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Private contractors among those charged in Pennsylvania turnpike procurement scandal

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

A recent grand jury report out of Pennsylvania details evidence of "rampant" corruption in connection with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's

Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner farmer and seven others charged with violating Kentucky ethics laws; farmer indicted by federal grand jury

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

Richard "Richie" Farmer, the former Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture from 2004 to 2011, has been charged with 42 counts of violating state ethics

Birdsall Services Group executives indicted in large-scale pay-to-play scandal in New Jersey

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

On March 26, Howard Birdsall, the former CEO of Birdsall Services Group, and six other Birdsall Services Group executives were indicted on conspiracy

OFAC blocking guidance requires new due diligence

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2008

On February 14, 2008, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance regarding blocked property that effectively created a new, second tier of specially designated persons with whom U.S. persons may not do business

Additional sanctions targeting Iran and financial institutions engaged with Iran - Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • January 11 2012

On December 31, 2011, the President signed into law H.R. 1540, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2102" (NDAA or the Act

District Court holds interrelated wrongful acts provision precludes coverage

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2007

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, applying New Jersey law, has held that (1) coverage for fraudulent conveyance actions brought against the insureds was not available under a claims-made D&O Liability Policy's interrelated wrongful acts provisions; and (2) the insurer was not obligated to provide coverage under a previous, insolvent insurer's policy, even though the insurer had purchased the assets and renewal rights to the insolvent insurer's D&O book of business and agreed to reinsure the insolvent insurer for specifically defined risks

Criminal prosecution based on deemed exports to a foreign national

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2008

A private researcher recently pled guilty to conspiring with his company and a university professor to violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), by providing controlled technical data to a Chinese graduate student at the University of Tennessee

OFAC publishes Final Enforcement Guidelines

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 11 2009

On November 9, 2009, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published the final rule “Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines,” (Final Guidelines) establishing OFAC’s preference for retaining its own administrative flexibility rather than providing greater insight into OFAC’s enforcement deliberation process

Delaware Supreme Court holds that prior acts and prior notice exclusions each bar coverage for criminal proceeding defense costs

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2010

The Delaware Supreme Court, applying Delaware law, has held that both prior acts and prior notice exclusions "definitively bar" a corporation's claim for coverage for the defense costs incurred by its former directors and officers in a criminal proceeding

FinCEN issues new proposed rule expanding scope of information sharing requirements for financial institutions

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2009

On November 16, 2009, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a proposed rule that would expand the scope of information sharing provisions between financial institutions, FinCEN, foreign governments and certain local and state law enforcement authorities

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