Mr. Schwartz has represented:

• Numerous companies in preparing notices to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) including responding to inquiries, and negotiating mitigation in connection with acquisitions of U.S. assets by foreign entities
• A company board audit committee in connection with an internal investigation into the adequacy of computer services operations and controls
• Companies under criminal investigation for alleged price fixing and other competition-related matters
• A company, on whose behalf he conducted an internal investigations resulting in termination of employment of certain employees; he then went on to represent the company against numerous state attorney general investigations
• A company, on whose behalf he worked with a team of lawyers defending the client against an indictment for conspiracy to avoid export control requirements in which the indictment was ultimately dismissed by the government
• A company, for which he led a team of lawyers in conducting an internal investigation of compliance with certain export control practices, and prepared a detailed report to a government agency regarding the company’s compliance efforts and reforms
• A parent company, on whose behalf he conducted an internal investigation of allegations of false claims and false statements by a subsidiary company engaged in defense-related government contracting; also represented the parent company, along with counsel for the subsidiary, in settlement negotiations with the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice
• A company subject to a criminal and civil investigation of alleged violations of government contracting requirements, other areas of federal government regulations and related federal statutes; negotiated consent resolutions
• Companies in connection with criminal investigations of alleged violations of postal regulations
• Companies and individuals in connection with investigations of alleged violations of federal antitrust statutes
• A company under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for price manipulation
• Various entities and individuals in litigation before the Court of Federal Claims
• Companies engaged in the direct mail business in state attorneys general and federal grand jury and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) investigations of mailing practices and negotiated civil resolutions
• Numerous companies involved in investigations of alleged product defects and, in some instances, product recalls in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• A company in conducting internal investigations of possible violations of law relating to foreign sales and contracts with foreign entities, and assisted to resolve matters internally within the company
• A company in a multi-site investigation of corporate practices in the handling of classified materials, including the institution of safeguards to ensure proper handling of such materials
• Various individuals in connection with criminal and administrative investigations of the handling, storage, protection, and disclosure of classified information, including negotiating criminal or civil resolutions and, in selected instances, enabling the retention of security clearances under certain circumstances in adjudications before the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) and Intelligence Agency and Department of Energy proceedings
• Individuals and companies before grand juries, criminal enforcement personnel and congressional investigators and hearings
• Counseled clients on how to avoid criminal liability in their actions