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		<title><![CDATA[Landmark Decision Reverses Off-Label Promotion Conviction on First Amendment Grounds]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=3013</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 3, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited opinion inUnited States v. Caronia, 703 F.3d 149 (2d Cir. Dec. 3, 2012). In this landmark decision, over a forceful dissent, a t...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FATCA Update: Treasury Department Extends Due Diligence Deadlines And Announces It Is Engaging With More Than 50 Countries To Crack Down On Offshore Tax Evasion]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2946</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In Announcement 2012-42]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service Announces Streamlined Compliance Procedures For Non-Resident, Non-Filing Taxpayers]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2901</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 to any non-resident U.S. taxpayer who meets the following criteria: (1) the taxpayer must have resided outside the U.S. since January 1, 2009; (2) the taxpayer must have not filed any U.S. tax return during this period; and (3) the taxpayer must present a &amp;quot;low tax compliance risk.&amp;quot;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DOJ Casts Considerable Confusion Over Key Aspects of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Even As it Prepares to Publish Official FCPA Guidance]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2888</link>
		<description><![CDATA[New Developments

	Two recent developments have led to considerable confusion over enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. &amp;sect;&amp;sect; 78dd-1, et seq. (&amp;quot;FCPA&amp;quot;), in advance of the governme...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service Releases Guidance For 2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program And Offers Relief For U.S. Taxpayers Residing Abroad]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2857</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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, and that those pro...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FBAR Reminder: U.S. Taxpayers Must Report Foreign Bank Accounts by June 29, 2012]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2837</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For the Defense]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2803</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 Participat...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Criminal Liability: Continuing Risks for Executives and In-House Counsel]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2793</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Poluka authored an article titled &amp;ldquo;Pharmaceutical Criminal Liability: Continuing Risks for Executives and In-House Counsel&amp;rdquo; that appeared in the April 23, 2012 edition of Pharma Compliance Monitor.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Globalism and Its Attendant Consequences on FCPA Enforcement]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2777</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 goods, services and capital. This phenomenon, which rapidly expanded after the end of the Cold War, has emboldened businesses to move beyond the contours of geographic boundaries to propel their interests.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Current Trends In Health Care Fraud Enforcement]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2742</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Harbist and Joelle Epstein authored an article on &amp;ldquo;Current Trends In Health Care Fraud Enforcement&amp;rdquo; that appeared in the February 29, 2012 issue of Law360.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Latest Insider Trading Arrests Part of Government&#x2019;s &#x201c;Perfect Hedge&#x201d;]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2732</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 uncovering growing evidence that, for a number of those hedge funds, such profits were, indeed, too good to be true.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Not a Paper Tiger: Current Trends in Health Care Fraud Enforcement]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2724</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 action, which led to charges against 111 defendants for participation in a Medicare fraud scheme totaling more than $225 million. The defendant list includes doctors, nurses, and health care company owners and executives. In addition to the arrests, 16 search warrants were executed on healthcare institutions. Officials stated that this operation is the "largest-ever health care fraud takedown," involving more than 700 law enforcement agents from various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prepare for Round 3: IRS Reopens Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2699</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 9, the Internal Revenue Service (&amp;ldquo;IRS&amp;rdquo;) reopened its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (&amp;ldquo;OVDP&amp;rdquo;) for U.S. taxpayers holding undisclosed foreign bank accounts. The OVDP permits eligible taxpayers with secret foreign bank accounts, and unreported income associated with those accounts, to obtain amnesty from criminal prosecution in return for the payment of back taxes, interest, and penalties.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Hospitality Packages for the London 2012 Olympics and Infringement of the UK Bribery Act - Much Ado About Nothing?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2682</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 business partners without the risk of violating th...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Preview Of Coming Attractions: Enhanced Foreign Asset Reporting Rules On The Horizon]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2677</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 Accounts or &amp;quot;FBAR&amp;quot; form. The FBAR r...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Knock, Knock&#x2014;Is Your Company Prepared For a Search Warrant?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2648</link>
