Event details
November 20, 2025
Cooley
110 N. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-1511
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Event summary

Event summary

Join Cooley and co-hosts Charles River Associates and King & Spalding for an in-person briefing presented by Sandpiper Partners. This seventh annual complimentary event will provide an authoritative and practical update on the latest enforcement and litigation topics of interest – and how they may affect your Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) compliance strategies and policies going forward. Key issues covered will include:

  • Insider trading
  • Cryptocurrency deregulation
  • Increasing role of state attorneys general
  • Impact of whistleblowers from competitors as well as internal actors
  • Emergence of False Claims Act and reverse False Claims Act actions as an important federal statute to obtain billions of dollars in settlements and judgements in cases of fraud and false claims against the government
  • Financial reporting and accounting fraud investigations
  • Other current priorities, including immigration fraud, tariff, trade and customs fraud
  • Merger compliance

Speakers

This half-day event will feature government officials, as well as thought leaders and advisors from top companies and law firms, including:

  • Judge Jeremy C. Daniel – US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Chief Judge Virginia M. Kendall – US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Andrew S. Boutros – US Attorney, Northern District of Illinois
  • Andy Polovin – General Counsel at Tempus
  • Sean Radcliffe – Executive Vice President and General Counsel at R1 RCM
  • Deborah Steiner – Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel at RRD
  • Matthew Kutcher – Partner at Cooley (co-moderator)
  • Zachary T. Fardo – Partner at King & Spalding (co-moderator)
  • Megan Cunniff Church – Partner at MoloLamken
  • Nancy DePodesta – Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister
  • Markus Funk – Partner at White & Case
  • Joel M. Hammerman – Partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
  • Jordan Kraner – Principal at Charles River Associates
  • Jordan M. Matthews – Partner at Jones Day
  • John J. Sikora Jr. – Partner at Latham & Watkins
  • Scott Solomon – Vice President at Charles River Associates 

For more information, please email Lynn Glasser, president of Sandpiper Partners.

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