snow

Second Circuit Issues Ruling Against DOJ in <i>United States v. Hoskins</i> Appeal

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Coordination or Duplication? DOJ Adopts New Policy to Prevent 'Piling On' of Corporate Penalties

Jonathan B. New & Victoria L. Stork

In May 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to address a growing problem in white-collar criminal and civil enforcement. With increased…

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Hidden 'Time' Bombs in White-Collar Criminal Matters

Robert J. Anello & Justin Roller

<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>What was once perceived as a straightforward limitation on the government's significant enforcement powers has become obscured by statutes and court interpretations that tend to elongate the period for the government to act in ways that often are not transparent to even experienced criminal practitioners.

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Swiss Bank Pays for Helping U.S. Clients Evade Taxes

Sue Reisinger

Here's a sure way to lose half your cooperation credit in a federal investigation: Let your in-house counsel advise employees not to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Colleen Snow

3M Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit over Defective Military Earplugs

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Colleen Snow

Business Executive Arrested and Charged with Bribing Venezuelan Officials

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Protecting Privilege Before and After a Cyber Breach

Robert W. Anderson & Eric B. Levine

Critical to any counsel working to prevent a cyber attack or respond to a successful cyber intrusion is an understanding of why and how to properly utilize both attorney-client and work-product privilege.

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Losing the Ability to Conduct Business, Period

William Jacobson & Lauren Muldoon

<i><b>The Potential Impact of Multilateral Development Bank Sanctions</i></b><p>What could be worse than a several-hundred-million dollar Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fine hitting your company? How about not being allowed to even compete for many of your most important contracts for a period of several years.

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Pitching Your Cybersecurity Case to Law Enforcement Agencies

Steven A. Cash & Naju R. Lathia

This article focuses on the unique issues that arise in a specific but increasingly common scenario: when your client is the victim of a cybercrime.

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What the C-Suite Needs to Know About FCPA Prosecutions

C. Ryan Barber

In 2017, the Justice Department charged 20 people with FCPA violations — the second-highest single-year total since the law's passage in 1977, according to a new study by Arent Fox.

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