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Decision Alert: Supreme Court Unanimously Expands Scope Of Wire Fraud

If you get what you paid for, can you still cry fraud? The Supreme Court answered that question in Kousisis v. United States, unanimously holding that the federal wire fraud statute...

United States Criminal

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Dykema

Podcast - The Seeds Of Corruption

The Trial Lawyer's Handbook: A Courtroom Preparation Podcast Series...

United States Criminal

HK

Holland & Knight

QuickHits: DOJ's FCPA Shift And Impacts On U.S.-China Operations

This brief newsletter covers recent cases, legal developments, and key questions affecting the evolving U.S.-China relationship and related business and legal environments.

Worldwide Criminal

DW

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Three Banks Targeted By FinCEN In FEND Off Fentanyl Act Actions: What To Know

On June 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first orders under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, targeting three Mexican financial institutions: CIBanco S.A. (CIBanco), Intercam Banco S.A. (Intercam), and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (Vector), for their alleged roles in the laundering of proceeds associated with illicit opioid manufacturing and trafficking, including of fentanyl (the FinCEN Orders).

United States Criminal

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Lowenstein Sandler

The Ninth Circuit Clarifies The Viability Of Section 12(a)(2) Misstatement Claims Under Omnicare

United States Criminal

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Duane Morris LLP

DOJ Resumes FCPA Enforcement With New Guidelines

United States Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Justice Department Memo Sets Guidelines For Enforcement Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

United States Criminal

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Duane Morris LLP

The Bank Account Switch Scam: What To Do Before And After It Happens To You

United States Criminal

HS

Harris Sliwoski

DOJ's Approach To White Collar Enforcement: Target Those Who Harm U.S. Interests While Minimizing Collateral Damage

United States Criminal

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Wiley Rein

DOJ Issues New FCPA Enforcement Guidelines

United States Criminal

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Nossaman LLP

DOJ's New FCPA Investigations And Enforcement Guidelines: How Organizations Need To Respond

United States Criminal

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Bracewell

Webinar Recording: DOJ Enforcement In The Trump Administration: Priorities, Shifts, And Legal Impacts (Video)

United States Criminal

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Mintz

Fastest 5 Minutes: FCPA Developments (Podcast)

United States Criminal

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

Forensic Analysis In Fraud Detection

United States Criminal

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IR Global

June 2025 Newsletter

Worldwide International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Discovery Special Masters And Referees: A View From Both Sides

United States Litigation

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JAMS

2025 Trade Policy Agenda Provides Rationale For Trump Tariff Actions

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

President Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

I Attended Liberation Day And All I Got Was These Lousy Tariffs. Is This Liberation? Liberation Day Hangover

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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Decision Alert: Supreme Court Unanimously Expands Scope Of Wire Fraud

If you get what you paid for, can you still cry fraud? The Supreme Court answered that question in Kousisis v. United States, unanimously holding that the federal wire fraud statute...

United States Criminal

D

Dykema

DOJ Cracks Down On Trade And Tariff Fraud: Importers Face Criminal Enforcement

In a major development that should send shockwaves through the importing community, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has placed trade and customs fraud squarely in its prosecutorial crosshairs.

United States International

HS

Harris Sliwoski

State AG News: Public Broadcasting, Debt Relief, Fraud June 19-25, 2025

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken.

United States Government

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

Podcast - The Seeds Of Corruption

United States Criminal

HK

Holland & Knight

US Launches Unit To Target DEI Policies At Colleges With Civil Fraud Probes

United States Government

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Steptoe LLP

Colorado's New Registered Agent Requirements Takes Effect July 1, 2025: What Your Business Needs To Know

United States Commercial

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Clark Hill

QuickHits: DOJ's FCPA Shift And Impacts On U.S.-China Operations

Worldwide Criminal

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

White Collar FLSA Exemption Threshold Takes Effect July 1

United States Employment

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Honigman

FinCEN Designates Three Mexican Financial Institutions Under New Section 311 Authority: First Use Of Expanded Powers Under FEND Off Fentanyl Act Prohibits All Funds Transmittals To Named Entities

United States Government

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Mayer Brown

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Corporate Crime

DOJ Criminal Division Announces Priority Enforcement Areas And Publishes Revised Enforcement Guidance

On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice Criminal Division announced significant changes to its corporate white-collar criminal enforcement priorities.

United States Criminal

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Jones Day

DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 3): New Reasons For Companies To Self-Disclose Criminal Conduct

On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP). (See Part 1 and Part 2 of this series for more information.)

