In a groundbreaking decision, Judge Gleeson granted a third party’s motion to make public a Report by the compliance monitor appointed under HSBC’s deferred prosecution agreement because the Report is a “judicial record” that “the public has a First Amendment right to see.”  United States v. HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Holdings PLC, No. 12-CR-763… Continue reading The Confidentiality of Reports by a Corporate Compliance Monitor