Insights on Government Enforcement & White Collar

As the threat of Chinese hackers has become a top priority, the US has ramped up prosecutions against Chinese-American scientists for espionage and trade secrets violations, creating headline after headline.

Partner Peter Zeidenberg published an opinion article with the Washington Post on November 12 on the heels of successfully convincing the Department of Justice to drop charges against two Chinese-American citizens accused of illegally sending sensitive information to contacts in China.

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to enter a guilty plea to charges of lying to prosecutors and violating banking laws to cover payoffs allegedly made to make past misconduct disappear, reported the Washington Post on October 15.

Thirty-nine Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2016.

On July 28, 2015, Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, an Illinois-based pediatric food producer, settled FCPA charges brought by the SEC for over $12 million.

On July 30th, the Department of Justice petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse United States v. Newman, 773 F.3d 438, 438 (2d Cir. 2014), a high-profile insider-trading decision by the Second Circuit that curtailed tipper-tippee liability.

Last week, the US Department of Justice in New York unsealed a 47-count indictment against 14 defendants and at the same time numerous FIFA officials and other persons were arrested as they gathered for annual FIFA meeting in Zurich.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday decided a closely watched False Claims Act (FCA) case, Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter, with important implications for companies confronting FCA claims.

Arent Fox Partner Peter Zeidenberg and client Sherry Chen appeared on BBC World Service News Hour for an interview focusing on the recently dismissed industrial espionage case against Ms. Chen.

On Sunday, The New York Times published a feature story on White Collar & Investigations partner Peter Zeidenberg’s client who was accused of spying for China and illegally downloading data from a government website. 

Arent Fox LLP is proud to announce the publication of a comprehensive and definitive book for health care industry leaders focused on risk management and litigation.

Earlier this week, the owners of the egg distribution firm, Quality Egg, LLC (Quality Egg), were sentenced to three months in prison, given one year of supervised probation, and required to each pay a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to selling eggs in 2010 that were contaminated with salmonella.

Peter R. Zeidenberg and Health Care partner David S. Greenberg published an article in Bloomberg BNA’s Health Care Fraud Report that examines an important decision after the Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully prosecuted Medicare fraud at Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago.

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg was quoted by The Chicago Tribune about the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg was featured on CBS New York following Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) entering of a not-guilty plea one day after being indicted on federal corruption charges.

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg was quoted by Politico in an article about the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

The US Department of Justice dropped charges against a federal employee that it had accused of illegally downloading data.

Alstom SA’s release today from World Bank sanctions ensures that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will not impose an independent corporate monitor under its recent settlement with the company.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations can lead to significant collateral consequences.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that M. Scott Peeler, an experienced litigation and compliance lawyer, has rejoined the firm in New York.

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg was quoted in a Politico article about the US government’s case against former CIA agent Jeffrey Sterling, who allegedly leaked to the press information about an apparent operation against Iran.

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg wrote an article published in Law360 about a case recently argued before the United States Supreme Court that involves a Sarbanes Oxley statute being used to prosecute a commercial fisherman.

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg was quoted by Law360 after the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced plans to award more than $30 million to a corporate whistleblower.

Arent Fox White Collar & Investigations partner Peter R. Zeidenberg was quoted by The National Law Journal after former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell and his wife were convicted of public corruption charges.