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Alston & Bird

“No One Wants to Be Second”: The DOJ’s New Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

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The DOJ’s much-anticipated corporate whistleblower program is here, making multimillion-dollar financial awards available to eligible individuals who report corporate misconduct. There’s lots in it to digest, and our White...more

Jones Day

Italy: Administrative (Quasi-Criminal) Liability for Employee Actions Extended to Tax Offenses

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The Italian legal framework provides for the administrative (quasi-criminal) liability of companies for certain criminal offenses committed by their directors, executives, and employees in the interest, or for the benefit, of...more

The Volkov Law Group

A Classic Criminal Investigation: Unraveling PDVSA Corruption

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The Justice Department has been criticized on numerous occasions about its approach to criminal investigations and prosecutions.  In a recent decision, the chief judge in the Eastern District of New York criticized DOJ for...more

Baker Donelson

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Corporate Compliance Programs – What the Government is Looking For

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The U.S. Justice Department has updated its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs," a guidance document detailing topics and questions prosecutors should weigh when determining whether a company has demonstrated...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Compliance Investigations in China Take On New Urgency

The ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China have caused some U.S. companies to become increasingly concerned that the Chinese authorities may subject their local operations to closer scrutiny, leading these...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Shakespeare’s Problem Plays: Part 2 – Troilus and Cressida and Farce in Compliance as Tragedy

This week we have seen how the tragedy of the victims of Larry Nassar go to a new level when Michigan State University (MSU) Interim President John Engler said (on the record) to the Editorial Board of the Detroit News,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Targets Executives and Individuals in Corporate Investigations

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Responding to criticism stemming from a lack of individual prosecutions as a result of the financial crisis, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates has issued a new guidance memorandum establishing six new steps for federal...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

D.C. Circuit to Decide Scope of Judges’ Authority in Approval Process for Deferred Prosecution Agreements

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A federal judge exceeded his authority when he rejected a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) entered into earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a Dutch aerospace company, the DOJ and company will...more

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