Is the Goldman Sachs suit the tip of the iceberg? I can be rest assured that the next time the DOJ wants to read my Yahoo email, it will have a warrant. This e-discovery article has been getting a lot of play all over the interwebs. How big is Twitter really? Will Duke University be [...]
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Tag Archive: FCPA
The surge in foreign language document review projects
From The Posse List: As we have indicated in numerous posts over the last year, foreign language document reviews have dominated the U.S. contract attorney market due to the continuing increase in FCPA cases and IP litigation. It has provided a stream of work from firms such as Baker & McKenzie and Kirkland & Ellis which have [...]
Lazy Sunday Links 3.14.10: “Dude, Where’s My Hour?”, Edition
“if the second-largest city in America could make a commitment to a so-called cloud computing solution, why couldn’t everyone else?” FCPA: “The Justice Department brought a record 26 actions in 2009; the Securities and Exchange Commission brought another 14, its second-most ever. The DoJ’s cases included prosecutions of 44 individuals—a huge surge from just nine [...]
To All the Corrupt Corporations of the World, A Heartfelt Thanks
Good news for attorneys, especially those with foreign language backgrounds. It seems that FCPA enforcement is not slowing down one bit. From George J. Terwilliger, III, Darryl S. Lew, Daniel Levin and G. William Currier of White & Case LLP: On the heels of the US Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) massive sting operation, which resulted [...]
DOJ & FBI Making Sure FCPA Violators Are SOL
Here are two great stories that signify an encouraging trend for anyone working in complex FCPA litigation and e-discovery. First, from Robert Trigaux of the St. Petersburg Times: John Benson Wier III, 46 and president of St. Petersburg’s SRT Supply, was in Las Vegas this week hawking military equipment from Booth 26506 at the 2010 [...]
FCPA: Devicemakers Dastardly Deeds to be Discovered
Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to read the rest of this post, but I wanted to go ahead and post the teaser blurb> From FDANews.com: Devicemakers may face an increase in indictments as the Justice Department zeroes in on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. Justice’s FCPA and healthcare fraud units are beginning to work [...]
FCPA/Pharma: Another Article on DOJ Enforcement, Same Sad Conclusion for Pharmaceuticals
R. Christopher Cook and Stephanie Connor Jones Day provide some more insight into an article I had posted about earlier regarding the DOJ’s renewed interest in going after pharmaceuticals fro FCPA violations. Note you do have to register to get this article, but it takes less than two minutes, and they very rarely spam your email [...]
FCPA: Pharmaceutical Executives Soon to be Taking Anti-Depressants
From the Blog of the Legal Times: The Justice Department is planning to focus more criminal enforcement against the pharmaceutical industry’s interaction with foreign officials, the head of the department’s Criminal Division warned today. Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, addressing the 10th Annual Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, said the application of [...]