On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice officially launched a three-year pilot program to reward whistleblowers who report corporate misconduct....more
8/7/2024
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White Collar Crimes
On April 15, 2024, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals, providing transparency regarding the circumstances in which Criminal...more
On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Congress (Congress) passed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), as a part of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The FEPA, which received bipartisan support, makes...more
While Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity has not come close to returning to the heights seen a few years ago, 2022 reflected significant increases from the prior year in both the number of cases against...more
2/10/2023
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Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Announces Changes to Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy -
On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division...more
1/19/2023
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Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (Department) released a memorandum revising several key aspects of its corporate criminal enforcement policies. The new policy, titled Further Revisions to Corporate Criminal...more
9/20/2022
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Personal Liability ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
In 2021, the number of publicly resolved Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases was relatively low compared with previous years, but there were numerous interesting developments, and enforcement activity going forward...more
1/28/2022
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Just one year after President Biden’s election, senior administration officials have signaled in public remarks that the federal government will amplify enforcement pressure on corporations and their employees through...more
11/10/2021
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False Claims Act (FCA) ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
Two recent rulings in separate foreign bribery cases highlight the continued impact of individual prosecutions on the interpretation of various provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In United States v....more
3/4/2020
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Criminal Conspiracy ,
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Foreign Subsidiaries ,
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Wire Fraud
On May 9, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein introduced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Policy on Coordination of Corporate Resolution Penalties (the Policy) while speaking at the New York City Bar White Collar...more
On April 5, 2016, the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division issued an enforcement plan and guidance (the Guidance) laying out three steps it is taking to intensify Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
4/11/2016
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Remediation ,
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