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Restatements resurrected?: Accounting fraud by the numbers

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

Several months ago, I raised the question of why the large-scale accounting fraud cases of the type that had been so prevalent in the early 2000s

How hedge funds and private equity firms can manage Foreign Corrupt Practices Act risks

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have aggressively investigated and enforced both

SEC enforcement outlook for investment funds: focus on valuation, insider trading and other fraudulent practices

  • Kaye Scholer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2013

The SEC continues its enforcement efforts relating to hedge funds and private equity funds. In recent remarks, Bruce Karpati, Chief of the SEC

Private equity: blindsided by the FCPA - hedging against anti-corruption deal risk

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

Until a few years ago, private equity firms enjoyed relative insulation from regulatory scrutiny of overseas acquisitions and the operations of

You may get lucky by not discussing merger talks

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

Corporate officials, who did not disclose merger talks with a competitor, did not commit securities fraud. See Filing v. Phipps, 6th Cir., No

Breakdown of FCPA guidance

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 3 2012

On November 14, 2012, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released their much-anticipated FCPA guidance, entitled “A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”

New FCPA guidance highlights importance of effective compliance procedures

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 19 2012

On Nov. 14, 2012, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) jointly issued A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “Guide”

Corporate buyers beware: FCPA successor liability a growing threat

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

The threat of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act successor liability is a growing concern for U.S. buyers in cross-border deals

BofA resolves Merrill-related suit for $2.43 billion

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 31 2012

Earlier this month, Bank of America (BofA) announced a $2.43 billion settlement of a securities lawsuit related to alleged misleading statements arising out of its 2008 acquisition of Merrill Lynch

FCPA liability in M&A: lessons from Pfizer settlements

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 11 2012

On Aug. 7, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an enforcement action against Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation (Pfizer HCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced related enforcement actions against Pfizer and Wyeth LLC, another wholly owned Pfizer subsidiary

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