		<description><![CDATA[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 company&amp;mdash;without notice, you...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ethical Electronics:  New Guidance on Protecting the Confidentiality of Attorney-Client E-mails]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2649</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 4, 2011, the American Bar Association (the &amp;ldquo;ABA&amp;rdquo;) issued Formal Opinion 11-459 (the &amp;ldquo;Opinion&amp;rdquo;), stating that lawyers have a duty to warn their clients not to use a workplace computer, network, or device to communicate with their personal lawyer.&amp;nbsp; Lawyers must explain that, in using an employer&amp;rsquo;s computer or devise, there is a significant risk that a third party may gain access to the client&amp;rsquo;s communications, thereby jeopardizing their confidentiality.&amp;nbsp; The ABA provided the following hypothetical as an example of when this duty applies:]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Counsel Beware: Limits Of &#x2018;No Contact Rule&#x2019;]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2595</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Lee and Laura Brill Deegan authored an article titled &amp;ldquo;Corporate Counsel Beware: Limits Of &amp;#39;No Contact Rule&amp;#39;&amp;rdquo; that appeared in Law360 on October 7, 2011.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[August 31 Deadline for Participating in IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Is Rapidly Approaching]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2553</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 31, 2011, the window of opportunity to participate in the Internal Revenue Service&amp;#39;s 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI) will close. The OVDI program is a second amnesty program designed to encourage taxpayers with undisclosed foreign bank accounts to come into compliance with U.S. tax and foreign bank account reporting laws and avoid possible criminal prosecution. This program follows a highly successful amnesty offered during 2009 which attracted over 15,000 participants.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Possible Amendments to the FCPA Considered During Recent House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2489</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 14, 2011, the Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, held a hearing on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (&amp;quot;FCPA&amp;quot;). Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner presided over the hearing, which included four witnesses: Greg Andres, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice; the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Partner at Debevoise &amp;amp; Plimpton LLP and &amp;shy;former Attorney General of the United States; George J. Terwilliger, Partner at White &amp;amp; Case LLP; and Shana-Tara Regon, Director of White Collar Crime Policy of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act &#x201c;Foreign Official&#x201d; Defense Challenges Denied By California Federal Judges]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2475</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past two months, judges in the Central District of California denied defendants&amp;#39; pre-trial motions to dismiss counts in indictments charging defendants with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (&amp;quot;FCPA&amp;quot;) in two se...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Crackdown On Undeclared Foreign Bank Accounts]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2453</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government shows no sign of easing the pressure on foreign banks and tax haven jurisdictions that are believed to facilitate international tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers through the use of secret bank accounts. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman has stated publicly that &amp;ldquo;[c]ombating international tax evasion is a top priority for the IRS,&amp;rdquo; and warned that &amp;ldquo;[w]e have additional cases and banks under review. The situation will just get worse in the months ahead for those hiding assets and income offshore.&amp;rdquo;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement Update:
U.S. Files Suit Against HSBC Seeking Account Records]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2444</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States government has opened another front in its campaign against U.S. taxpayers using secret offshore bank accounts to evade their tax responsibilities, with the Justice Department filing a lawsuit seeking the names of Americans be...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Treasury Department Issues New Foreign Bank Account Reporting Rules]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2424</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Final Regulations Are Applicable for FBARs Due June 30, 2011]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Jersey Ramps Up Healthcare Fraud Enforcement]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2417</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare providers in New Jersey and elsewhere should take notice of the recently appointed New Jersey U.S. Attorney&amp;rsquo;s priority on healthcare fraud enforcement.&amp;nbsp; In heeding this storm warning, healthcare providers should be vigilant in ensuring that their compliance mechanisms are properly functioning and that they are dealing proactively with whistleblower complaints.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Impact of Dodd-Frank&#x2019;s &#x201c;Incentivized&#x201d; Whistleblower Provisions on Corporate Compliance Programs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2413</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anecdotally, the Securities and Exchange Commission is receiving one or two &amp;quot;high value&amp;quot; whistleblower tips and complaints a day since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) statute was signed into ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service Announces Second Amnesty Program for Foreign Bank Accounts:  Deadline to Report Offshore Assets is August 31, 2011]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2397</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 8, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service unveiled its 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, a long-awaited second amnesty program designed to encourage taxpayers with undisclosed foreign bank accounts to come into compliance with U.S. tax laws and avoid possible criminal prosecution.&amp;nbsp; This program follows a highly successful amnesty offered during 2009, and will be available only through August 31, 2011.