James Loonam

Apr 30, 2024 | lexology.com | Theodore T. Chung |Kevin Hart |Karen Hewitt |Samir Kaushik |James Loonam |Jason Varnado

In Short The Development: On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") Criminal Division announced a pilot program that will offer mandatory non-prosecution agreements ("NPAs") to individuals who provide original and actionable information about criminal conduct involving corporations and meet other stringent requirements.

Apr 24, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Melissa Stear Gorsline |Lillian He |James Loonam

On April 19, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Turkiye Halk Bankasi v. United States, addressing the scope of foreign sovereign immunity in criminal prosecutions against instrumentalities of a foreign state. The case arose from the Department of Justice's 2019 indictment of Halkbank, a bank majority-owned by the Republic of Turkey, for offenses relating to an alleged conspiracy to evade U.S. economic sanctions on Iran.