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March 11, 2013 | National Law Journal

Lone defendant fights back

A Japanese textile company that's potentially on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in a fraud suit is vigorously fighting the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower, setting up the potential for a rare trial under the False Claims Act.
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July 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

White-Collar prosecutions dropping

DOJ numbers show that by some measures the crackdown on corporate criminals has stalled.
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June 20, 2011 | National Law Journal

Emphasis on 'furious'

House Republicans last week took aim at the DOJ's handling of "Operation Fast and Furious" — a federal gun smuggling sting that critics contend allowed thousands of firearms to flow into the hands of drug cartel members in Mexico.
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May 14, 2012 | National Law Journal

A lawyer on trial

Last week, as prosecutors began playing muffled, obscenity-laced jailhouse recorded calls that are the centerpiece in the case against Washington attorney Charles Daum, a key question emerged: Did Daum's client manipulate him?
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September 17, 2012 | National Law Journal

DOJ in appeals hot seat

The start of the fall term in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit wasn't a particularly pleasant one for the U.S. Justice Department, which found itself last week taking a barrage of questions over whether the government left the court in the dark about a controversial enforcement action against a national pharmaceutical chain.
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November 19, 2012 | National Law Journal

After long wait, do FCPA rules change much?

Ending months of speculation among corporate officials and white-collar defense attorneys, the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week published a much anticipated guide that attempts to clarify key provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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December 06, 2010 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the wrangling over Rangel; Fine resigns; Obama's noms aren't in it for the money; nothing gets by Kotz; slow regulations, slow economic recovery in D.C.; a vacancy at the SEC; and FCPA may have a friend in Coons in this week's column.
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October 25, 2010 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

Back from vacation in China, Judge Lamberth hands down a ruling that keeps the Bank of China as a defendant in a civil terrorism suit; Assistant AG Lanny Breuer takes on the banking industry; D.C. disbars seven lawyers in a single day; Robbins Geller hires its first lobbyist; Mark Cuban offers the SEC a deal; K&L Gates forms a foreclosure practice; and Sen. John Ensign racks up half a million dollars in legal fees.
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October 08, 2012 | National Law Journal

Negotiator accused of piracy

A revived case tests the international scope of federal high-seas piracy laws and the ability of prosecutors to target alleged facilitators who aren't alleged to have been involved in the armed hijackings themselves.
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September 03, 2012 | National Law Journal

Legal services provider resists federal oversight

A case involving the LSC's investigation of whether the nonprofit California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. has abused its receipt of grant money spotlights a clash between government oversight of federally funded legal service groups and state-based professional rules of responsibility that govern attorney conduct.
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