Potential Ramifications of SEC Disgorgement Being a Penalty
Part Two of a Two-Part Article
The Kokesh decision raises potential consequences that move beyond the realm of SEC enforcement. They are discussed in depth in this article.
What Can We Tell So Far?
How can companies plan for enforcement under the Trump administration? Here are five areas of compliance to consider.
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the long-awaited issue of whether corporations can be liable under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), enacted by the First Congress more than 225 years ago.
A look at a case in which the first trader charged and convicted under Dodd-Frank's anti-"spoofing" provision lost his appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Analysis of a case in which a German national admitted to taking part in a 2001 to 2004 scheme to pay roughly $3 million in bribes to Haitian officials in return for favorable treatment from Teleco, a state-owned telecommunications company.
The Supreme Court as a whole appears aligned and motivated to review critically federal and state asset forfeiture procedures. In addition, Attorney General Sessions last month restored the federal forfeiture of property seized by state and local law enforcement ("federal adoptions"), but with certain additional safeguards.
A look at a recent case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled to narrow the scope of criminal asset forfeiture.
Analysis of a case involving Social Security disability fraud.
Analysis of a case in which a jury in New York convicted the former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, Mahmoud Thiam, on one count of transacting in criminally derived property and one count of money laundering in the amount of $8.5 million.
Analysis of a case in which a jury in New York convicted the former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, Mahmoud Thiam, on one count of transacting in criminally derived property and one count of money laundering in the amount of $8.5 million.
