3/11/2026 8:17:43 PM DOJ's New Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement Policy Appears to Displace SDNY's Program Before It Could Take Effect By Stephen Frank Alex Rossmiller Alec Levy On March 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Department-wide Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) that applies, for the...
3/9/2026 1:19:09 PM OFAC Authorizes Venezuelan-Origin Gold Transactions Following Export Deal By Stephen Hauss William Dawley On March 6, 2026, OFAC issued Venezuela Sanctions Regulations General License (“GL”) 51 (available here), authorizing certain...
3/9/2026 1:18:35 PM OFAC Issues Temporary Authorization for Delivery of Russian Oil to India By Stephen Hauss William Dawley On March 5, 2026, OFAC issued General License (“GL”) 133 (available here), a temporary authorization of the delivery, offloading, and...
2/26/2026 3:42:29 PM SEC Revises Enforcement Playbook for the First Time in Eight Years By Kurt Wolfe Sarah Heaton Concannon Stephen Frank This week, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement announced significant updates to its Enforcement Manual — the internal staff reference that...
2/9/2026 9:57:24 PM The White Collar Appeal: Corporate Cooperation Documents Produced to Grand Jury Not Subject to FOIA By Daniel Koffmann Thomas Chafin The Ninth Circuit recently rejected an attempt to use FOIA to obtain documents that Volkswagen produced in connection with the Dieselgate...
12/4/2025 2:32:38 PM The White Collar Appeal: First Circuit Examines Waiver of Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege in Prosecution of Executives By Daniel Koffmann Kiersten Whitfield A corporate executive seeking to introduce evidence of the involvement of the company’s attorneys does not necessarily effect waiver, the...
11/19/2025 8:35:04 PM Insider Trading Remains a Law Enforcement Priority Amid the Looming Drought in White Collar Prosecutions By Stephen Frank This week’s unsealing in Boston of a superseding indictment charging eight defendants in an alleged insider trading ring spanning...
9/30/2025 3:42:40 PM SEC Reinstates Simultaneous Review of Settlements and Waivers By Kurt Wolfe Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a significant procedural shift: companies under investigation can now...
9/5/2025 10:24:01 PM SEC Gets Serious About Cross-Border Fraud: New Task Force Targets Foreign Companies and Gatekeepers By Kurt Wolfe Michael Liftik Sarah Heaton Concannon The SEC just fired a warning shot across international waters. On September 5th, the agency announced the launch of a new Cross-Border...
9/4/2025 3:02:47 PM The White Collar Appeal: Fourth Circuit Chips Away at Ciminelli, Closes Its Eyes to Cleveland By Daniel Koffmann Kiersten Whitfield In the latest case seeking to identify the bounds of federal mail and wire fraud, the Fourth Circuit narrowly construed Ciminelli while...
8/6/2025 11:46:35 PM SEC Offers Clarity on Liquid Staking: A Step Toward Smarter Crypto Regulation By Kurt Wolfe Michael Liftik Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins has pledged to bring greater transparency to digital asset regulation. As...