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Implications of the SEC's first-ever FCPA-related non-prosecution agreement with Ralph Lauren Corp.

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

The SEC announced yesterday (April 22) that it entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement ("NPA") with Ralph Lauren Corp. ("Ralph Lauren") in

Justice Department brandishes rarely used weaponFIRREAin full-scale assault on S&P, and California joins the battle with separate state False Claims Act complaint

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

The Justice Department's February 4, 2013 lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P"), a subsidiary of

Accidental tipping: the wrong kind of holiday present for family and friends

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2012

With the holidays underway, and as celebrations with family and friends are filling the calendar, we take this opportunity to wish you a happy holiday season and to encourage you to talk about something other than nonpublic work news during your festivities

Implications of the LondonShaw insider trading case for public companies and external auditors

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The announcement of civil and criminal insider trading charges earlier this month against Scott London, a senior audit partner at a major accounting

FSA insider dealing enforcement intensifies through transatlantic cooperation and criminal prosecutions

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2010

The recent global financial crisis has led to an increased emphasis on cross-border regulatory enforcement

Search warrants for business premises: a practical guide for preparation

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 29 2010

In connection with a high-profile insider trading investigation, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation utilized search warrants to raid the offices of three hedge funds on November 22

False Claims Act: Fifth Circuit allows former federal government employees to bring a qui tam suit

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2012

One of most serious policy issues in qui tam enforcement under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) is the possibility that federal employees may use information obtained in the course of their government employment to enrich themselves by filing qui tam cases

SEC disclosure obligations of certain activities associated with Iran

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • October 26 2012

The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “Act”) significantly expandedin some cases dramaticallysanctions against persons who deal with Iran and strengthened existing sanctions tied to the current Syrian government’s continued human rights abuses against its people

SEC announces first whistleblower award

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 23 2012

There is now objective proof that, for whistleblowers seeking substantial bounties for reporting alleged corporate fraud, the False Claims Act is not the only game in town

Civil False Claims Act: Supreme Court to determine time for appeal in unintervened qui tam cases

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 17 2009

The Supreme Court today agreed to resolve a circuit conflict and determine whether a party has 30 or 60 days to file an appeal of a False Claims Act case to the court of appeals from a district court decision