White Collar Briefly
White Collar Briefly
Drawing from breaking news, ever changing government priorities, and significant judicial decisions, this blog from Perkins Coie’s White Collar and Investigations group highlights key considerations and offers practical insights aimed to guide corporate stakeholders and counselors through an evolving regulatory environment.
Speed is Good: But Is High-Speed Trading A Crime?
In the 1987 film "Wall Street," Gordon Gecko gives a memorable speech in which he declares "that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
DOJ Breaks Ground in New Convictions Against Mobile App Pirates
Making good on Justice Department pronouncements to crack down on intellectual property theft, the DOJ secured historic convictions against two men charged in January 2014 with operating a popular Android piracy website
Fair Disclosure in 140 Characters or Less
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Take 4 - Protecting Confidential Commercial Information from FOIA
There are 99 federal agencies that are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and—according to the Justice Department's Office of Information Policy (OIP)—there are also 99 sets of FOIA regulations.
4 FCPA Predictions
While 2013 saw a decrease in the number of corporate FCPA enforcement actions (down from twelve in 2012 to nine in 2013), regulators have cautioned that this drop does not necessarily signal an ebbing of the enforcement tide heading into 2014.
Top 10 Compliance Trends for 2014
It is that time of year again when we dust off the compliance crystal ball and take a look at what might be in store for 2014.