EXPECT MORE CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT & WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MINIMIZE YOUR RISK
Justin P. Murphy| Alexandra Lewis
Antitrust cartel and related collusive scheme enforcement is poised to increase. Several factors support this: (1) the Antitrust Division (the Division) has a 10% budget increase for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021; (2) proposed legislation that would increase its budget by $300 million; (3) Democratic administrations have traditionally been more aggressive in enforcing antitrust laws; (4) according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), last year the Division opened the most grand jury investigations in almost 20 years and by the end of 2020 had the most open grand jury investigations in a decade; (5) increased coordination with international law enforcement agencies, including the Division recently signing a number of cross-border agreements, maintaining active memberships in multilateral organizations dedicated to cross-border antitrust enforcement cooperation and a DOJ official rece
Greenberg Traurig Boston Adds Linda M. Ricci, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit, to White Collar Practice
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice, this time adding Linda M. Ricci as a shareholder in Boston. Ricci draws from more than 15 years of experience working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, where she served as Chief of the Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit and previously was a member of the Economic Crimes Unit. Her experience includes hands-on work conducting investigations, providing strategic direction to investigators, prosecuting crimes, and handling in-court proceedings in areas including financial fraud, money laundering, securities fraud, criminal tax violations, and crimes related to COVID-19.
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Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.
Alan Greenspan
BACKGROUND
No one knows when a government official was first bribed, but as far back as 1754 B.C. the Code of Hammurabi prohibited the practice. As for the U.S., the first Congress passed the Federal Crimes Act which prohibited some forms of Bribery. Traditionally bribery laws around the globe looked inward – at the subordination of domestic officials. Virtually no attention was paid to another form of bribery – the citizens of one country bribing the officials of another to obtain business or other improper benefit. Indeed, such practice was not only ignored, but often condoned by granting tax deductions for such payments.
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During this invitation-only event, Portugal Ventures portfolio companies learned best practices for doing business in the US, tips for successful collaborations with US companies, as well as strategies for working with US investors and Delaware Flip transactions. Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups in the digital, engineering & industry, life sciences, and tourism sectors.
Sherman is a founding member and former co-managing shareholder of the firm s Boston office. From 2014-2017, he served as the United States Ambassador to Portugal, having been nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. As Ambassador, he focused heavily on bilateral economic development and international security issues, such as cybersecurity, refugees, narcoterrorism, and NATO. In recognition of his work in the country, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decorated him with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henr
Greenberg Traurig Presents “Doing Business in the U.S.” to Portugal Ventures
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Robert A. Sherman, senior counsel in the Litigation Practice and former United States Ambassador to Portugal, David J. Dykeman, patent attorney, co-chair of the firm’s Life Sciences & Medical Technology Practice, and co-managing shareholder of the Boston office, and Barbara A. Jones, shareholder in the Corporate Practice and co-managing shareholder of the Los Angeles office, presented “Doing Business in the U.S.” to Portugal Ventures and its portfolio companies on May 6. BOSTON (PRWEB) May 07, 2021
During this invitation-only event, Portugal Ventures’ portfolio companies learned best practices for doing business in the US, tips for successful collaborations with US companies, as well as strategies for working with US investors and Delaware Flip transactions. Portugal Ventures is a ventu