Knock, Knock—Is Your Company Prepared For a Search Warrant?
Unexpected Visitors The startling law enforcement actions taken against the world-renowned Gibson Guitar Corp. over the past two years should provide clear warning for every American...
View ArticlePreview Of Coming Attractions: Enhanced Foreign Asset Reporting Rules On The...
For past three years, much attention has been focused on offshore bank accounts and the obligation of U.S. taxpayers to report such accounts on the much-heralded Report of Foreign Bank and Financial...
View ArticleCorporate Hospitality Packages for the London 2012 Olympics and Infringement...
With the London 2012 Olympics fast-approaching, many corporations are wondering whether they can provide corporate hospitality packages to their current and prospective customers, suppliers and...
View ArticlePrepare for Round 3: IRS Reopens Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
On January 9, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) reopened its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (“OVDP”) for U.S. taxpayers holding undisclosed foreign...
View ArticleNot a Paper Tiger: Current Trends in Health Care Fraud Enforcement
The war against health care fraud will wage on in 2012. The federal government made it a national priority. Beginning in February 2011, The Medicare Fraud Strike Force announced a massive enforcement...
View ArticleLatest Insider Trading Arrests Part of Government’s “Perfect...
At the same time that the United States was entering into the worst recession since the Great Depression, many hedge funds were reporting surges in profits. A massive criminal investigation is...
View ArticleCurrent Trends In Health Care Fraud Enforcement
Nicholas Harbist and Joelle Epstein authored an article on “Current Trends In Health Care Fraud Enforcement” that appeared in the February 29, 2012 issue of Law360. Click...
View ArticleGlobalism and Its Attendant Consequences on FCPA Enforcement
The effect of globalism is undeniable: With modern-day technological advancements, compounded by the need for social interaction, cross-cultural connectivity has led to international integration of...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Criminal Liability: Continuing Risks for Executives and...
Joseph Poluka authored an article titled “Pharmaceutical Criminal Liability: Continuing Risks for Executives and In-House Counsel” that appeared in the April 23, 2012 edition of...
View ArticleFor the Defense
In this issue of For the Defense: Companies Paying Greater Attention to FCPA FBI Director Says Mortgage Fraud, White Collar Crime Top Priority SEC Cracks Down on Sports Stars Participating in...
View ArticleFBAR Reminder: U.S. Taxpayers Must Report Foreign Bank Accounts by June 29, 2012
The annual deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (commonly known as the “FBAR” form) is fast approaching. Any U.S. taxpayer with a...
View ArticleInternal Revenue Service Releases Guidance For 2012 Offshore Voluntary...
The Internal Revenue Service has recently announced that more than 35,000 taxpayers have taken advantage of its voluntary disclosure programs for offshore bank accounts since their inception in 2009,...
View ArticleDOJ Casts Considerable Confusion Over Key Aspects of the Foreign Corrupt...
New Developments Two recent developments have led to considerable confusion over enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq....
View ArticleInternal Revenue Service Announces Streamlined Compliance Procedures For...
The Internal Revenue Service has implemented a new procedure designed to allow qualifying non-resident U.S. taxpayers to return to tax compliance in a streamlined manner.1 This procedure is available...
View ArticleFATCA Update: Treasury Department Extends Due Diligence Deadlines And...
In Announcement 2012-42, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that due diligence deadlines under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) are being extended in light of voluminous comments...
View ArticleLandmark Decision Reverses Off-Label Promotion Conviction on First Amendment...
On December 3, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited opinion in United States v. Caronia, 703 F.3d 149 (2d Cir. Dec. 3, 2012). In this landmark decision, over a...
View ArticleOn August 1, 2013, the Healthcare Industry Must Begin Complying with...
In February 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) implemented certain disclosure provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which...
View ArticleFederal Court Holds That E-Mail Received By Employee From Lawyer on His Work...
In a recent decision, Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, denied defendant Christopher Finazzo’s motion in limine to preclude the...
View ArticleFBAR Reminder: Foreign Bank Account Disclosure Deadline Is June 28, 2013
The annual deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (commonly known as the “FBAR” form) is fast approaching. Any U.S. taxpayer...
View ArticleThe Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act: An End to Bank Secrecy?
Ian Comisky and Matthew Lee authored the article, “The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act: An End to Bank Secrecy?” for the July-August 2013 edition of the Journal of Taxation and...
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