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Corporate ESG Integration Not Optional

Alexandra Poe & Bryan Sillaman

Corporate ESG (environmental, social and governance) integration is becoming less optional every day, driven by increasing regulation, investor demand and the recent embrace of stakeholder capitalism.

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Congress Leaves SEC Subject to Litigation Over Disgorgement

Sarah Aberg & Chris Bosch

Buried in the massive National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is §6501, a provision authorizing the SEC to seek disgorgement of unjust enrichment within 10 years for certain securities law violations, and five years for others.

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Criminal Liability of Executives and In-House Attorneys for Corporate Actions

Joseph G. Poluka & David J. Oberly

Data breaches, while frequent in number and severity, remain big news events today. Even more newsworthy is when a corporate in-house attorney is criminally prosecuted in connection with his role in responding to a data breach event.

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Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Update

Kyle R. Freeny & Benjamin G. Greenberg

Over the last decade or so, anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), and sanctions compliance have been the subject of increased enforcement efforts. We expect this trend to accelerate in 2021 and beyond, propelled at least in part by the recent enactment of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020.

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Telehealth Enforcement: Is It the Next Big Thing?

Ty E. Howard, Scarlett S. Nokes, Gene R. Besen & Jason P. Mehta

With the Biden administration and a DOJ led by Merrick Garland, predictions have begun about future trends in government enforcement. Two pieces of conventional wisdom emerge: First, the focus will shift to more white-collar crime enforcement actions. And second, the healthcare industry will continue to be a major focus for investigators and prosecutors.

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Congress Expands SEC Powers Just In Time for New Administration

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

Wall Street has greeted Gary Gensler's nomination as Chair of the SEC with some trepidation, perhaps with good reason. Congress, by contrast, may have presented him with a powerful signing bonus.

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Global Increase of FCPA Bribery Cases Raises Specter of Piling On

Sozi Pedro Tulante & Joshua Drew

The increasing number of regulators and enforcement agencies bringing foreign bribery cases across the globe raises the specter of successive or "carbon copy" cases. Policymakers and practitioners need to be aware of this developing risk and take steps to mitigate it.

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Does Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege Extend to Company Executive?

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan S. Sack

The question of when does company counsel also represent a company executive often comes up in white-collar issue investigations.

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Best Practices for Virtual Internal Investigations

Peter W. Baldwin, Daniel E. Pulliam, Elizabeth B. Boggia & Sophie H. Gotlieb

In order to ensure that remote internal investigations are probative and effective, companies and their outside counsel should employ a few simple and practical practices.

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Considerations When Entering Into a Tolling Agreement

Evan T. Barr & Christopher H. Bell

Defense counsel in complex white-collar investigations are often asked to waive these important protections by entering into tolling agreements, stopping the clock on the statute of limitations at issue. Whether such an agreement is actually in a target or subject's best interest presents a difficult question, and COVID-19 has impacted the calculus.

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