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Anti-Corruption
Supreme Court Declines to Review 3rd Circuit Ruling; Crime-Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege Decision Persists
On November 10, 2014, the Supreme Court (No. 14-389) declined to review the 3rd Circuit decision (No. 13-1237), In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena, leaving intact the 3rd Circuit’s ruling on the proper bounds of the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege. In the...
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SEC And DOJ Officials Discuss Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Trends And Priorities
On November 19 and 20, 2013, the American Conference Institute held the 30th annual U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) conference outside of Washington, DC. Keynote addresses were given by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General James Cole and U.S. Securities Exchange...
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The Diminished Scope Of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections After Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), LLC
The recent case of Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), LLC, decided on June 28, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, put a finer point on the whistleblower protections of the still relatively new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd...
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