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Conducting internal investigations into wrongdoing

08/16/2019
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Firm News

You are well aware of the aspects of your business that increase the risk for allegations of wrongdoing. If your industry is under the control of government restrictions, any hint of impropriety may bring federal investigators swooping down on…

FCA whistleblower’s alerting of cybersecurity flaws yields recovery

08/13/2019
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Fraud

The details that have emerged recently concerning security flaws in video surveillance software are unquestionably sobering. Arguably, they pertain to a U.S. False Claims Act whistleblower case that seems of heightened seriousness in a universe of wrongdoing that is…

Foreign Extortion Prevention Act: Proposed House Bill Would Allow DOJ to Indict Foreign Officials Who Solicit Bribes

08/10/2019
Hilder & Associates, P.C
FCPA

The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on August 2, 2019. Similar to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) the proposed bill will criminalize extortion by foreign officials and would allow the DOJ to…

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