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From the Courtroom to the Capitol: Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum Talks Leadership, Advocacy, and the Journey to Public Service – Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Navigating Inbound Franchising in the U.S.
A Conversation With NAAG Executive Director Brian Kane - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
A Conversation with NAAG President and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
CF on Cyber: Key Takeaways from the California AG’s Proposed CCPA Regulations
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
Carefully Crafted Allegations Still Control Early Resolutions
Enforcement under a Jeff Sessions DOJ
Polsinelli Podcasts - The Latest on a Shift in Regulation in Dietary Supplements
Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff
Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims
On March 7, at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new whistleblower program that will provide financial rewards to...more
Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco recently delivered keynote remarks at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. She announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would continue...more
On February 22, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued the United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the “VSD Policy”) for corporate criminal enforcement, which sets forth the...more
In recent weeks, the Department of Justice has released key guidance in the form of a memorandum from Attorney General Garland regarding charging, pleas, and sentencing, in addition to an updated Corporate Enforcement Policy...more
Last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a new DOJ charging and sentencing policy memorandum, replacing existing guidance to federal prosecutors in their exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The thrust of the...more
Last week, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks on corporate criminal enforcement, announcing revisions to DOJ’s policies for addressing corporate ethics and compliance matters. These changes reflect an...more
On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced several important changes to its policies for prosecuting corporate crime. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, who made the announcement in a speech at...more
Following a record year for False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments in 2021, the Department of Justice (”DOJ”) continues to aggressively pursue the prosecution of not only corporations, but also the individuals...more
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made two announcements this week related to the enforcement of white-collar crime by both individuals and corporations. First, on March 2, 2022, Attorney General Garland announced the...more
In March 3, 2022, speeches at the American Bar Association’s Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime (ABA White Collar Institute), US Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland and US Assistant Attorney General for the...more
In her Oct. 28, 2021 keynote address at the American Bar Association’s 36th National Institute on White Collar Crime, new Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced several policy changes to the Department of...more
The changes include more focus on individual accountability, more holistic evaluation of prior corporate misconduct, and stricter corporate resolutions. On October 28, 2021, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco gave the...more
A new sheriff is in town — and that means the potential for big changes ahead for white-collar criminal enforcement in terms of specific areas of focus and volume of investigations...more
On May 28, 2021, President Biden submitted his Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 to Congress, including $35.3 billion for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), which was an overall increase of almost $4 billion from the previous...more
If you thought there would be no news coming out of President Biden’s Department of Justice, since his pick for Attorney General has yet to be confirmed, you would be wrong. Just over a week after Biden’s inauguration, the...more
On April 3, 2020, and April 6, 2020, United States Attorney General William Barr issued two related memos directing the DOJ to consider, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the DOJ’s obligations to protect both the federal...more
Compliance Today (April 2020) The following are prepared remarks by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers delivered February 7, 2020. He discussed recent litigation and enforcement actions; however, the...more
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
On Sept. 9, 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo requiring federal prosecutors to investigate any individuals responsible for illegal corporate conduct before settling a case. This applied to both...more
A new policy announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein modifies how penalties may be assessed by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) regarding the pursuit and prosecution of white collar corporate crimes on both...more
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a keynote speaker at the 2017 Ethics & Compliance Initiative’s Annual Conference last week. Whatever your politics are, it was important that we hear from him on his priorities for...more
In recent speeches, the Attorney General and an Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division reconfirmed DOJ’s support for enforcement of the FCPA. No one should be surprised by their respective...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Fraud Section has published new guidance for corporate entities on corporate compliance programs. The guidance, titled, “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (Compliance Program...more
Enforcement activity under the Obama administration often made headlines for the eye-popping level of fines, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and economic sanctions...more
On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an internal memorandum regarding individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing. The memo, authored by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, is aimed...more