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兰尼•A•布鲁尔 Lanny A. Breuer

被《国家法律杂志》(National Law Journal)评选为美国最有影响力的100名律师之一的兰尼·A·布鲁尔是科文顿的副主席,也是美国顶尖的诉讼和白领犯罪辩护律师之一。他擅长帮助客户处理金融欺诈调查、反腐败事务、反洗钱调查、证券执法行动、网络犯罪事件、国会调查及其他存在复杂监管、政治及公共关系风险的刑事和民事事务。
除了20年的私人执业生涯外,布鲁尔先生还曾在美国司法部担任刑事司司长(2009-2013)、克林顿总统的特别顾问(1997-1999)及曼哈顿助理地区检察官(1985-1989)。
- 在美国司法部和证券交易委员会进行的FCPA调查中担任Hyperdynamics Corporation的首席法律顾问
- 为面临证券交易委员会FCPA调查的国际金融机构担任首席法律顾问
- 为面临司法部和证券交易委员会FCPA调查的国际消费品公司担任首席法律顾问
- 为面临证券交易委员会FCPA调查的国际制药公司担任首席法律顾问
- 为面临司法部、证券交易委员会、世行等机构敏感质询和调查的多家公司和个人担任首席法律顾问
- 就国会调查为棒球投手Roger Clemens担任法律顾问
- 在美国国家档案馆一项文件调查中担任前国家安全顾问伯格(Sandy Berger)的首席法律顾问
- 在指称盗窃数千万美元的案件中担任俄罗斯总统叶利钦和普金的前原子能部长的首席法律顾问
- 代表惠普公司董事会特别诉讼委员会
- 在国会调查中代表许多大公司,包括在一次有关外国业务活动的听证会中代表一家领先的互联网公司、代表作为监督调查目标的大型药业公司、在一项国家安全调查中代表洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室以及在安然公司听证会中代表一家华尔街大公司
- 在标的数十亿美元的《虚假申报法》相关诉讼中代表领先的电信业投资者
公益服务
- 处理华盛顿特区高级法院历时最长的争夺抚养权案件之一及后续的上诉
成员资格
- 美国出庭律师协会会员
- 《透明国际》- 美国,董事会成员
- 哥伦比亚法学院理事会成员
- 华盛顿特区警察基金会理事
- 美国法律学会会员
- Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court出庭律师
- 美国大屠杀纪念委员会委员(总裁当选人)(1999-2004),良知委员会委员(1999-2009)
职业经历
2009年至2013年,布鲁尔先生担任美国司法部刑事司司长。作为史上任期最长的刑事司负责人之一,布鲁尔先生手下统领工作在联邦刑事诉讼、政策和立法领域前沿的近600名律师。在担任刑事司司长期间,布鲁尔先生被公认为各类联邦执法重点行动的全国带头人,涉及的领域包括金融欺诈、洗钱、美国反海外腐败法(FCPA)、医疗保险欺诈、网络犯罪、知识产权侵权及公权腐败。
在司法部任职期间,布鲁尔先生牵头组织了《FCPA资源指引》的出版工作。该指引是美国政府关于其执行FCPA的正式指导文件。布鲁尔先生还监管了多起诉讼案件,为许多执法领域(包括反腐败、洗钱、医保欺诈及网络犯罪)树立了新的标准。
因其在刑事司的杰出工作,布鲁尔先生因杰出服务获得Edmund J. Randolph奖,这是司法部长能授予司法部雇员的最高奖项。他还在《职业道德领域》(Ethisphere)评选出的国际商业道德100名最有影响力人士名单中位居第六,并且在最近被《国家法律杂志》评为美国最具影响力的100名律师之一。
在司法部任职之前,布鲁尔先生担任本事务所白领犯罪辩护和调查业务团队联合主席。
自1997年至1999年,布鲁尔先生担任威廉•杰斐逊•克林顿(William Jefferson Clinton)总统的特别顾问,代表白宫处理独立顾问、司法部和国会的调查,以及在弹劾程序中为克林顿总统进行辩护。
在1985年至1989年,布鲁尔先生在曼哈顿担任助理地区检察官。
February 17, 2021, Covington Alert
The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom have each taken significant actions in recent weeks in response to reports of oppression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. As discussed in previous client alerts, the U.S. government has repeatedly stated that the Chinese government is engaged in ...
