by John Zavocki | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
On February 26, 2026, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued a precedential opinion in Garofalo v. Di Vincenzo, affirming a $2 million FINRA arbitration award in favor of SECIL Law PLLC client Jayne Di Vincenzo CFP®, ChFC®, CEP®, AIF®. In the underlying FINRA...
by dcadmin | Feb 24, 2026 | Complex Litigation
By David Carney, Adriaen Morse, Lionel Andre, and Cory Kirchert, Partners, SECIL Law PLLC | Washington, DC On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Trump Administration’s tariffs purportedly authorized by the International Emergency Economic...
by dcadmin | Jan 29, 2026 | White Collar Defense & Investigations
By David Carney, Cory Kirchert, and Adriaen Morse, Partners, SECIL Law PLLC | Washington, D.C. The DOJ recently announced that in FY25 it collected more than $6.8 billion in FCA settlements and judgments, raising the government’s civil FCA recoveries since...
by dcadmin | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized, White Collar Defense & Investigations
By Deana Mary, Fractional Chief Growth Officer, SECIL Law PLLC | Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. – SECIL Law PLLC continues its strategic growth with the addition of David E. Carney as Partner and B. Jonathan Haskin as Associate,...
by dcadmin | Nov 11, 2025 | SECIL News
By Deana Mary, Fractional Chief Growth Officer, SECIL Law PLLC | Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. — SECIL Law PLLC is pleased to announce that John Irving and Patrick B. Murray have joined the firm as Partners. Their extensive government and private-sector...
by dcadmin | Jun 25, 2025 | Internal Investigations
By Lionel André and John P. Rowley III, Partners, SECIL Law PLLC | Washington, D.C. When private equity firm White Deer Management LLC discovered that a newly acquired portfolio company, Unicat Catalyst Technologies, had engaged in criminal violations of U.S....
by dcadmin | Jun 16, 2025 | Anti-Corruption
Regulatory Recalibration: What Trump’s FCPA Pause and DAG Blanche’s June 9 Memo Mean for Corporate Counsel President Trump’s February 10, 2025, executive order initiating a 180-day pause on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement marked the most significant shift in...
by dcadmin | Jun 12, 2025 | False Claims Act & Whistleblower Matters
DOJ Launches Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Targeting Compliance Misrepresentations On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, a new enforcement effort focused on identifying and addressing false...
by dcadmin | Jun 10, 2025 | White Collar Defense & Investigations
If you’re a general counsel, chief legal officer, or C-suite executive at a company that does business with the federal government, the enforcement landscape in 2025 demands your attention now more than ever. The Department of Justice under the Trump...
by dcadmin | Jun 5, 2025 | White Collar Defense & Investigations
The unprecedented terminations currently unfolding within the federal government raise serious legal and ethical questions about politically motivated firings and the erosion of due process protections for career civil servants. The ongoing firings and reassignments...