United States Criminal

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Foley & Lardner

DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 2): Department Of Justice Updates Its Corporate Criminal Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division launched a three-year Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the "Pilot Program").

United States Criminal

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Foley & Lardner

DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 1): DOJ's New White Collar Crime Enforcement Plan

United States Criminal

FL

Foley & Lardner

The Department Of Justice Announces New Corporate Enforcement Policies And Priorities

United States Criminal

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

UK, French, And Swiss Enforcement Authorities Announce New Alliance

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

JONES DAY TALKS®: Corporate Fraud Investigations In 2025: Lessons, Trends, And Need-To-Knows (Podcast)

United States Criminal

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Jones Day

President Trump And Attorney General Bondi Announce Significant Shift In FCPA And Other Corporate Enforcement Priorities

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

U.S. Attorney General Shifts Focus From White Collar Crime Toward Fighting Transnational Criminal Organizations And Cartels

United States Criminal

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Crowell & Moring LLP

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Terrorism & National Security

United States Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That Only Natural Persons - Not Organizations - Can Be Liable Under Torture Victim Protection Act

On April 18, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, holding that only natural persons can be held liable under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA or Act).

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

World Trade Centre Default Judgment - But enforcement may be difficult

The US Federal Judge filed a controversial default judgment for terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York.

United States Government

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Barry Nilsson

New E-Verify Rules for Florida and Rhode Island; Federal Action Also Likely

In the vacuum created by the absence of comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level, many states and local governments are enacting their own patchwork quilt of laws and regulations mandating the use of E-Verify by certain employers.

United States Immigration

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Morgan Lewis

The Butterfly Effect: Outsourcing, the USA PATRIOT Act and OFAC

United States Employment

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Immigration Insights (November 2010)

United States Immigration

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Dinsmore & Shohl

October 13, 2010 issue - Immigration News

United States Immigration

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Fakhoury Global Immigration

DHS to Institute Fee for Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) for Visa Waiver Program

United States Immigration

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Morgan Lewis

The United States Blocks on National Security Grounds a Chinese Investment in a US Telecommunications and Solar Technology Firm

United States International

MB

Mayer Brown

Understanding the Jones Act and the Use of Foreign Skimmers to Respond to the "Deepwater Horizon" Incident

United States Transport

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Blank Rome LLP

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Crime

Podcast - The Seeds Of Corruption

The Trial Lawyer's Handbook: A Courtroom Preparation Podcast Series...

United States Criminal

HK

Holland & Knight

Judge Holds That ICE Workplace Warrants Must Comply With The Fourth Amendment

Given the Trump administration's continued emphasis on immigration enforcement, it is critical that employers understand their rights during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement action.

United States Immigration

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Steptoe LLP

US Supreme Court's Esteras Ruling On Factoring "Retribution" Into Supervised Release Decisions Will Likely Have Limited Practical Impact

The Supreme Court's decision in Esteras v. United States limits the factors that can be considered when sentencing individuals for supervised release violations, specifically prohibiting the use of "retributive" factors.

United States Litigation

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Perkins Coie LLP

DOJ Targets Trade Fraud: Importers Now On Notice As Criminal Division Ramps Up Enforcement

United States International

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Diaz Trade Law

What The New Executive Order On "Fighting Overcriminalization In Federal Regulations" Means For Environmental Criminal Enforcement

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

In Benchmark Product Safety Case, Corporate Executives Sentenced To Prison For Late Reporting Under Section 15

United States Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

How A Criminal Record Affects Immigration Status

United States Immigration

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Siri & Glimstad LLP

DOJ Adopts Risk-Based Approach In FCPA & White-Collar Enforcement Policy Shift

United States Criminal

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Proskauer Rose LLP

What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Mitigating Risks Posed By The New Trump Administration Focus On Drug Cartels And TCOs

United States Criminal

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Foley & Lardner

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Latest Videos

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Webinar Recording: DOJ Enforcement In The Trump Administration: Priorities, Shifts, And Legal Impacts (Video)

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Mintz

The Ever-Changing SEC Regulatory Environment (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

The DOJ Asks For Everything Everywhere All At Once: New Corporate Enforcement Policies Promise A Hollywood Ending, But Will They Deliver One? (Video)

BI

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Luke Cass, Michael Clark Discuss "Corporate Enforcement Under The Biden Administration" (Video)

WB

Womble Bond Dickinson

Criminal Spoofing And Manipulation Enforcement (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

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