Join us December 7-8 for Compliance Week’s Third Party Risk Management & Oversight Summit, the only cross-industry conference dedicated to risk management, oversight strategies, and best practices for vendor and third-party relationships. The Summit will be live-streamed virtually. Our Partner Jessica Sanderson will be joining Sandeep Bhide for a panel entitled Deep Dive into Third-Party Relationships to Identify 4th and Nth Parties on December 7 from 12:00...

Alexander Cotoia, Regulatory Manager at The Volkov Law Group, rejoins us for a posting on State Department’s plan to increase ITAR enforcement of controlled data transfers. Alex can be reached at [email protected]. During a plenary session of the Defense Trade Advisory Group (“DTAG”)  that convened on November 9, 2022, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mike Miller outlined a number of initiatives undertaken by the Directorate...

We are pleased to announce the addition of Sam Finkelstein as an Associate Attorney at The Volkov Law Group. Sam comes to Volkov Law from the Bergen County Superior Court, where he served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Frances A. McGrogan, J.S.C.  Before his clerkship, Sam worked as a Legal Analyst with The Volkov Law Group; in this capacity, Sam distinguished himself as...

Some were surprised by the recent move by the Department of Justice in focusing on the importance of incentives and disincentives as an important factor in an effective ethics and compliance program.  Others, however, had been waiting for years to this occur.  To these compliance professionals, DOJ was finally arriving, although late to the game. If we take a step back, the issue is nothing...

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division continues its aggressive pursuit of enforcement and recently succeeded in blocking a controversial acquisition in the book selling market.  After a string of losses in the merger arena, Judge Florence Pan in the District of Columbia agreed with the Department of Justice and blocked Penguin Random House’s (“PRH’s”) proposed $2.18 billion acquisition of Simon and Schuster (“S&S”). Shortly thereafter,...

To all our clients, friends, colleagues, partners and family, Happy Thanksgiving. Please enjoy the holiday and take a moment to share your gratitude with others in your life. All the best for a wonderful holiday.

This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder’s head. – The Dude, The Big Lebowski Each FCPA case provides valuable lessons in the mechanics of bribery schemes and the common techniques used by violators to secure funds and make illegal payments to...

Talk about a reminder of the past, Asante Berko, a former Executive Director in Goldman Sachs, recently was arrested in London on criminal FCPA charges arising from his involvement in a bribery scheme in Ghana. The surprising part of the case was the delay in his arrest – over 2 years.  In 2020, Berko was charged by the SEC for FCPA violations.  He settled the...