News & Analysis as of

Department of Justice (DOJ) Whistleblowers Financial Crimes

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

A New Frontier in Corporate Accountability: The DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

On August 1, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division introduced its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Program), which, like a modern-day Western posse, aims to bring justice to the wild frontier...more

Jones Day

DOJ Announces Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

Jones Day on

The Development: On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice's ("DOJ") Criminal Division announced its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program ("Pilot Program"), designed to reward whistleblowers who report information...more

Baker Donelson

Update: DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Program

Baker Donelson on

In March, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a pilot program to incentivize individualized reporting was in development, which we reviewed here. True to its word, the DOJ's "Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DOJ’s New Whistleblower Policies Will Bring Increased Scrutiny to Businesses in the Financial and Health Care Industries and Those...

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Program). The Program—which will last for three years—is designed to incentivize, through money awards,...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Off to the Races: DOJ Offers New Incentives for Whistleblowers and Companies to Report Misconduct

Paul Hastings LLP on

Earlier this year, as described in a previous client alert, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced a landmark pilot program to pay monetary awards to whistleblowers (the “Program”). At that time, Deputy...more

Mayer Brown

US Department of Justice Whistleblower Award Program Goes Live

Mayer Brown on

On August 1, 2024, the US Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) released highly anticipated details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), with Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The DOJ’s New Pilot Programs: A Bane for Compliance Programs

For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more

Fisher Phillips

Feds Encourage Companies to Come Clean on Criminal Conduct and Reward Whistleblowers for Reporting Wrongdoing: Key Takeaways for...

Fisher Phillips on

Federal prosecutors are exploring new ways to encourage business leaders to invest in their corporate compliance programs. Indeed, a Department of Justice official recently announced several new programs incentivizing...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Reward Program for Individuals to Combat Significant Corporate or Financial Misconduct

Cranfill Sumner LLP on

During a March 7, 2024, speech at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is launching a...more

Troutman Pepper

2023 Year-In-Review: Key Enforcement Initiatives and Cases in Crypto, Cyber, SPACs, Whistleblowers, and the Future of...

Troutman Pepper on

It was a busy year for enforcement activity in the cyber, crypto, SPAC, and whistleblower spaces, with several pending actions that will likely have wide-ranging implications in 2024. We are also awaiting a ruling from the...more

A&O Shearman

Top challenges for white collar crime and investigations lawyers in 2024

A&O Shearman on

We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SDNY’s New Policy on Self-Disclosures for Individuals May Be a Game Changer

Paul Hastings LLP on

On January 10, 2024, Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), announced the launch of the SDNY Whistleblower Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”), a significant new policy that...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New FinCEN Director Addresses Key Topics in BSA/AML

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The new Director of FinCEN, Andrea Gacki, addressed several key topics on October 3, 2023 at the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (“ACAMS”) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Specifically, Director...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.28.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on

A pair of whistleblowers is seeking discovery-related sanctions against Wells Fargo for allegedly concealing “crucial evidence” for their False Claims Act claims over fees added to government-backed mortgages....more

NAVEX

The Future of U.K. Enforcement of Financial Crimes: Four Clues for 2015

NAVEX on

The legal and compliance landscape is changing quickly—it’s up to organisations that do business in the U.K. to strengthen their compliance programmes to meet these new challenges. In this whitepaper, Andrew Foose, vice...more

15 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide