Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our weekly snapshot on white-collar, regulatory and compliance news and trends. Today, we examine a white-collar statute that has become key to the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation, and detail compliance failures at Carnival Cruise Line. Please get in touch with tips and feedback. Contact me at [email protected] and @AGoudsward on Twitter.
How a Post-Enron Law Became a Central Focus of Jan. 6 Prosecutions
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.Credit:Alex Gakos/Shutterstock.com.
Multiple investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have homed in on a single provision in the federal crime code: 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (c)(2)—obstruction of an official proceeding.