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Bank Account Enforcement Update: The Justice Department Closes the UBS Case While the IRS Announces That a Second Amnesty Program Is Likely]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2368</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has dismissed its landmark case against Swiss banking giant UBS AG, announcing that the bank has successfully complied with the terms of its Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into in February 2009. Under the terms of...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Bank Account Enforcement Update: The Justice Department Closes the UBS Case while the IRS Announces that a Second Amnesty Program is Likely]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2378</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has dismissed its landmark case against Swiss banking giant UBS AG, announcing that the bank has successfully complied with the terms of its Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into in February 2009. Under the terms of...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Facebook Postings Discoverable?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2326</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes.&amp;nbsp; Well, it depends.&amp;nbsp; In the recent landmark case, Crispin v. Christian Audigier Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 52832 (C.D. Cal. May 26, 2010),&amp;nbsp; the court was asked to determine whether the plaintiff&amp;rsq...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Update Regarding The U.S. Government&#x2019;s Foreign Bank Account Enforcement Efforts]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2325</link>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 18 months have passed since Swiss banking giant UBS AG entered into a landmark deferred prosecution agreement with the United States government, paying $780 million in penalties, providing the Internal Revenue Service with the names of nearly 300 U.S. taxpayers suspected of violating U.S. tax law by maintaining undeclared Swiss bank accounts, and admitting to helping U.S. taxpayers hide accounts from the IRS. The signing of the UBS agreement is not the end of the story, however. Indeed, the U.S. government&amp;rsquo;s efforts to identify U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed foreign accounts have intensified and are extending far beyond UBS and far beyond Switzerland.
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	Background]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New DOJ Leadership Drives Heightened Criminal Enforcement of White Collar Cases]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2245</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 12th, Deputy Attorney General Greg Andres addressed the ABA Conference on Internal Investigations and In-House Counsel Program. Mr. Andres emphasized that under a new leadership at the Department of Justice (DOJ), there was a heightened ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bribery Act Reflects UK&#x2019;s No-Tolerance Policy for Corruption]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2239</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.K. Parliament&amp;rsquo;s April 8, 2010 enactment of the Bribery Act (&amp;ldquo;the Act&amp;rdquo;) garnered significant international attention for its sweeping reforms of what has been criticized as an antiquated hodgepodge of anti-bribery common ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steroids In Baseball Impact More Than Just Home Runs: 
Ninth Circuit Establishes New Limitations On The Seizure of Electronically Stored Information]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2085</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly everyone is familiar with the ongoing federal investigation into steroid use by professional baseball players. What is less known, however, is the impact that such a high profile investigation could have on search-and-seizure jurisprudence....]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service Announces Extension of Deadline For Voluntary Disclosure Settlement Initiative]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2065</link>
		<description><![CDATA[To learn more about this you may want to also read: IRS Announces New Voluntary Disclosure Guidelines for Undeclared Offshore Bank Accounts]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[District Court Rules That Government Is Precluded From Using Attorney-Client Privileged Information Obtained By Corporate Counsel and Turned Over Following Internal Investigation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 1, 2009, the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a key ruling regarding attorney-client privileged information obtained by corporate counsel during an internal investigation and subsequently turned o...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Peiser Case&#x2013;A Vivid Example of Discovery Violations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently in the seventh month of the Marsh &amp;amp; McLennan criminal antitrust trial brought by the New York State Attorney General&amp;#8217;s Office (People v. Peiser, et al.). Under New York law, the prosecution is required to produc...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[&#x201c;A Cancerous Effect on the Administration of Justice&#x201d;&#x2014;What Can
Be Done About the Rash of Flagrant DOJ Discovery Violations?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2000</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past two months, four highly experienced federal judges from districts around the country have issued a series of scathing opinions finding that federal prosecutors engaged in repeated, egregious violations of statutory and constitutional d...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Increased IRS Scrutiny of Offshore Activity: Raising the Stakes for U.S. Citizens with Bank Accounts Abroad]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1833</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is anticipated that the IRS will seek to aggressively enforce the failure to report offshore accounts on a tax return and Form TD F 90-22.1, and may seek to charge a money laundering offense where only a tax offense would have been charged previously.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Sentencing Commission Considers Alternatives to Incarceration a Top Priority]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1767</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew D. Lee of Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia discusses the federal sentencing guidelines and recent &amp;#8220;signals&amp;#8221; by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that it will give serious consideration to alternatives to incarceration in federal criminal cases.