On November 20, 2023, a federal district court in the Northern District of California declined to grant summary judgment to the defendant in SEC v. Panuwat, the first-ever enforcement action by the U.S.

On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Congress passed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act ("FEPA"), one of the most important expansions of anti-corruption law in recent years and a key to expanding "demand-side" corruption enforcement. 

At the recent 2023 Garrett Securities Law Institute Conference SEC panelists, including Erik Gerding, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, reinforced how important it is for companies to assess emerging risks for materiality—particularly those risks stemming from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and cybersecurity issues—and to ensure that those risks are appropriate

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to review an apparent circuit split over how long after a criminal conviction the United States can forfeit a criminal defendant's property. 

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On April 28, 2023, a federal court in Connecticut dismissed the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") Antitrust Division's latest—and largest—criminal anti-poach case brought to trial. 

The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized "the reality that criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials." 

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's focus on cybersecurity continues in its most recent effort to modernize financial privacy rules and emphasize transparency between SEC-regulated entities who suffer from a cyber breach and the individuals impacted by the breach. 

The Supreme Court of the United States will decide an issue impacting charging decisions in criminal cases involving technology and where those cases are tried. Specifically, the Supreme Court will decide whether criminal defendants may be retried after they are convicted in the wrong "venue," i.e., the location where the trial took place. 

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released new guidance announcing several policy changes to further strengthen and clarify its approach to prosecuting corporate crime. 

Just this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its enforcement results from fiscal year 2022. 

In this article featured in Bloomberg Law, Perkins Coie attorneys explain how China's new data security laws and use of third-party apps by Chinese employees create significant obstacles for companies conducting internal investigations in the country. 

On October 18, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a guilty plea by Lafarge, S.A., a French building materials company, and its Syria-based subsidiary, for providing material support to designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations.