EPA’s Landmark Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy (Part I)

Where Knowing Is Only Half the Battle Last week, the EPA announced a landmark policy change regarding the intersection and overlap of criminal and civil investigations/enforcement actions. EPA’s new policy represents one of the most dramatic and important changes in… Read more

April 26, 2024 | Environmental & Alternative Energy | Government Investigations

Wax On, Wane Not: Corporate Investigations and Enforcement Actions are on the Rise at DOJ

By Monica D. Cliatt, Justin M. Lugar

Every national election cycle, we are reminded that presidential administrations drive the trajectory of white-collar civil and criminal enforcement priorities.[1] Halfway through President Biden’s first term, in 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced, “I have . . . seen the… Read more

April 25, 2024 | Government Investigations

Corporate Transparency Act: What You Need To Know

By Richard J. Crouch, Christopher Ambrosio, Autumn R. Visser, Ray W. King

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect on January 1, 2024, creating a national beneficial owner database to be used in combating money laundering, by requiring companies to report information about their beneficial ownership to the Financial Crimes Enforcement… Read more

April 25, 2024 |

DoD Unveils Cybersecurity Strategy for Defense Industrial Base: What You Need to Know

By Elizabeth Burgin Waller, Anthony J. Mazzeo, Jerry A. Miles, Patrick J. Austin

The United States Department of Defense (“DoD”) recently published its Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Strategy 2024. For context, the DIB is comprised of more than 100,000 domestic and foreign companies or organizations that perform “research and development, design, production, delivery,… Read more

April 15, 2024 | Cybersecurity & Data Privacy | Government Contracts

“Briefings on HIPAA: Cybersecurity in Healthcare,” HCPro

Principal Liz Heddleston was recently interviewed by HCPro for a story published on April 8, 2024, discussing the rising threat of ransomware attacks for healthcare providers. The story highlights lessons learned from a ransomware attack on a Maryland-based behavioral health… Read more

April 12, 2024 | Health Law

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