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Legal

DOJ Lays Out a Path to Reduced Corporate Penalties

A new Justice Department policy gives defense counsel a framework for winning reduced monetary penalties for fiscally poor client companies.

John J. Carney and Kayley B. Sullivan, BakerHostetler
November 14, 2019
Fraud

DOJ Plans Heightened Scrutiny of Government Contractors

The new "Procurement Collusion Strike Force" aims to root out antitrust crimes like bid-rigging and price-fixing in the procurement of government contracts.
Mobile

AT&T Fined $60 Million in Data ‘Throttling’ Case

An FTC commissioner says AT&T's unlimited data plan for smartphone customers was a "bait-and-switch scam."
Regulation

SEC Pulls Plug on Telegram Initial Coin Offering

“The SEC isn’t playing around. It's time these [ICO] companies recognize this.”
Legal

New York Sues Student Loan Servicer

The state says one of the largest federal student loan servicers is mishandling debt forgiveness for public service workers.
Regulation

Block.one Fined $24M Over Initial Coin Offering

The blockchain startup is the latest company to be sanctioned by the SEC for failing to provide a registration statement for a digital asset offering.
Legal

Law Allowing College Players to Profit From Their Image Has Big Implications

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation letting college athletes in the state negotiate contracts for the use of their names and images.
Legal

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Amazon Bid to Block Worker Suit

Warehouse employees say they should be paid for time spent in security screenings.
Fraud

Flurry of SEC Cases Disclosed

With its fiscal year-end looming, the SEC disclosed charges and settlements against seven different organizations in two days.
Fraud

Comscore Fined $5M Over Accounting Fraud

The data analytics giant's former CEO allegedly improperly recognized revenue from non-monetary transactions to beat Wall Street estimates.
Fraud

Ex-Sodastream CEO Suspected of Insider Trading

Daniel Birnbaum, now Sodastream's chairman, allegedly tipped off an associate in advance of the Israeli company's takeover by PepsiCo.
Accounting & Tax

PwC Fined $7M for Audit Independence Violations

The SEC says the firm improperly worked on non-audit services including financial software projects for audit clients.
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