January 20, 2021, Covington Alert
Based on the top-line numbers, 2020 was a banner year for U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) enforcement. We saw several record-setting fines as U.S.-recovered penalties from corporate resolutions totaled more than $2.75 billion—the highest on record; and a new company entered the all-time U.S. recoveries Top 10 resolutions list. While some commentators ...
January 13, 2021, Covington Alert
On January 1, 2021, the United States Congress enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (the “AMLA”), as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (the “Act”). The AMLA includes extensive and fundamental reforms to anti-money laundering (“AML”) laws in the United States, including the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”). We described the principal reforms — ...
2021年非洲反腐败合规趋势和五大重点领域
January 1, 2021, 科文顿电子期刊
正如我们在近期的客户期刊中所指出的,我们发现近年来非洲的反腐败执法活动呈上升趋势,包括非洲执法部门与美英执法部门之间的跨境合作。展望2021年及未来,我们认为这种趋势将持续下去。
December 11, 2020, Covington Alert
On December 8, 2020, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (the “NDAA” or “Act”), which includes over 200 pages of significant reforms to the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and other anti-money laundering (“AML”) laws that have been working their way through Congress for several years. Despite some remaining objections from President Trump and ...
September 28, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington partner Jennifer Saulino has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Ms. Saulino is the eighth Covington lawyer among the current Fellows, joining Lanny Breuer, Robert Haslam, Carolyn Kubota, John Nields, George Pappas, William Phillips, and Robert Sayler. Ms. ...
《FCPA信息指引》第二版:你需要了解的内容
July 6, 2020, 科文顿电子期刊
2020年7月3日,美国司法部(下称“司法部”)刑事司和美国证券交易委员会(下称“证交会”)执法部低调发布了《美国反海外腐败法信息指引(第二版)》(下称“第二版”)。该《信息指引》第一版(下称“第一版”)发布于2012年11月,已成为《反海外腐败法》(下称“FCPA”)从业者和合规专业人士重要的参考资源。如同第一版一样,第二版仍然是关于司法部和证交会对FCPA各种相关问题立场的非约束性、非正式指引。
Supreme Court Preserves DACA
June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 ruling, struck down the Trump Administration’s attempt to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides individuals who were brought to the U.S. as children the opportunity to live and work legally in United States. Covington has represented the University of ...
2020年6月3日, 科文顿电子期刊
2020年6月1日,美国司法部(下称?司法部?)刑事司发布了更新版的企业合规体系评估文件(下称?指引?),该指引是供检察官在司法部调查中评估企业合规体系时参考的文件。司法部最近一次修订指引是在2019年4月,我们在之前一篇客户期刊中讨论过该版指引。如同指引之前重申的那样,2020年6月的版本仍然适用于涉及企业组织的所有刑事司调查和执法行动。
2020年4月8日, 科文顿电子期刊
COVID-19(下称“新冠肺炎”)正造成美国全国法律体系的大面积中断,也给政府调查中的实际和潜在主体以及执法行动中的被告人带来影响。本客户报告分析了此次疫情对默认的联邦犯罪诉讼时效以及《迅速审判法》下期限的潜在影响。
January 30, 2020, Covington Alert
It has been another strong year in anti-corruption enforcement, with 2019 meeting or beating the high-water mark for enforcement across a number of measurements.
May 10, 2019, Covington Alert
On April 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division released an updated version of the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (the “Guidance”), which serves as a reference for prosecutors in assessing corporate compliance programs in the context of DOJ investigations.
April 3, 2019, Covington Alert
In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice introduced several changes to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Corporate Enforcement Policy (“the Policy”). The Policy, originally incorporated into the Justice Manual in November 2017, outlines the Department’s position on mitigation credit that companies may receive for voluntary self-disclosure, full ...
April 3, 2019, Covington Alert
In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice introduced several changes to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Corporate Enforcement Policy (“the Policy”). The Policy, originally incorporated into the Justice Manual in November 2017, outlines the Department’s position on mitigation credit that companies may receive for voluntary self-disclosure, full ...
Companies face conflicting expectations when investigating conduct under Israeli jurisdiction
March 26, 2019, Global Investigations Review
Q1 2019, Covington Alert
It was business as usual for FCPA enforcement in 2018. The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) collected a total of $1 billion from seventeen corporate defendants, including through their share of two high-value, multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions. DOJ also announced thirteen new FCPA prosecutions ...
Winter 2019, Covington Alert
It was business as usual for FCPA enforcement in 2018. The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) collected a total of $1 billion from seventeen corporate defendants, including through their share of two high-value, multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions. DOJ also announced thirteen new FCPA prosecutions ...
Dan Abrams Show
January 31, 2019, SiriusXM
Lanny Breuer appeared on The Dan Abrams show to discuss recent political developments around Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. He says, “What we know is that this campaign showed a remarkable disregard for distancing itself from those who were trying to sabotage the election.”
January 16, 2019, Covington Alert
On December 26, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") settled an enforcement action against Centrais Eléctricas Brasileiras S.A. ("Eletrobras"), an electric utilities holding company majority-owned and controlled by the Brazilian government.
September 28, 2018, Covington Advisory
On August 24, 2018, the Second Circuit issued its much-anticipated decision in U.S. v. Hoskins.Emphasizing on multiple occasions that Congress defined “with surgical precision” who could be liable under the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the court held that the government may not employ conspiracy or accomplice liability ...
March 7, 2018
WASHINGTON—Global Investigations Review and Who’s Who Legal: Investigations have recognized Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group in its 2018 report. The publication named Covington partners Tammy Albarrán and Steven Fagell to the inaugural Future Leaders issue, a ranking of “the most eminent lawyers in the field under 45,” and ...
March 5, 2018
LOS ANGELES—Covington partner Carolyn Kubota has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Ms. Kubota is the seventh Covington lawyer among the current Fellows, joining Lanny Breuer, Robert Haslam, John Nields, George Pappas, William Phillips, and Robert Sayler. Ms. Kubota is a ...
February 23, 2018, Covington Alert
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers. Ruling 9-0, the Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act prohibits retaliation against whistleblowers only if they reported suspected wrongdoing directly to the SEC.
January 25, 2018, Covington Advisory
Our message this year is simple: FCPA enforcement is here to stay. Despite pre-election statements to the contrary, various senior officials in the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) have, over the past year, consistently reaffirmed DOJ’s and the SEC’s commitment to FCPA enforcement.
Covington Secures Injunction of DACA Rescission
January 9, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO—Covington secured a victory on behalf of its clients the University of California and UC President Janet Napolitano when Northern District of California Judge William Alsup issued a nationwide injunction blocking the federal government’s effort to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). On September 5, 2017, the ...
The Regulator Whisperers: Covington & Burling, Finalist for White Collar/Regulatory Litigation Department of the Year
January 2018, The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer named Covington a finalist for White Collar/Regulatory Litigation Department of the Year and highlights Eric Holder, Steven Fagell, Lanny Breuer, Nancy Kestenbaum, and Mythili Raman in its profile.
Fighting Trump’s Policies is Personal for This Lawyer
September 13, 2017, Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law featured Lanny Breuer in a Q&A regarding his and the firm's involvement as co-counsel at the University of California against the Department of Homeland Security regarding the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Commenting on the firm's decision to join the lawsuit, Breuer says, "We feel very strongly that the ...
June 7, 2017, Covington Alert
On Monday, in Kokesh v. SEC, the Supreme Court handed a major loss to the Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously holding that SEC claims for disgorgement of ill-gotten gains are subject to a five-year statute of limitations. The Kokesh decision also calls into question the proper measure of disgorgement (e.g., gross versus net profits) and even whether ...
June 7, 2017, Covington Alert
On Monday, in Kokesh v. SEC,1 the Supreme Court handed a major loss to the Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously holding that SEC claims for disgorgement of ill-gotten gains are subject to a five-year statute of limitations. For decades, the SEC had taken the position that its disgorgement claims could reach back indefinitely, and recently obtained a ...
Former DHS Assistant Secretary Joins Covington
May 31, 2017
WASHINGTON—Alan Bersin, former Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has joined Covington as a Policy Consultant in the firm’s Public Policy and Government Affairs practice. Mr. Bersin has led a highly regarded career of government service, having held a number of senior level positions within the Department ...
Ex-DOJ Criminal Chief Sees Red Flags In FCPA Pilot
October 26, 2016, Law360
Lanny Breuer participated at the FCPA Blog Conference and is quoted in a Law360 article regarding concerns raised by a requirement under a pilot Foreign Corrupt Practices Act disclosure program forcing companies to step back from conducting their own investigations. According to Breuer, the FCPA pilot program makes “an extraordinary request” by mandating that ...
Lanny Breuer Has Doubts About FCPA Pilot Program
October 26, 2016, The Wall Street Journal
Lanny Breuer participated at the FCPA Blog Conference and is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article regarding the FCPA pilot program that will provide discounts to foreign-bribery offenders that disclose and tackle those transgressions and cooperate with the authorities. Breuer said that while it’s too soon to tell if the pilot has had its intended effect, he ...
Covington secures DOJ declination for AB InBev
August 30, 2016, Global Investigations Review
Global Investigations Review highlights Covington’s role in helping AB InBev secure a declination notice from the U.S. Department of Justice in an FCPA investigation regarding the company’s business partners in India. The Covington team was led by Steven Fagell, who worked with Lanny Breuer, Jason Criss, and Benjamin Haley on the matter.
August 22, 2016
WASHINGTON—Global Investigations Review has named Covington’s FCPA practice among Washington’s “elite,” the highest tier in its “Washington DC’s FCPA Bar” survey. In its profile, GIR notes Covington’s “deep bench of high-level former prosecutors,” including former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; the last two former heads of the Criminal Division at the ...
August 8, 2016
NEW YORK—Arlo Devlin-Brown, most recently the Chief of the Public Corruption Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and one of its top securities fraud prosecutors, has joined Covington as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice resident in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Devlin-Brown has served in the ...
Moving on up in the Big Apple
June 13, 2016, CDR News
Timothy Hester, Lanny Breuer, and Arlo Devlin-Brown are quoted in a CDR article regarding Devlin-Brown’s arrival. Devlin-Brown says he is “very pleased” to join the firm’s multinational white collar practice, praising its “extraordinary depth.” According to Hester, “Arlo’s deep experience in white-collar matters, particularly in the financial services sector, ...
Longtime U.S. Prosecutor to Join Covington & Burling
June 7, 2016, The New York Times
Lanny Breuer is quoted in a New York Times article regarding the upcoming arrival of Arlo Devlin-Brown to the firm’s white collar defense and investigations practice. According to Breuer, “[Devlin-Brown] has this exceptional level of experience, having done securities cases and corruption cases.” He continues, “He’ll very quickly become a central figure of the ...
October 6, 2015
NEW YORK, October 6, 2015 - Covington partner C. William Phillips has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Mr. Phillips is the seventh Covington lawyer among the current Fellows, joining Lanny Breuer, Robert Haslam, James McKay, John Nields, George Pappas, and Robert Sayler. Mr. ...
May 26, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC, May 26, 2015 — Covington represented Hyperdynamics Corporation in an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act related to its business activities in the Republic of Guinea. The Justice Department has completed its investigation without bringing any charges against the ...
Former Federal Prosecutors Daniel Shallman, Aaron Lewis Join Covington’s New Los Angeles Office
March 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2015 — Former federal prosecutor and leading white collar defense lawyer Dan Shallman will join Covington as a partner in the firm’s new Los Angeles office on March 9. Mr. Shallman will head the firm’s Southern California white collar and investigations team while also playing a leading role in the growth of Covington’s LA office. Aaron ...
Your International Compliance Playbook
January 2015, Corporate Counsel
Covington's Lanny Breuer and Peter Lichtenbaum have authored this article on corporate compliance: The phone rings, and the CEO tells you she’s planning an acquisition of a target that has operations in Europe and Asia. She’s focused on the potential to develop technology 24-7 and get closer to the global customers. Of course, your job is to get regulatory ...
November 8, 2014, The Washington Post
Covington's Lanny Breuer is quoted regarding President Obama nominating Loretta E. Lynch "Former Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny Breuer worked closely with Lynch on the 2011 Mafia takedown of more than 120 members — the largest of its kind in U.S. history — and the record $1.9 billion settlement with HSBC, the global bank that ...
