| Investigations and Criminal Litigation |
WilmerHale’s Investigations and Criminal Litigation group consists of 12 partners and 50 members focused on the unique and challenging issues of this practice area. Our group is resident in Washington, DC, Boston, and New York and practices around the country and abroad. Fortune 500 companies, corporate executives and high-ranking public officials retain us for representation in internal corporate investigations; government investigations, including grand jury, congressional and inspector general investigations; criminal litigation, including trials and appeals; and related civil and administrative proceedings, including qui tam actions. We have defended clients against allegations of insider trading; health care, securities, accounting and government contracts fraud; violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Anti-kickback Statute and False Claims Act; criminal environmental violations; criminal antitrust violations; money laundering; and violations of other statutes. Recently, we:
- Have been lead counsel for numerous major pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies in wide-ranging federal criminal investigations of alleged health care fraud
- Represented dozens of officers and employees of pharmaceutical and medical device companies in federal criminal investigations of alleged health care fraud
- Represented numerous companies and individuals in federal criminal investigations in the areas of securities, antitrust, public corruption, tax, and government fraud
- Conducted numerous internal corporate investigations including that of Boeing concerning the US Air Force KC-767 Tanker Program, with related federal inquiries by the Defense Department, Justice Department, and Securities and Exchange Commission
- Represented numerous clients in congressional investigations, including a global financial institution in two major inquiries by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations into the vulnerability of US banking operations to foreign money laundering
- Represented numerous individuals in criminal prosecutions, including trials and appeals, of alleged securities fraud, insider trading, and environmental violations