Bracewell Sidebar

The Bracewell Sidebar, hosted by Seth DuCharme and Matthew Nielsen, is a podcast devoted to developments related to government enforcement and investigations, with a particular focus on white-collar criminal defense.

Behind the Scenes of US Banking: Regulators, Challenges and the Future, Part II 04/26/2023

Behind the Scenes of US Banking: Regulators, Challenges and the Future, Part II In the second of a two-part episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, host is joined by guests and to discuss recent bank failures, including SVB Financial Group and Signature Bank. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/26663775

Behind the Scenes of US Banking: Regulators, Challenges, and the Future 04/12/2023

Behind the Scenes of US Banking: Regulators, Challenges, and the Future In this first episode of a two-part series, Bracewell Sidebar hosts and are joined by and 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/26522943

Cooperation Credit: What Are the Rules Now? 03/09/2023

Cooperation Credit: What Are the Rules Now? On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts and share their thoughts on the ABA White Collar Conference, held in Miami, Florida, March 1-3, 2023. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/26170044

Assessing Risk in a Rapidly Evolving Digital and Physical World: with Guest Brian Mich of Control Risks 12/01/2022

Assessing Risk in a Rapidly Evolving Digital and Physical World: with Guest Brian Mich of Control Risks On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts and 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/25190535

Part 2-Classified Information in Federal Criminal Litigation and the Need to Know With Sid Kamaraju 10/03/2022

Part 2-Classified Information in Federal Criminal Litigation and the Need to Know With Sid Kamaraju On the second episode in this two-part series, Bracewell Sidebar hosts and 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/24543549

Part 1-Classified Information in Federal Criminal Litigation and the Need to Know with Sid Kamaraju 09/26/2022

Part 1-Classified Information in Federal Criminal Litigation and the Need to Know with Sid Kamaraju 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/24491739

Quick Hit: Search Warrants 08/17/2022

Quick Hit: Search Warrants On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts and 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/24087960

Keeping Pace with the Evolving Sanctions Enforcement Regime 06/15/2022

Keeping Pace with the Evolving Sanctions Enforcement Regime 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/23441426

The Shadow Path 05/17/2022

The Shadow Path 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/23139641

Navigating Domestic and Cross Border Data Privacy Risks, with Lucy Tyson and Brittney Justice 04/07/2022

Navigating Domestic and Cross Border Data Privacy Risks, with Lucy Tyson and Brittney Justice On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, and join hosts and 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/22713623

Know Your Client, Know Your Customer, Know Your Counterparty Practice 03/23/2022

Know Your Client, Know Your Customer, Know Your Counterparty Practice 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/22547969

Quick Hit: Russian Sanctions and Cybersecurity 03/02/2022

Quick Hit: Russian Sanctions and Cybersecurity 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/22310180

Season 2-Episode 2: Trial Recap - US v. Elizabeth Holmes 01/26/2022

Season 2-Episode 2: Trial Recap - US v. Elizabeth Holmes On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we discuss the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos trial and the significance of the mixed verdict. Have questions? Email /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/21903764

Season 2 - Episode 1: The Risky Business of International Projects 01/12/2022

Season 2 - Episode 1: The Risky Business of International Projects On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we 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. Have any questions about compliance? Email /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/21752378

Biggest Stories of 2021 12/15/2021

Biggest Stories of 2021 On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we 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). Have any questions about recent regulatory and enforcement developments? email your questions to /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/21492710

Unraveling Export Controls and Trade Sanctions: What Businesses Need to Know 12/02/2021

Unraveling Export Controls and Trade Sanctions: What Businesses Need to Know On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, we 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 compliance programs, often under intense government scrutiny, whether through civil or criminal investigations, or government-mandated audits and monitorships. Have any questions about the potential implications of US export controls and sanctions on your business? Email your questions to /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/21353168

Caging the Crypto Beast 11/17/2021

Caging the Crypto Beast On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, we continue our conversation with 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 insider’s perspective to these issues, having served as a chief trial lawyers in the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Enforcement from 2003 to 2016. Have questions about cryptocurrency and other digital assets? Email your questions to or . /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/21184475

CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR BEGINNERS 11/03/2021

CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR BEGINNERS On this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, , a former chief attorney at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, talks 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. 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. Have any questions about cryptocurrency or blockchain technology? Reach out to or . /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/21027614

Diving Into Ransomware 10/20/2021

Diving Into Ransomware 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/20612108

Wearing Many Hats 09/23/2021

Wearing Many Hats 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. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/20548352

Demystifying Congressional Investigations: A Conversation With Stephen Braga 08/30/2021

Demystifying Congressional Investigations: A Conversation With Stephen Braga On this episode of the Bracewell Sidebar, we talk with about the ins and outs of Congressional investigations. Steven chairs Bracewell's Over the course of his career, he has been involved in many high-profile white-collar cases and investigations in Washington DC, including defending public relations executive Michael Scanlon during the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Want to learn more about Congressional investigations? Email Email or /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/20308349

ESG, What Can This Be? A Conversation With Bracewell’s Rachel Goldman 06/12/2021

ESG, What Can This Be? A Conversation With Bracewell’s Rachel Goldman On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we discuss all things ESG with Rachel Goldman, we discuss all things ESG with Rachel Goldman, co-chair of Bracewell’s ESG practice. They discuss what ESG entails, its popularization and much more. Rachel is an accomplished litigator with more than 20 years of experience, including as in-house counsel. She began her career as an assistant corporate counsel in the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel. Want to learn more about ESG and Bracewell’s experience in this space? Email or /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/19442951

When the Government Comes Knocking: A Conversation With Jeff Vaden 06/11/2021

When the Government Comes Knocking: A Conversation With Jeff Vaden On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we talk with their partner about the world of white-collar criminal defense. They look at the different components of an open criminal investigation, how to handle it and, more importantly, how you can prepare. Jeff is a partner in Bracewell’s Houston office and a former federal prosecutor who investigated and prosecuted cases involving bank fraud, public corruption, export controls, sanctions, counterterrorism and national security. Want to learn about responding to a government investigation or Bracewell’s government enforcement and investigations practice? Email or . /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/19442990

Cyber Attacks and What To Do About Them With David Springer 06/05/2021

Cyber Attacks and What To Do About Them With David Springer David Springer joins us for a conversation about cyber attacks, cyber security, and how to stay protected from security threats. /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/19797302

Welcome to the Bracewell Sidebar 06/02/2021

Welcome to the Bracewell Sidebar Welcome to The Bracewell Sidebar, In this episode, , a senior principal in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group and the founder of , talks with our hosts about the podcast’s origins and some of the topics it will explore, such as environment, social and governance (ESG). Want to learn more about ESG or any of the topics discussed on this podcast? Email /episode/index/show/bracewellsidebar/id/19327715

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