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ninth Circuit Ruling Raises Stakes for Those Facing Parallel Investigations]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1640</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, United States v. Stringer, gives government lawyers, and prosecutors in particular, significant latitude to conceal the existence of a criminal investigation from individuals and c...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ninth Circuit Ruling Raises Stakes for Companies and Individuals Facing Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1612</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, United States v. Stringer, 521 F.3d 499 (9th Cir. 2008), gives government lawyers, and prosecutors in particular, significant latitude to conceal the existence of a criminal...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mining Buried Electronic Data: Increasing Criminal and Civil Case Concerns]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1613</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the rapid progression of computer technology, the production of documents in response to a government subpoena or civil discovery request has unearthed new and unexplored issues. Increasingly, prosecutors and regulators are requiring, and opp...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Treatise Is Go-To Source on White-Collar Crime]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1566</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph G. Poluka is a partner at Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia where he focuses on white-collar crime, as well as internal and government investigations. &amp;nbsp;Poluka, a former federal prosecutor, can be reached at 215.569.5624 or poluka@blankrome.com.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Update&#x2014;Ninth Circuit Permits Simultaneous Civil &amp; Criminal Investigations; Bush Nominates Two Democrats to Fill Vacancies on SEC; SEC Successfully Uses Sarbanes-Oxley Escrow Provision to Avoid Pending Executive Bonus; SEC Proposes Short Sale Rule: SEC to Propose Registration for &#x201c;Finders&#x201d;]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1812</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Circuit Court Supports SEC &amp;amp; U.S. Attorney Actions &amp;#8211; Permits Simultaneous Civil &amp;amp; Criminal Investigations
On April 4, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its much-anticipated opinion in Uni...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Sales Mean Increased Risk for Directors]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1667</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the United States facing recession, companies are looking toward foreign markets to bolster their bottom line.&amp;nbsp; Greater foreign activity and sales buoyed stock prices in 2007, but they also significantly increased the legal exposure facing directors of U.S. companies.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage Crisis Fallout Continues:  Bankers&#x2019; Executive Pay and Insider Stock Sales under Congressional Microsope]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1571</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the U.S. mortgage crisis continues with record rates of home loans entering the foreclosure process&amp;#8212;the Mortgage Bankers Association reported a new high of 0.83 percent on March 6&amp;#8212;executive pay at several of the top Wall Street firms is being closely examined on Capitol Hill. A recently issued congressional report revealed that several senior banking and lending industry executives earned hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation last year despite their companies collectively having suffered losses in the tens of billions due to the ongoing mortgage crisis. Consequently, calls for accountability have grown louder on Capitol Hill as the housing market and broader economic climate continue to decline.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Rules That Guidelines Sentences May Be Considered Presumptively Reasonable on Appeal]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1322</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In Rita v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court's&amp;nbsp;first major sentencing decision since its landmark ruling in United States v. Booker invalidated the mandatory nature of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, the Court has held t...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurance Companies Required to Establish Anti-Money Laundering Programs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=26</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pursuant to expanded oversight granted the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the USA PATRIOT Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") has issued two final rules requiring certain insurance companies to implement anti-money laundering ("AML") compliance programs and file Suspicious Activity Reports as of May 2, 2006. These new rules also affect a company's corporate governance and are impacted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX"). Significant lead time is required for the development and implementation of an AML program, education of personnel and the Board, as well as satisfying the corporate governance aspects (including SOX) of these new rules.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internal Revenue Service Announces Sweeping Abusive Transaction Settlement Initiative]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=27</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 27, 2005, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced a sweeping tax shelter settlement initiative which offers taxpayers the opportunity to settle on twenty-one different transactions covering a broad spectrum of alleged abusive tax...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Money Laundering and the USA Patriot Act]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1133</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Money laundering is the process of converting the proceeds of criminal activity into legitimate commercial proceeds. Traditionally, the United States government has combated this activity by criminalizing the act of money laundering itself and by establishing reporting requirements for certain types of currency transactions and suspicious activities. The primary focal point of these laws has been the banking system.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2002 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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