Good evening, and welcome back to Compliance Hot Spots, our weekly snapshot of white-collar enforcement, regulatory and compliance, and big trends. In your inbox this week: A top US Justice Department official takes stock of the challenges posed by the pandemic; Sidley Austin signs on as a “foreign agent” for a Russian company; and former FBI Director Louis Freeh lands at a new firm. Thanks for reading, and we’d love your feedback. Contact C. Ryan Barber in Washington at [email protected] and at 202-828-0315. Follow @cryanbarber. 
DOJ’s Criminal Division Leader Opens Up About Pandemic’s Toll
Federal prosecutors are facing a “significant backlog of cases in the pipeline” amid a global pandemic that restricted court operations and limited how they can bring criminal charges, a top U.S. Justice Department official said.
