Even the most compliance-oriented companies have problems. Problems can arise anytime, anywhere in the world and sometimes without warning. Baker Botts lawyers are adept at helping companies of all sizes and across a myriad of industries to investigate, evaluate and remediate compliance problems and, where necessary, to defend companies in government enforcement actions in the U.S. and abroad. We conduct investigations on any matter - large or small - that has the potential to raise significant regulatory, litigation, reputational or share price risks.
Clients turn to us to handle complex problems for our experience, our judgment, our ability to anticipate issues and our candid advice. We conduct targeted and appropriately scoped investigations directed at the issues that are of paramount interest to our clients, and we pride ourselves on practical solutions that avoid unnecessary effort and disruption. We have the judgment and experience to know that some matters present real risk to an enterprise and others can be addressed through remediation. We approach our cases at all times with our client's best interests in mind.
Baker Botts' investigations team brings decades of private sector and senior law enforcement experience. This team includes seasoned lawyers throughout the world, many of whom have held prior federal and state government service positions, including nationally recognized trial lawyers, a former U.S. Attorney, a former Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, a former Deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, the former Chief of Enforcement for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), former Assistant U.S. Attorneys, state prosecutors, SEC Enforcement lawyers, and DOJ Environmental Enforcement lawyers.
Our lawyers represent clients in connection with internal investigations, as well as criminal and civil enforcement matters across a range of agencies and on issues relating to, among others:
- Cartel and Criminal Antitrust
- Catastrophic Workplace Events
- Complex Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Cybersecurity
- Derivatives Regulatory, Compliance and Enforcement (CFTC)
- Environmental Crimes
- Export Controls
- False Claims Act and Qui Tam Litigation
- FCPA, UK Bribery Act and Global Anti-Corruption
- Fraud
- Healthcare and Anti-kickback Statutes
- ITAR
- SEC, FINRA and FinCen Enforcement Actions
- Trade and Economic Sanctions
- Whistleblower Reports
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Financial Advisor - Fraud Investigation
Investment Manager - SEC Enforcement Action
Cobalt International Energy - Securities fraud class action
Stored electricity solutions company - Site investigation and remediation activity
Marine Transportation Company - Oil Spill Response
Financial Services Company Executive - Criminal investigation
CFO of Energy Company - SEC Investigation
Second Largest Ukrainian Investment Bank Subsidiary - SEC and DOJ Investigations
Global Industrial Company - Internal Investigations
New York State Public Benefit Corporation Employee - Criminal Investigation
Financial Services Executives - CFTC and NY Attorney General Investigation - Market Manipulation
Individual - Government Investigation - Crane Collapse
Fortune 500 Tech Company - FCPA Investigation
Major Investment Manager - SEC Investigation of Financial Products
E&P Company - Train Derailment
Cady v. Key Energy Services, Inc. et al - 10b-5 Securities Class Action
E&P Company - Train Derailment Response
Chemical Company - EPA Flare Enforcement
Governmental Finance and Insurance Agency - Securities Regulation and Enforcement
Large Oil Company - Wrongful termination and defamation
Wealth Management Firm - Crisis Management
Battery Manufacturer - Environmental and Enforcement Matters Involving Smeltering Facility
Telecom Company - Enforcement Case
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise - Export Controls
Former CEO of Auto Parts Manufacturer - Securities Fraud Allegations
PepsiCo - Sanctions Licensing and Compliance Advice
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Defending Against Frivolous Employment Claims: Assessing the Claim for Merit, Motion Practice, Sanctions and Remedies
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Recent SCOTUS Cases and Energy Enforcement
Speeches & PresentationsEnergy Bar Association - Compliance and Enforcement Steering Committee
Enforcement Insider: CFTC Brings First Action for Impeding Whistleblowers and Continues Insider Trading and Manipulation Focus
PodcastEnforcement Insider: Recent Insider Trading Developments
PodcastEnergy Enforcement Insider: Current Issues in Sanctions and Export Controls Compliance
PodcastEPA Announces New Enforcement Policy Requiring Civil-Criminal Coordination
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Energy Enforcement Insider: FERC Investigations Outlook; SEC Climate Disclosure Rule
PodcastFERC Modifies its Process for Resolving Enforcement Investigations by Settlement, Giving Enforcement Staff More Authority and Discretion
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WebinarEnergy Enforcement Insider: Are Compliance Officers in the Crosshairs?
