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Recognized for “Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded – Nationwide” by Chambers USA in 2024, Winston’s Government Investigations, Enforcement, and Compliance Practice assists individuals, companies, and organizations with government investigations and enforcement matters; related criminal and civil litigation; trials; appeals; congressional oversight; internal investigations; and compliance counseling and program development and enhancement. We are comprised of 80+ litigators, with more than a dozen former prosecutors from the SEC, Main Justice, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, including two former U.S. Attorneys, Regional Supervisors, the former Chief of IRS Criminal Investigations, and a former Acting Assistant Attorney General, ENRD, DOJ. We are known for our zealous advocacy, our unyielding commitment to our clients, and for protecting and defending clients’ interests with legal acumen that’s second to none.
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Environmental Litigation & Enforcement
With today’s rapidly evolving rules of engagement, paired with the often contentious nature of environmental disputes, clients rely on Winston for our practical experience and substantive knowledge of the broad-ranging issues involved in environmental litigation, enforcement, and investigations.
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Winston & Strawn’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) & Energy Regulatory Practice bring decades of experience counseling on transactional, regulatory, investigation, and enforcement and litigation matters.
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|October 1, 2023
Class Action Plaintiff Sent Packing After Winston Secures Enforcement of Binance’s Terms of Use
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|August 1, 2023
American Multinational Hedge Fund and Financial Services Company Trademark Counseling
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|Spring 2025
Banee Pachuca to Teach Fraud and Abuse Course at the University of Houston Law Center
Banee Pachuca, Health Care and M&A partner at Winston & Strawn, will join the University of Houston Law Center as an adjunct professor beginning in Spring 2025 to teach a Fraud and Abuse course as a part of the university’s Health Law program. Amandeep S. Sidhu, Winston health care partner, will be a guest speaker during the course as well.
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|February 13, 2025
CFPB and SEC Developments in Trump’s Second Term – What You Need to Know
The 2024 presidential election triggered a flurry of action in the banking sphere as agencies raced to fulfill their agendas before a second Trump term. From rulemakings issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to shifting priorities within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), much remains uncertain as Trump prepares to install new leadership. Financial Services Industry Group is paying close attention to CFPB And SEC developments, and we invite you and your colleagues to a webinar to get the latest updates on CFPB and SEC Developments.Topics will include:
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|January 30, 2025
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CFPB and SEC Developments in Trump’s Second Term
The 2024 presidential election triggered a flurry of action in the banking sphere as agencies raced to fulfill their agendas before a second Trump term. From rulemakings issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to shifting priorities within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), much remains uncertain as Trump prepares to install new leadership. See below the topics we are paying closest attention to in the coming months and stay tuned for more detailed analyses.
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What Is the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team?
The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) is part of the DOJ’s Criminal Division. It is to identify, investigate, support, and pursue cases involving the criminal use of digital assets, with a particular focus on virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, infrastructure providers, and other entities that are enabling the misuse of cryptocurrency and related technologies to commit or facilitate criminal activity.
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What Is the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)?
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) “establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, or produced by certain entities, is prohibited by Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and that such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise are not entitled to entry to the United States”... “The UFLPA also requires the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and Director of National Intelligence, to develop and submit to Congress a strategy for supporting CBP’s enforcement of Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to goods, wares, articles, and merchandise produced with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China.”