Mark B. Sweet

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Anti-Corruption

Can You Survive A Fraud Investigation? Part 2: A Practical Guide To Responding To Government Investigations

Part I of this article appeared in the March, 2012 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and can be found here. Learning that your company is the subject – or worse, the target – of a government investigation can be an alarming and momentous event. Government...

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Anti-Corruption

Can You Survive A Fraud Investigation? Part 1: A Practical Guide To Preparing For Government Investigations

Part II of this article appeared in the March, 2012 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and can be found here. Government investigations can have profound effects on a company. The mere initiation of an investigation can disrupt operations, discourage morale, and, in some cases,...

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Honest Services Fraud - The Supreme Court Whittles Away Prosecutors' Big Stick

Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court substantially limited the breadth of a statute that prosecutors had been using aggressively to criminalize corporate executives' and public officials' failure to disclose personal gains from corporate or government business. In a series of cases decided...

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