White Collar Crime Research

Tip: Overviews like U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section's Year in Review (2024), Practical Law's Trends in Federal White Collar Prosecutions, & American Criminal Law Review's most recent Annual Survey of White Collar Crime discuss recent developments/initiatives + identify key primary sources of law. 

American Criminal Law Review publishes an $ Annual Survey of White Collar Crime (arranged by topic).  Click here to view the table of contents to the most recent Annual Survey.   New Annual Survey anticipated in Summer 2025.

$ Bloomberg Law > type: white collar in home screen search box to access White Collar & Criminal Law litigation intelligence center.  If a current BLS law student, faculty member or administrator does not have a Bloomberg Law account, click here & register with your BLS email.  (You do not need an activation code, but you do need to wait for a reply email from Bloomberg Law before you can activate your new account.)

1. Includes Litigation Practice Portfolio 651: White Collar Criminal Investigations. 
2. Links to pages of sources on Anti-Money Laundering, Corporate Litigation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) & Securities Enforcement & Litigation.

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1. International Comparative Legal Guide – Anti-Money Laundering 2025 (May 22, 2025)
2. DOJ Announces White Collar Enforcement Priorities (May 19, 2025)
3. 2024 Year-End FCPA Update (updated regularly)
4.  2024 Securities Enforcement Year-End Update (updated regularly)

U.S.Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section  Provides the Fraud Section's Year in Review (2024), which highlights key initiatives (including trials) & statistics.  Highlights the Criminal Division's Pilot Program On Voluntary Self-Disclosures For Individuals. 

Also links to pages discussing:

1. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
2. Health Care Fraud
3. Market Integrity and Major Frauds

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, White Collar Crime  Supports keyword searches, such as: affinity fraud.  Links to pages discussing investigations of:

1. Asset Forfeiture
2. Health Care Fraud

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement  Provides SEC Enforcement Actions: FCPA Cases (listed by calendar year, including 2024 enforcement actions)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Whistleblower  Provides 2024 Annual Report + Latest News provides press releases/statements.  

$ Thomson Reuters Practical Law > practice note: Trends in Federal White Collar Prosecutions

$ Thomson Reuters Practical Law > provides 100+ practice notes/other documents on topic: White Collar Crime & Investigations

1. Either scan the titles of available practice notes or search by keyword(s). 
2. Search example: Search securities yields Securities Litigation and Enforcement: Overview. 

$ Thomson Reuters > Westlaw Edge UK > topic: Crime

1. Search Crime by keyword(s).
2. Search example: "white collar crime" > filter results (by content type, topic, jurisdiction & date)

$ Westlaw's Precision Research page now links to: Search by Topic: White Collar Crime,  Description states: "Westlaw attorneys have tagged and classified new attributes in cases from 2010 to present along with select older, leading cases.  Now you can search and filter by legal issue and outcome, fact pattern, motion type and outcome, and more, to quickly find a core set of highly relevant cases. Then use traditional tools to find the rest of what you might need."  Tip: Click tab: Search by attribute to access the search template below: