Recently by Mark S. Olinsky
Corporate Counsel
Practical Discussion Of Issues And Effective Strategies For Internal Investigations
Editor: What is the impact of the FCPA, Whistleblowing, False Claims Act (including the qui tam provisions) and the UK and other antibribery laws on investigation procedures overall? Gouraige: The substantive legal rules don’t have a significant impact because internal investigation...
Read MoreDefending Qui Tam Suits Under New Jersey's New False Claims Act
The federal civil False Claims Act ("FCA") has been the federal government's favorite weapon to enforce its antifraud initiatives, particularly in the healthcare industry. New Jersey has now joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia in enacting its own version of the federal law to...
Read MoreThe Real Message of Stein: Corporate Cooperation Does Not Require Capitulation
Two recent decisions by Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in United States v. Stein invite the Justice Department to reconsider the more draconian aspects of its approach to the investigation of corporations and corporate executives. In Stein I , 2006 WL 1735260 (S.D.N.Y. June 26, 2006),...
Read MoreE-Discovery: A Guide For Corporate Counsel - Sills Cummis' Conts1.ution To The Discussion On Electronic Discovery - Part II
Part I of this interview appears in the July 2004 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.Editor: How do you determine what documentation is relevant? Epstein: The first step is to learn as much as possible about the allegations in the Complaint and determine what they mean for the company....
Read MoreE-Discovery: A Guide For Corporate Counsel - Sills Cummis' Contribution To The Discussion On Electronic Discovery - Part I
Part II of this interview appears in the August 2004 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.Editor: Would each of you gentlemen give our readers something of your background and how you came to Sills Cummis? Epstein: I joined the firm in 1976 after having served my clerkship with Judge Edward...
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