PodcastCPPA Proposes New Regulations for AI & Automated Decisionmaking Technology
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California Enacts Disclosure Requirements for the Voluntary Carbon Market and Net Zero Claims
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Energy Enforcement Insider: Fiscal Year-End Trends and CFTC Enforcement Advisory on Penalties, Monitors, and Admissions
PodcastTikTok's €345 Million Fine for GDPR Violations on Child Data Protection
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CPPA's First Draft Regulations on Cybersecurity Audits and Risk Assessments
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Energy Enforcement Insider: The CFTC's Recent Recordkeeping Cases, and the Compliance Challenges Posed by AI
PodcastSEC Adopts Significant Changes to the Rules Governing Beneficial Ownership Reporting (Schedules 13D and 13G)
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
DIFC Addresses Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Data Processing Through New Amendments to Data Protection Law
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Client UpdatesIndian Minister Hints at Six-Month Compliance Period for DPDPA
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California Legislature Passes "Delete Act"
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Internal Investigations, Upjohn Warnings, and Thoughts on Best Practices
PodcastCarbon Market Whistleblowers, DOJ Prosecutions, False Claims Act Compliance, and the CFTC Regulatory Calendar
PodcastEnforcement Insider
PodcastEuropean Commission Issues Adequacy Decision for EU-US Data Privacy Framework
Client UpdatesPrivacy and Cybersecurity Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: CFTC Enforcement Roundup
WebinarEnvironmental Enforcement Trends: 2022 Update
Client UpdatesEnergy Update
Fifth Circuit Decides Government Appeal in FCPA and Money Laundering Case
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Focus on Peizer Insider Trading Indictment, CFTC Updates re Greenwashing and Power Markets, and Recent Fifth Circuit FCPA Decision
WebinarDOJ Announces Further Reforms to Corporate Criminal Enforcement
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
DOJ Implements New Corporate Enforcement Policy Across All U.S. Attorney's Offices Nationwide
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
Commissioner Proposes Increasing CFTC Enforcement Resources to Combat Greenwashing and Other Forms of Environmental Market Fraud
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
SEC Releases 2023 Examination Priorities
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
The SEC Alerts Advisers and Brokers to Key Identity Theft Prevention and Regulation Best Interest Compliance Issues
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Ongoing Regulatory Enforcement Risk in Texas after Winter Storm Uri
WebinarSEC Charges Former McDonald's CEO with Securities Act and Exchange Act Violations and McDonald's for Public Disclosure Violations
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
Second Circuit Insider Trading Decision May Have Broad Impacts on White-Collar Prosecutions
Client UpdatesSecurities Litigation Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Recent ESG Enforcement Activity, Takeaways from SEC Enforcement Director’s Recent Speech, and Recent Crypto-Related Actions
WebinarSEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal Reflects on Commission's Priorities in Keynote Address During Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington, D.C.
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: CFTC Annual Enforcement Results, Cross-Border Cooperation, and Improper Trade Allocation, Plus SEC/DOJ Updates
WebinarEnergy Enforcement Insider: SEC/CFTC Enforcement Fiscal Year-End Roundup and Takeaways
WebinarHandling Environmental/Spills/Claims
Speeches & PresentationsUT Law CLE's 31st Annual David W. Robertson Admiralty and Maritime Law Conference
SEC Reopens Comment Periods for Several Proposed Rules, Including Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Inflation Reduction Act - Key Energy Market Highlights
WebinarDOJ Announces Reforms to Corporate Criminal Enforcement
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Expected Fall Actions
WebinarEnvironmental Evolutions: Environmental Justice: Audits, Data, and Disclosures, Oh My!
PodcastEnergy Enforcement Insider: SEC ESG Enforcement Developments and Trends, Plus CFTC and DOJ Updates
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Energy Enforcement Insider: Recent FCPA/Manipulation Actions, SEC Climate and ESG Task Force Updates, and CFTC Carbon Market and Intermediation Activity
WebinarSpring Meeting Recap: High Tech Enforcement Update
External ArticleAmerican Bar Association, Unilateral Conduct Committee Monopoly Matter's Newsletter, Vol. 20 No.1.
2021 Environmental Enforcement Trends
Client UpdatesEnergy Update
Environmental Justice, Climate Change, New Tools
Client UpdatesEnvironmental Enforcement Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Recent SEC, DOJ, CFTC and FCPA Enforcement Actions
WebinarDOJ Announces Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Revives Use of Supplemental Environmental Projects: What Companies Need to Know
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
Strategies for Responding to Congressional Investigations & Subpoenas
Client UpdatesInvestigations Toolkit Update
Deputy Attorney General Highlights DOJ Enforcement Priorities During NYC Bar Association's 10th Annual White Collar Crime Institute
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
SEC Examinations Division Issues 2022 Exam Priorities
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Updates on Crypto Enforcement, SEC Penalties, Exchange Disciplinary Actions, and Risk Mitigation Around Price Volatility
WebinarSEC Proposes Historic, Sweeping Disclosures of Climate-Related Risks, Financial Impacts, and Emissions
Client UpdatesDOJ Announces New Russia-Focused AML and Sanctions Enforcement Initiative
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Energy Enforcement Insider: Recent SEC and CFTC Enforcement Actions
Webinar
Insider Trading Update: Out of the Shadows? - Recent decision approves of novel insider-trading theory.
