Month: June 2025
First-Ever Sentencing of Corporate Executives for Failure to Report Under Consumer Product Safety Act
As we previously reported, in November 2023, two corporate executives were convicted of conspiracy and failure to report defective dehumidifiers in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). This groundbreaking prosecution was the first-ever criminal conviction of corporate executives for failure to report under the CPSA. On June 16, […]
DOJ Resumes Foreign Bribery Investigations, Focusing on ‘Vindication of US Interests’
On June 9, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidelines for investigations and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), following a four-month pause of new FCPA investigations per President Donald Trump’s February 10 executive order. The new guidelines provide a nonexhaustive list of factors for prosecutors […]
DOJ Announces Priorities and Policy Updates – Including Tariff Compliance Enforcement, Expansion of Whistleblower Program
Over the last year, we have paid close attention to the increasingly complicated and evolving landscape companies are facing in light of changing government enforcement priorities, including the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) focus on tariff compliance and its pilot program to reward whistleblowers who report corporate wrongdoing to the government. […]
US Supreme Court Upholds Wire Fraud Convictions, Says Economic Loss Not Required
When an executive learns that she is being investigated for fraud, her first reaction often is: “But I didn’t intend for anyone to lose money!” This entirely understandable response may well be true (and lead the executive to feel that a prosecution is unwarranted), but the US Supreme Court recently […]