Ehren Halse

Ehren Halse is a Partner in King & Spalding’s Special Matters/Government Investigations Practice Group in San Francisco, CA. His practice focuses primarily on white-collar criminal litigation and corporate internal investigations, including defending individuals and companies in investigations by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Congress, the Department of the Treasury, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, numerous State Attorneys General and other state regulatory agencies.

In addition, he has conducted various internal investigations relating to financial fraud and government enforcement, and has helped clients to develop comprehensive compliance and training programs. Recently, his practice has focused on substantive legal areas such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and anti-corruption/anti-bribery compliance, financial institutions fraud, FinTech and cryptocurrency/virtual asset regulation, U.S. economic sanctions and money laundering, cybersecurity and data privacy regulatory compliance and incident response, drug and medical device enforcement matters (e.g., healthcare fraud, anti-kickback, "off-label" promotion, and the False Claims Act), as well as e-discovery management and the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. He has a long history of pro bono work, including significant experience representing disabled Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans in their disability claims process.

Publications

• “Courts Diverge on the Reach of Personal Jurisdiction in FCPA Cases against Foreign Defendants,” Financial Fraud Law Report, Gary Grindler, Russ Ryan and Ehren Halse (April 2013).
• “FCPA Demands Close Eye On Third Parties,” The Compliance Reporter’s ‘Adopting Best Practice In Compliance’, Zachary Harmon and Ehren Halse (September 1, 2010).
•  “Recent Trends in FCPA Enforcement: Third-Party Agents,” Bloomberg Law Reports, Zachary Harmon and Ehren Halse (August 1, 2010).