News & Analysis as of

Enforcement Actions Criminal Investigations Corporate Misconduct

The Volkov Law Group

Tracking FCPA Individual Enforcement

The Volkov Law Group on

While FCPA enforcement against companies has been relatively quiet this year, despite a strong beginning to the year — the SAP case for $220 million; and the Gunvor case for $661 million — DOJ has been pushing a number of...more

Jenner & Block

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

Jenner & Block on

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Gunvor FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 3-the Discounted Fine

We continue our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm Gunvor S.A. The enforcement action came in with a $661 million penalty against the company, which has pleaded...more

White & Case LLP

DOJ Doubles Down on Warnings Against AI Misuse

White & Case LLP on

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Pilot Program for Whistleblower Rewards: The Latest Unveiling from the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime

While most legal conferences may not be newsworthy, the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime is an exception. Indeed, the federal government’s chief law enforcers seem to treat this particular...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

JPEX Is Test Case for Hong Kong’s New Regulatory Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges

Hong Kong regulators recently brought criminal enforcement actions against virtual asset trading platform JPEX and individuals associated with the platform. This case has become the first opportunity for local authorities to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New DOJ Focus on Executive Compensation in Resolving Criminal Investigations

Key Points - The DOJ recently announced several policy updates tethering resolution of criminal investigations to a company’s compensation and bonus programs. These updates include executive compensation focused...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

New DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy Places Still More Pressure on Companies to Cooperate and Self-Report

Last month in a speech at Georgetown University Law Center, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., announced revisions to the Department of Justice’s Corporate Enforcement Policy, to apply to all corporate...more

Cozen O'Connor

DOJ Offering Increased Reductions in Fines up to 75% to Incentivize Companies to Voluntarily Report Misconduct

Cozen O'Connor on

On January 17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) rolled out a significant change to its existing Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) that will grant as much as a 75% reduction in fines for companies that voluntarily...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

DOJ Issues New Guidance on Criminal Enforcement

Rivkin Radler LLP on

On September 15, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco delivered remarks announcing updated guidance on how the Department of Justice will be prioritizing and prosecuting corporate crime....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

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

Husch Blackwell LLP on

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

Jenner & Block

Deputy Attorney General Announces Revisions to DOJ's Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies and Practices

Jenner & Block on

On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco issued a memorandum and delivered a speech, announcing several revisions to the Department of Justice's (DOJ)’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and...more

Goodwin

2021 Year in Review: FCPA

Goodwin on

A. Basic Overview of Statute - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. (FCPA), makes it unlawful for U.S. persons and entities and others who act within the jurisdiction of the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Announces New Policies Addressing White Collar Criminal Enforcement

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the Department of Justice’s new approach to prosecuting corporate crime, including policy changes that will reduce constraints on prosecutors and increase scrutiny on companies,...more

Alston & Bird

Sticks, Not Carrots: DOJ Announces Bold Approach to Corporate Criminal Enforcement

Alston & Bird on

Get ready for a return to a tougher line on corporate crime from the Department of Justice. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team parses Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco’s recent keynote to get to...more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ's Torpedoes Are in the Water: Be Your Own Monitor, or One will Be Appointed for You

Bracewell LLP on

Last week, at a gathering of the nation’s top white collar criminal defense attorneys in Miami, Florida, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced material changes to the way the Department of Justice will investigate,...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

July 2021 Update of the SEC’s Covered Actions for Potential Whistleblower Claims

On July 30, 2021, the SEC posted 14 Notices of Covered Actions, after which individuals have 90 calendar days to apply for a whistleblower award.  As discussed in our prior post, the SEC publishes these Notices for cases in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ericsson Agrees To Pay Over USD $1 Billion To Settle FCPA Charges

On December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), resolved long-running investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Tweaks FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy

The Volkov Law Group on

The Department of Justice recently announced updates to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy. While the changes were relatively minor, the modifications underscored important principles surrounding...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Transatlantic Approach on Corporate Cooperation: How Newly Issued French and UK Guidance Compare to US Practices

As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Issues Guidance on Ability-to-Pay in False Claims Act Cases

ArentFox Schiff on

DOJ Issues Guidance on Ability-to-Pay in False Claims Act Cases - On October 8, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski announced new guidance for federal prosecutors evaluating whether a corporation is unable...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ Updates Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The U.S. Department of Justice-Criminal Division recently updated its internal guidance to federal prosecutors for evaluating corporate compliance programs....more

Jackson Walker

Opioids, Healthcare Enforcement, and Increased Scrutiny of Corporate Conduct for Criminal Prosecution

Jackson Walker on

The national opioid epidemic is almost unprecedented in every conceivable way—its catastrophic death toll, its broad effect on a wide swath of this country’s population, its rapid escalation (which is alleged to have been...more

Perkins Coie

The Calm Before the Storm—Are You Prepared for an Antitrust Search Warrant?

Perkins Coie on

From 2010 to 2015, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges against more than 120 corporations and more than 350 individuals, and collected fines and penalties of more than $8 billion....more

WilmerHale

The Role of Compliance in Government Enforcement

WilmerHale on

As reflected in recent remarks by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is “reinforcing its relationship with good corporate citizens” by coordinating with, and considering, the...more

30 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"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