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COVID-19 Investigations Webinar – Current Congressional, Federal Agency, and State AG Oversight & Investigations Priorities

Webinar | 07.15.20, 8:00 AM EDT - 9:00 AM EDT

Join Crowell & Moring’s enforcement and investigations partners for a comprehensive overview of Congressional, Federal and State attorneys general COVID-19 enforcement actions. Learn about the prosecutions, Congressional document requests, formal investigations, and State actions underway. What industries, organizations, and companies have been targeted to date? How does the current enforcement focus impact future investigations? 


Our partners will provide an overview of matters that are currently of particular focus and offer their insights on what industry can expect in the coming months leading up to the 2020 elections. The panel will focus on oversight and investigations before:

  • Congress
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Justice
  • State Attorneys General

The panel will include members of our Government Affairs, Health Care, White Collar, and State Attorneys General practice groups. The panelists include:

  • Jim Flood, a former federal prosecutor and counsel to Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
  • John Fuson, a former associate chief counsel at the Food and Drug Administration
  • Natalie O. Ludaway, former Chief Deputy of the Office of Attorney General (OAG) for the District of Columbia
  • Rebecca Monck Ricigliano, a former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and First Assistant Attorney General for New Jersey

For more information, please visit these areas: Government Affairs, White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement

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