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Landmark $1.375 Billion Settlement in S&P Case Highlights DOJ’s FIRREA Civil Enforcement
Just two years after the ink dried on the Department of Justice’s civil complaint against McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Standard and Poor’s Financial Services LLC and almost a decade after S&P was alleged to have misled investors by promoting all-star grades… Read More
Criminal Plea, Civil Liability: Aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe
Perhaps the most infamous environmental litigation case in history, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe has resulted in approximately 3,000 lawsuits (both criminal and civil) and over 100,000 named claimants in federal and state courts nationwide. In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon”… Read More
Riley Ruling Continues to Protect Citizens from Police Scrutiny
Earlier this summer, we discussed the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Riley v. California, which held that police officers cannot review the contents of a cell phone incident to an arrest absent a search warrant or exigent circumstances. We opined that this bright-line… Read More
Managing an Environmental Enforcement Investigation
Although environmental prosecution is not a new trend, criminal enforcement of environmental laws is on the rise. The recent expansion of tools and referral mechanisms to support a heightened level of criminal enforcement have led to prosecutorial success as the detection of wrongdoing is becoming… Read More