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From False Claims Act to FIRREA: The Government's Expanding Enforcement Arsenal Against Financial Institutions

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2012
Running Time: 01:07:41

Taken from the briefing From False Claims Act to FIRREA: The Government's Expanding Enforcement Arsenal Against Financial Institutions 2012 recorded July, 2012.

In its pursuit of financial fraud, the Department of Justice has recently "rediscovered" civil enforcement statutes that have not traditionally been applied in the context of financial fraud, particularly the False Claims Act, FIRREA, and the Fraud Injunction Statute.

Listen to Andrew W. Schilling, the Chief of the Civil Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York from 2010-2012 and now a partner at BuckleySandler LLP, Pierre G. Armand, Deputy Chief of the Civil Frauds Unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and Matthew P. Previn, a partner at BuckleySandler LLP, as they discuss the government's recent approach to civil enforcement actions against mortgage lenders and other financial institutions.

Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:07:41]

  • Civil enforcement trends of the Department of Justice (DOJ)
  • DOJ's available statutes and remedies
  • Responding to CIDs and subpoenas from DOJ
  • The challenge of parallel civil-criminal proceedings

Presentation Material

  • From False Claims Act to FIRREA: The Government's Expanding Enforcement Arsenal Against Financial Institutions
    Matthew P. Previn, Andrew W. Schilling, Pierre G. Armand
Speaker(s)
Pierre G. Armand ~ Deputy Chief, Civil Frauds Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Matthew P. Previn ~ BuckleySandler LLP
Andrew W. Schilling ~ BuckleySandler LLP

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