Tag:DOJ

DOJ Issues More Guidance Impacting Environmental Enforcement

On Nov. 8, the Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs issued a press release indicating that then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed a memorandum...

Perkins Coie Adds to White Collar Team

Perkins Coie expanded its white collar and investigations practice team with the addition of two attorneys making the move from inside counsel back to...

Justice Department Reveals Major ‘No-Poach’ Settlement

The Justice Department this month gave companies the clearest signal yet that it is living up to its promise to take a tougher stance...

EPA Water Rule Challenge to Continue for 13 States

A federal judge in North Dakota cleared the way for several states to challenge a rule that gives the federal government jurisdiction over water...

Department of Justice to Expand Self-Disclosure Program

The U.S. Department of Justice favors its cooperation program for foreign bribery cases enough that it wants to apply it to other white-collar criminal...

DOJ to Tamp Down Qui Tams

The U.S. Department of Justice has been reluctant to dismiss weak cases that whistleblowers bring under the False Claims Act. But a leaked DOJ...

Justice Department Touts $3.7B in FCA Recoveries in 2017

The Department of Justice continued its trend of success in enforcing the False Claims Act, at least in how much money it recovered from...

Justice Department Announces Tougher Stance on Legal Cannabis

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired a shot across the bow of states with legal marijuana, including Colorado. On Thursday, the Justice Department issued a...