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USA - February 23 2012
The Department of Justice, the federal courts, and the criminal defense bar have developed a set of guidelines that appears to be a major step towards uniform treatment of e-discovery in federal criminal investigations and federal criminal trials.
USA - September 22 2011
Affirming that issues concerning electronically stored information (ESI) are confined neither to civil matters nor private-party litigants, a federal district court this month ordered prosecutors to reproduce discovery in a reasonably useful format, mirroring the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
USA - April 25 2011
On April 21, 2011, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the formation of an Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to focus specifically on the detection of fraud in the energy markets.
USA - June 22 2010
The President recently signed into law a ten-year extension of the provisions of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Extension Act (ACPERA) that detreble what would otherwise be treble damage liability for certain cooperating parties in civil antitrust actions.
USA - June 22 2009
Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts on Form TD F 90-22.1 (FBAR) for financial accounts held during the 2008 calendar year are due next Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
