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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program and Announces a New Incentive for Self-Reports

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ Unveils Details of Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

On August 1, 2024, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, unveiled the highly anticipated details of DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower...more

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Celebrating World Whistleblower Day 2024

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“Whistleblower”. Rarely has a term provoked such lively and varied reactions in the political, economic and social spheres – and even in households! Traitors for some, heroes for others, these people, who were never...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: DOJ Continues Its Trend of Strengthening Incentives to Report Corporate Misconduct

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Just over a month after Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the upcoming launch of the Department of Justice’s whistleblower rewards program, the DOJ Criminal Division unveiled its newest program to incentivize...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Aumentan las sanciones por incumplimiento del SAGRILAFT y PTEE en empresas Colombianas

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Dada la relevancia que actualmente está obteniendo la prevención de los riesgos y el cumplimiento normativo en el desarrollo de los negocios, la Delegatura de Asuntos Contables y Económicos de la Superintendencia de...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 1 – Introduction

In March 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ National Security Division Updates Corporate Crime Enforcement Policy and Issues Whistleblower Policy

Executive Summary - - On March 7, 2024, the NSD of the DOJ issued an updated NSD Enforcement Policy to include a new section covering VSDs in connection with mergers and acquisitions. - These updates follow repeated...more

White & Case LLP

DOJ Doubles Down on Warnings Against AI Misuse

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In February 2024, we published an alert concerning the increase in regulatory attention to "AI washing," or making unfounded claims regarding artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities. Notably, on February 14, 2024,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update: Considerations Around Voluntary Disclosures

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In September 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) approach to enforcing corporate misconduct and directed agencies to review existing voluntary self-disclosure policies or, if...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Despite Record Year, SEC Must Improve Whistleblower Program to Align with White House Anti-Corruption Initiative

SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced on October 25th that in the 2023 fiscal year, the Commission received a record number of 18,000 whistleblower tips. The SEC Whistleblower Program has grown rapidly and effectively since its...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Safe Harbor in the Coming Enforcement Storm? DOJ Announces New M&A Policy to Encourage Compliance

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On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (the “DAG”) announced a new Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) Safe Harbor Policy issued by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) as part of her comments detailing increased...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Touts Emerging Results from New Corporate Crime Self-Reporting Initiatives

The Department of Justice’s recent criminal self-reporting policy changes are beginning to show results, according to Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. Speaking at the New York City Bar Association’s White Collar...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Continues to Discuss Updates to Compliance Program Guidance and Corporate Enforcement Policies

As the spring conference season winds down, there was one topic that remained top of mind. At the Food and Drug Law Institute (“FDLI”)’s Annual Conference on May 17-18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)’s Consumer...more

The Volkov Law Group

Corporate Governance Challenges in an Evolving Risk Era

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We are living in a rapidly changing economic landscape. Companies are under the gun to navigate “traditional issues,” such as challenging economic conditions ranging from inflation, and a predicted recession, to supply chain...more

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Building a Strong Compliance Program That Meets the Revised DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy

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A corporate compliance program can be thought of as a magnet that brings a company’s compliance efforts together. It is an operational program, not simply a code of expected ethical behavior. An effective compliance...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Implements Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for US Attorneys’ Offices

On February 22, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) adopted a new policy that establishes a national standard for voluntary self-disclosure credit in corporate criminal enforcement actions brought by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices...more

Wiley Rein LLP

New Year, New Compliance Challenges: Good Reasons to Spruce up Your Compliance Program in 2023

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At the start of 2023, we made a number of corporate criminal enforcement predictions. With 2023 launched, we are circling back to highlight initiatives that government contractors may wish to consider undertaking as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ Formalizes Guidelines, Incentives for Corporate Self-Disclosure Through New Policy Directive for US Attorneys’ Offices

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On February 24, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) rolled out a corporate self-disclosure policy (the Policy) to be applied by all 93 US Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country. The details of the Policy—which...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Doubles Down on Efforts To Incentivize Early Self-Reporting and Cooperation

On January 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to the Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy. The revisions follow Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s September 2022...more

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DOJ’s “Carrot” Approach to Corporate Enforcement Policy (But Read the Fine Print)

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Last Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the most recent modifications to its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) in an effort to further encourage companies to...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Bigger Carrots, More Sticks? DOJ Revises Its Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy

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On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. (“AAG Polite”) announced several key revisions to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (the “CEP”) governing...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DOJ Revamps Incentives for Companies to ‘Come Forward, Cooperate, and Remediate’

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On January 17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, announced it has reassessed and strengthened its Corporate Enforcement Policy, which applies to all corporate criminal matters (including Foreign...more

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CEP Magazine - December 2022. Good things happen when enforcement listens

CEP Magazine - December 2022 - In September, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced new guidelines the department will use in connection with criminal enforcement. Those...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

DOJ's New Policies Encourage Voluntary Self-Disclosure, Compensation Tied to Compliance

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In a speech given at NYU on September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco reviewed new and enhanced Department of Justice (DOJ) policies regarding criminal enforcement related to corporate entities. Assistant...more

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Another Reminder About a Commitment to Compliance

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The U.S. Justice Department has long said (and compliance officers have said it too) that a culture of compliance is what matters in regulatory enforcement actions, and can pay dividends in the form of smaller monetary...more

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