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Publications | September 13, 2024

The Legal and Compliance Implications of the Supreme Court's Snyder Decision

The Anti-Corruption Report

Authors

Brigida Benitez, Iris E. Bennett, Patrick F. Linehan, Nicholas P. Silverman

Overview

Partners Brigida Benitez, Iris Bennett, Pat Linehan, and Nick Silverman, and senior counsel Lucinda Low, authored an article titled, “The Legal and Compliance Implications of the Supreme Court's Snyder Decision,” which appeared in the Anti-Corruption Report.

The article discusses Snyder's potential effects on prosecutions under other federal anti-corruption statutes, and then explores its compliance implications.

Read the full article in the Anti-Corruption Report. (Subscription Required)

Professionals

Brigida Benitez
Brigida Benitez
Brigida Benitez focuses her practice on internal corporate investigations, global compliance and anti-corruption issues, and complex civil litigation. She draws on more than 30 years of experience...

Partner and General Counsel

Independent & Internal Investigations, Anti-Corruption/FCPA, Global Anti-Corruption Insights: FCPA Years in Review, Commercial Trials & Litigation

Iris E. Bennett
Iris Bennett has more than two decades of experience representing companies and individuals in the defense and resolution of criminal and civil investigations by the U.S. DOJ and other U.S. agencies....

Partner

Anti-Corruption/FCPA, Independent & Internal Investigations, White-Collar Defense, Fraud & False Claims Act

Patrick F. Linehan
Patrick Linehan's diverse practice focuses on representing corporate and individual clients in internal investigations, criminal investigations/trials and civil litigation. He has handled numerous...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Cartels & Conspiracies, Independent & Internal Investigations, Securities Enforcement

Nicholas P. Silverman
Nick Silverman is an up-and-coming star of the white-collar defense bar, who has been recognized by Bloomberg Law as one of the "Five Fresh Faces to Know in White Collar Defense."Nick represents...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Campaign Finance & Political Law

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Independent & Internal Investigations

Anti-Corruption/FCPA

Commercial Trials & Litigation

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