In the second of a two-part episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, host Matthew Nielsen is joined by guests Will Anderson and Bob Clarke to discuss recent bank failures, including SVB Financial Group and Signature Bank.

In this first episode of a two-part series, Bracewell Sidebar hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme are joined by Will Anderson and Bob Clarke to discuss the banking failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and to provide an overview of the banking industry from the regulator's perspective. Will is the co-chair of Bracewell’s corporate and securities practice and chair of the firm’s financial institutions group. Bob is the founder of Bracewell’s global financial services practice...

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme share their thoughts on the ABA White Collar Conference, held in Miami, Florida, March 1-3, 2023.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme are joined by Brian Mich from Control Risk, a specialist risk consulting firm. Brian leads the regulatory risk and investigations practice for the Americas region, which includes North America, as well as Central and South America.

On the second episode in this two-part series, Bracewell Sidebar hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme are joined by Sid Kamaraju, a former national security prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, to discuss the process by which classified information is handled in federal court and the balancing of equities and interests that allow proceedings to go forward while maintaining national security.

Sid Kamaraju joins hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme for a two-part discussion on the use of classified information in federal criminal litigation. Prior to entering private practice, Sid was a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, where he spent significant time on national securities matters, including domestic terrorist attacks to foreign terrors of investigations, sanctions investigations, cyber hacking and espionage.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme are joined by Beth Jones to discuss the challenges of conducting investigations in China as viewed through the lens of a western model. Beth leads FTI Consulting’s risk and investigations team in Dallas, as well as FTI’s Asia risk and investigation practice which has teams in China, Korea, India and Singapore.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme discuss how one goes about getting a search warrant in light of recent events, including what is required and what inferences can be fairly drawn from the existence of a warrant.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme will give an update on developments in sanctions and enforcement based on insights gleaned from recent conferences that Seth attended. He shares some of his key takeaways.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme discuss the role of the outside auditor as part of investigations with guest Jeff Ferguson. Jeff is a partner in Ernst & Young’s forensic and integrity services practice, with more than two decades of experience in fraud and forensic investigations.

On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, Lucy Porter and Brittney Justice join hosts Seth DuCharme and Matthew Nielsen to talk about data privacy. Lucy advises clients in a variety of matters related to the structuring and negotiating of services agreements for business process and information technology outsourcing and managed services. Lucy works with clients to develop and implement data privacy solutions that are compliant with global regulations. She has experience working across...

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, Matthew Nielsen talks with our new podcast co-host, Seth DuCharme, about developments in white-collar enforcement, including the recent sanctions against Russia and the aggressive enforcement positions being taken by various agencies.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we look beyond Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the business and legal implications of the Russian sanctions, as well as at cybersecurity issues.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson talk with Bob Wagman about criminal investigations involving alleged misconduct connected with government programs. Bob is a partner in Bracewell’s Washington DC office, where he leads our government contracts practice.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson discuss the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos trial and the significance of the mixed verdict.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson talk with Assaad Nasr about the challenges that US lawyers face when they are working on international projects. Assaad is a deal lawyer, who previously served as general counsel of an international real estate development organization.

On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson look back at some of the significant regulatory and enforcement developments in 2021, including at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson are joined by Matt Bell to discuss US export controls and sanctions. Matt is a senior managing director and the global lead of FTI Consulting's export controls, sanctions and trade practice. Prior to joining FTI, Matt spent the majority of his career in senior legal and compliance positions in major multinational companies in the telecommunications and energy industries. He helped companies build best in class...

On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson continue their conversation with Anne Termine about cryptocurrency, including how different regulators are trying to create order in the hard to regulate cryptocurrency markets. Anne joined the firm in June 2021, with over 20 years of experience representing clients in investigations, enforcement actions, and litigation involving commodities, derivatives and more recently, cryptocurrency markets. She bring an...

On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, Anne Termine, a former chief attorney at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, joins hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson to talk about cryptocurrency. In the first part of this two-part episode, Anne provides insight on understanding how cryptocurrencies are created, how they function and what they mean for financial market participants.

In this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson are joined by Seth DuCharme for a dive into unique risks and challenges presented by ransomware attacks. Seth is a partner in Bracewell’s government investigations and enforcement group in New York. Seth was recently the acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of their...

In this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, Shamoil Shipchandler joins hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson to look at government investigations from a prosecutor’s point of view. Shamoil is a former senior officer at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas. He is currently chief counsel of risk and regulatory affairs at Charles Schwab.

On this episode of the Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson talk with Stephen Braga about the ins and outs of Congressional investigations.

Rachel Goldman, a litigation partner and co-chair of Bracewell’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice, joins hosts Phil Bezanson and Matthew Nielsen for a discussion about ESG, how it became popularized and why companies are taking it seriously.