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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
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  • 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

Treasury department revisits anti-money laundering rules for investment advisers

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 18 2011

In a long-awaited development, James H. Freis, Jr., Director of the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), announced at an anti-money laundering (“AML”) conference this week that FinCEN is “revisiting the topic of investment advisers” and drafting a rule proposal that would require certain investment advisers to establish and implement AML programs

Federal Government focuses on mortgage loan fraud

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 18 2008

The problems that began in the subprime mortgage market have expanded exponentially and caused large losses throughout the financial services industry

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009: Congress amends money laundering and criminal fraud statutes to expand their scope and penalties

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 27 2009

On May 20, 2009, the President signed into law the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA"

Civil False Claims Act: recent developments increase possibility of FCA claims against recipients of TARP funds and contractors retained by Treasury for TARP services

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 3 2009

A recent FraudMail Alert discussed congressional efforts to compel application of the civil False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. 3729, et seq., to recipients of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) and Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”) as authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

Civil False Claims Act: Senator Grassley urges DOJ, Treasury, and qui tam lawyers to use the FCA against financial institutions under Emergency Economic Stabilization programs

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 19 2008

In early October 2008, Congress authorized $700 billion in government funds for the purchase of distressed assets from financial institutions through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

2008 financial institution litigation update: banks face surge in securities litigation

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 19 2009

The ongoing turmoil in the financial markets has shaken the foundation of the banking world

FBAR filings - reminder and updates

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 20 2011

On Friday, June 17, 2011, FinCEN announced, in Notice 2011-2, a one-year extension, until June 30, 2012, of the FBAR filing date applicable to officers and employees of an SEC registered investment advisor who have signature or other authority over, but no financial interest in, a foreign financial account of a person that is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940

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