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United States: This Week in Government Enforcement

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This Week in Government Enforcement

Please join us for a new weekly video series, hosted by Baker McKenzie’s Government Enforcement partners Tom Firestone and Jerome Tomas.

This episode features Maurice Bellan, Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie’s Washington D.C. office. Maurice was previously a prosecutor in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and in this episode, he discusses the legal issues relating to the George Floyd case and police reform in the United States.

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Join us as we recap the previous week and cover hot topics and current enforcement actions related to white collar crime and criminal investigations in the US and abroad to arm you with the information you need to start your business week.

As one of the largest global law firms, we will call upon our exceptionally deep and broad bench of white collar experts throughout the world and particularly in the commercial hubs of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America to join our weekly discussion series.

Our weekly briefings cover:

      • High-profile DOJ case updates and implications
      • SEC enforcement developments and insider trading
      • CFTC guidance on civil penalties

To view previous videos, click here.

 

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Jerome Tomas is Chair of the Firm's SEC and Financial Institutions Enforcement Group and has been recognized by Chambers for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations. He represents multinational companies faced with government investigations and conducts internal investigations to assess and remediate legal and compliance concerns in domestic and global operations. With his experience as a former member of the SEC Division of Enforcement’s Cyberforce, the agency’s internet and cyber fraud unit, Jerome regularly advises companies involved in data security breaches and incident response. Jerome now leads teams of lawyers to address government law enforcement perspectives and where necessary, meet and refute government legal theories of corporate and individual liability head-on, while also being pragmatic and business-oriented for management and boards to compete internationally.

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Maurice A. Bellan is the Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office and a member of the Global Dispute Resolution and North America Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committees. He is a former trial attorney at the US Department of Justice and is experienced in a broad range of fraud and anti-corruption matters. Maurice was recently named by Savoy magazine as one of the most influential African-American lawyers in the United States.

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