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Swiss Bank Pays for Helping U.S. Clients Evade Taxes
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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3M Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit over Defective Military Earplugs
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Business Executive Arrested and Charged with Bribing Venezuelan Officials
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Protecting Privilege Before and After a Cyber Breach
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
<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
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
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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Caris Healthcare Settles False Claim Act Lawsuit for Hospice Fraud
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Balancing Fourth Amendment Expectations in the Electronic Era
As rapid technological changes in the 21st century continue to expand the types and volume of private electronic information, the Fourth Amendment's privacy protections are evolving. The critical question in Fourth Amendment cases is whether a person has a “reasonable expectation of privacy in the information or event.”
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