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DOJ Takes New Steps In Opioid Enforcement

Posted On Monday, March 19, 2018
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What Happened In the last few weeks, the Department of Justice has announced new initiatives in the fight against the opioid crisis. These initiatives included the creation of the...

DOJ Expands FCPA Declination Policy To Other Criminal Matters

Posted On Wednesday, March 14, 2018

What Happened The Department of Justice suggested last month that it will decline prosecution in corporate criminal matters in which the corporation engages in voluntarily disclosure. The...

No Downward Variance For Ex-Akin Gump Partner In DOJ Suit-Selling Case

Posted On Tuesday, March 13, 2018

What Happened? Jeffrey Wertkin, a former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner who previously had worked at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), received 30 months’ imprisonment for...

Elder Fraud Sweep By DOJ Targets More Than 250 Defendants

Posted On Thursday, March 8, 2018
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What Happened In a joint press release by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and representatives from the FBI, Postal Inspectors and Federal Trade Commission, it was announced that the largest...

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument About Fifth Amendment Rights At Pretrial Proceedings

Posted On Monday, February 26, 2018

What Happened On February 20 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in City of Hays v. Vogt, a case addressing whether the government’s introduction of a compelled statement at a...

New DOJ Policy Changes Impact FCA Enforcement

Posted On Tuesday, February 13, 2018

What Happened? The Department of Justice kicked off the year with a shift in its policy affecting the False Claims Act and other civil fraud enforcement. In two separate memoranda issued in...

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DOJ Takes New Steps In Opioid Enforcement

DOJ Expands FCPA Declination Policy To Other Criminal Matters

No Downward Variance For Ex-Akin Gump Partner In DOJ Suit-Selling Case

Elder Fraud Sweep By DOJ Targets More Than 250 Defendants

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument About Fifth Amendment Rights At Pretrial Proceedings

New DOJ Policy Changes Impact FCA Enforcement

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