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Energy Enforcement Insider: Update on National Strategy on Corruption & Recent CFTC Enforcement Actions
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Delaware Chancery Court Decides Motion to Dismiss in SPAC Case
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
SEC Proposes Changes to Insider Trading Rule
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Lessons and Signals from the SEC and FERC Annual Enforcement Reports
WebinarEnergy Enforcement Insider: DOJ/SEC Policy Announcements and Cybersecurity Considerations for Energy Companies
WebinarDOJ Announces Tougher White-Collar Enforcement, Focuses on Individuals in Comprehensive New Policy
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Fiscal Year-End Enforcement Wrap-Up
WebinarEnergy Enforcement Insider: SEC Insider Trading Action, CFTC Position Limits, and Environmental Enforcement
WebinarSEC Continues Cybersecurity Focus, This Time Targeting Investment Advisers and Broker Dealers
Client UpdatesPrivacy and Data Security Update
FTC Chair Turns Antitrust Attention to Energy Industry
Client UpdatesGlobe Trotting Privacy: China Passes Comprehensive National Privacy Legislation
Client UpdatesPrivacy & Data Security Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: SEC Action on Cyber Disclosures, DOJ Updates, and CFTC Swap Reporting Enforcement
WebinarSEC Charges Parties to SPAC Combination for Misleading Disclosures and Due Diligence Failures
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
Energy Enforcement Insider: Winter Storm Fallout & CFTC Climate Risk Targeting
WebinarEnergy Enforcement Insider: Recent CFTC/DOJ Benchmark Manipulation Cases & Trends in Parallel Investigations
WebinarNow’s the Time: Get Ready for Increased EPA Inspections in Environmental Justice Communities
Client UpdatesEnvironmental Update
SPAC Litigation and Enforcement Update: Spring 2021
Client UpdatesClient Update
Government Investigations and Securities Litigation – You Better Watch Out!
Speeches & PresentationsPanel, IEL’s 72nd Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference
Security Threats Facing Today's Clean Water Utilities
Speeches & PresentationsNational Association of Clean Water Agencies
Lessons for Dealing with Government Investigations from the United Airlines Settlement
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Florida Water Treatment Facility Highlights Cybersecurity Risks for the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure
Client UpdatesPrivacy and Data Security Update
New Executive Order Jumpstarts Sweeping Environmental Justice Changes
Client UpdatesEnvironmental Justice Spotlight: Current Developments in Environmental Justice
Webinar
New Federal Law Significantly Expands the SEC’s Authority to Pursue Disgorgement
Client Updates
White Collar Update
New Federal Laws Expand Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Regime
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Merging Environmental Safety and Incident Response Teams: Meet Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn, and Scott Janoe
External ArticleELI Insider Volume 8, Issue 4, Fall 2020
Home Depot Settles With 46 States for 2014 Data Breach: Lessons from the Trenches
Client UpdatesPrivacy and Data Security Update
Considerations for a Biden Administration – SEC Enforcement and Securities Litigation
VideoConsiderations for a Biden Administration - White Collar & Corporate Investigations
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Client UpdatesFull Fifth Circuit to Decide Whether Constitutional Challenges to SEC Enforcement Actions Can Be Brought in Federal District Court
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Baker Botts and FTI Proactive Steps for Compliance Webinar Series: Remote Investigations
WebinarBaker Botts and FTI Proactive Steps for Compliance Webinar Series: Creative Approaches to Compliance in the Face of Economic and Travel Related Barriers Caused by COVID
WebinarDOJ Continues to Zero in on Public Procurement Crimes
Client UpdatesAntitrust Update
Baker Botts and FTI Proactive Steps for Compliance Webinar Series: Enforcement in the Age of COVID-19 – Lessons Learned from the 2008 Financial Crisis Related Enforcement Actions
WebinarDefending an SEC Investigation
Speeches & PresentationsCo-host, Lawline, CLE
New OMB Guidance on Agency Enforcement Actions
Client UpdatesCompliance & Enforcement Update
CFTC Enforcement Division Issues Guidance on Compliance
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Post Crisis Agency Engagement: Do's and Don'ts
VideoSpotlight on EHS Crisis Response
Chambers Merger Control Guide USA 2020 - Trends and Developments
Client UpdatesAntitrust Update
Key Enforcement Takeaways From Unusual Virtual Regulator Townhalls
Client UpdatesStaying Ahead of the Curve: Securities Law Considerations for Q1 2020 Earnings Season
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VideoSpotlight on EHS Crisis Response
Introduction: Environmental Crisis Response
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Enforcement and Regulatory Trends for 2020
Client UpdatesBaker Botts White Collar Update