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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 and continues as a retired partner to serve as of counsel to the firm.

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 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 organizations, including compliance, HR, security, IT and legal. Lucy also has experience in advising clients with the protection, maintenance, licensing and transfer of intellectual property assets, as well as in the prosecution and management of trademark portfolios. Brittney helps represents clients on cybersecurity and data privacy matters, including privacy litigation, compliance with state and global data privacy laws, and drafting privacy policies and contracts. She also advises on all aspects of data breach incident investigation and response, including directing privileged forensic investigations, coordinating and supporting internal incident response teams, engaging with law enforcement authorities and other federal agencies, and advising senior management on response and risk mitigation strategies.

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.