On September 3, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an order ruling that, under certain circumstances, the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act—w...
On August 6, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) published new guidance on the steps companies should take in order to receive cooperation credit in the SFO’s chargi...
In a speech on July 11, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that, for the first time, DOJ will con...
Earlier this month, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton issued a statement announcing a change in the SEC’s waiver application process that will streamline the SEC settlement process. The Commissi...
Today, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc., No. 15-17352 (9th Cir. Mar. 8, 2017), deciding that Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation provision “sho...
The Tenth and D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeal have come to opposite conclusions in response to constitutional challenges to the Securities Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s”) appoin...
In late December 2016, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”), the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA?...
On Wednesday, December 21, 2016, Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht S.A. and its affiliate Braskem S.A. pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District...
The SEC issued two orders concerning violations of Exchange Act Rule 21F-17 this week. On December 19, the Commission issued an order concerning NeuStar Inc., a technology company based ...
To be guilty of insider trading, a tipper of inside information must receive a “personal benefit” in exchange for his tips. On December 6, 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously held in ...
