Crisis Response Team
/Overview
Have you received a subpoena, civil investigative demand, target letter, or another inquiry from the Department of Justice or another government agency? Your next move is critical. Nixon Peabody Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense attorneys are ready to help.
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How you or your company reacts next could have serious implications for your business, your finances, and your future. Nixon Peabody’s Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense group has a deep bench of experienced practitioners in Boston and across the country. We have consistently fought—and won—cases against these very same agencies and prosecutors that are now turning their attention to you or your company. Our track record speaks for itself, with high-profile victories making headlines in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Fox News.
/Our results
We have secured four consecutive, complete victories in criminal cases brought by the Massachusetts US Attorney’s Office:
- MIT Professor Gang Chen: Ended the prosecution of our client in a high-profile case involving his alleged ties to China. New York Times
- COVID Loan Fraud: Secured a pre-trial dismissal of fraud charges for our client accused of misrepresenting information related to pandemic relief loans. The Boston Globe
- Varsity Blues: Achieved the only full acquittal in the Varsity Blues college admissions case. Associated Press
- Tax Fraud: Won a total trial victory for our client in a federal tax case. Fox News
/Civil enforcement successes
- Secured a full dismissal of a False Claims Act case for a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary.
- Achieved a reversal before the SEC of a lifetime bar from working in the securities industry.
- Convinced the SEC to drop an expansive Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation into a large public company.