Strategies for navigating joint antitrust division and criminal division investigations
October 9, 2014, Global Competition Review
Thomas Barnett, Lanny Breuer, Deborah Garza, Mythili Raman and Phillip Warren have written this article on what potential subjects should keep in mind as they attempt to navigate joint investigations by DOJ’s Criminal and Antitrust Divisions: "In recent years, the US Department of Justice’s antitrust and criminal divisions have announced massive, joint ...
Q3: 2014, Ethisphere Executive Briefing, Volume 1
August 18, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2014 — Best Lawyers named Covington & Burling’s Stuart Eizenstat and Gregg Levy each a 2015 “Lawyer of the Year” in international trade and sports law, respectively, citing their “abilities, professionalism and integrity.” Overall, Covington lawyers received 217 individual mentions in 58 areas of law in the newly released annual survey ...
August 7, 2014, Covington E-Alert
August 5, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC, August 5, 2014 — Covington & Burling’s Lanny Breuer, a partner and vice chairman of the firm, has been named to the National Law Journal’s inaugural list of 50 Governance Risk & Compliance Trailblazers & Pioneers. The list recognizes people who have “moved the needle” in the changing ways that law firms conduct business towards governance, risk ...
November 21, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC, November 21, 2013 — Washingtonian magazine has named 34 Covington & Burling attorneys as “Best Lawyers” in its December issue. The biennial list, compiled by the magazine’s editorial staff, identifies leading lawyers in the Washington area. Of the hundreds of “Best Lawyers” identified in the issue, Washingtonian spotlights 14 leading Washington ...
March 28, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2013 — Lanny A. Breuer, most recently the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, is returning to Covington & Burling as Vice Chair of the firm. Mr. Breuer’s practice will encompass a wide range of civil and criminal litigation matters, as well as governmental and internal investigations. ...
September 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP received 124 individual mentions in 40 areas of law in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows: Administrative: ...
June 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP received 81 individual mentions and 45 practice mentions in the newly released 2008 Chambers USA. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers by state and national practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. Here are the Covington ...
11/30/2007
WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2007 — Nineteen Covington & Burling LLP attorneys are recognized as “Top Lawyers” in the December 2007 issue of Washingtonian magazine. The list, compiled by the magazine’s editorial staff based on peer recommendations, identifies leading lawyers in the Greater Washington area. Of the “Top Lawyers,” Washingtonian identified 30 as the ...
September 6, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC, September 6, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP received 115 individual mentions in 38 areas of law in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The recipients are as follows: Administrative: E. Edward Bruce and ...
June 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC, June 18, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP received 44 practice mentions and 74 individual mentions in the newly released 2007 Chambers USA guidebook. The 2007 edition of Chambers USA attempts to identify the most skilled legal practitioners throughout the country based on the qualities most valued by clients. Covington attorneys have been ...
- 入选《国家法律杂志》首届50名治理风险和合规领路人和先驱榜单(2014)
- 《道德村杂志》,举足轻重的律师(2014-2016)
- “华盛顿特区超级律师”,刑事辩护:白领犯罪(2014-2016) ;被评为华盛顿特区最优秀的100名超级律师之一(2016)
- 《经典诉讼》(Benchmark Litigation),白领犯罪本地诉讼之星——华盛顿特区和美国(2015)
- 《钱伯斯美国指南》,FCPA和白领犯罪及政府调查(2014-2016)与诉讼(2006-2008)
- 《钱伯斯全球指南》,FCPA(2015-2016)
- 《钱伯斯拉美指南》,欺诈及公司调查(2017)
- 《美国法律500强》,白领刑事辩护(2007-2008,2014-2016)及诉讼:证券——股东信息(2015)
- 《法律名人录》,调查(2016)
- 《国家法律杂志》,美国最具影响力的100名律师(2013)
- 《华盛顿人》,刑事辩护白领犯罪 “顶级律师”(2015及2013)
- 《道德村杂志》国际商业道德100名最有影响力人士名单中位居第六(2012)
- 被《国家法律杂志》评为华盛顿特区法律界“最具前瞻性律师”(2010)
- 被《华盛顿人》评为华盛顿一流律师中的三十名“大人物”之一(2007)
- 被《美国律师》评为美国45名最优秀的45岁以下私人执业律师之一(2003)