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DOJ Unveils Whistleblower Rewards Program: What Every Business Needs to Know

The Department of Justice has launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to fight corporate crime. See how it impacts your organization. The U.S. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has just rolled out the...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Key Compliance Takeaways for Companies from the DOJ's New Corporate Whistleblower Program

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On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its new “Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program” (“DOJ Program”), a three-year initiative managed by DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section....more

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DOJ Issues its Highly Anticipated Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

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In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more

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DOJ Launches the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

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On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), a three-year initiative managed by the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recover...more

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Update: DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Program

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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

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

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

DOJ Announces Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) officially unveiled its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the “Program”). The three-year pilot program aims to broaden the range of corporate misconduct...more

K&L Gates LLP

Federal Agencies Have Placed a Heightened Priority on Whistleblowers and Speedy Cooperation

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As new areas of the law emerge, driven in part by technology and the free flow of information, federal agencies are becoming more aggressive with a tried and true carrot-and-stick approach to law and regulatory enforcement. ...more

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DOJ’s Criminal Division Announces Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals

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Drawing on a carrot and stick approach, Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) guidance in 2023 focused heavily on incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-disclose their misconduct. This guidance included the...more

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

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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

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DOJ Announces Pilot Program to Pay Monetary Rewards to Whistleblowers

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During the American Bar Association's 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced the launch of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ or the Department) pilot program to...more

Alston & Bird

Yet More Carrots: DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Pilot Program

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Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team reviews a new program announced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that aims to incentivize reporting of corporate and financial misconduct....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[CLE Hybrid Event] To Self-Report or Not to Self-Report: DOJ's New ‘Safe Harbor’ Policy Tries to Answer the Question for M&A Cases...

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It is one of the hardest questions a company can face: after discovering criminal conduct inside your company, do you self-report to the government or not? The reality is that when faced with the question of self-reporting,...more

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Show Me the Money: Using Compensation Structures to Promote Compliance

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Recent guidance from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reflects its continued focus on corporate compensation structures to promote compliance. In the past few months, the DOJ has entered into settlement agreements that...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

A New Port in a Storm: Comparing the M&A Safe-Harbor Policy With Leniency

DOJ’s announcement of a safe harbor for voluntary self-disclosure in the context of acquisitions is the latest policy change in support of its effort to incentivize compliance, empower compliance professionals, and make...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Warning - Corporate Compensation Clawbacks Are Coming!

On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a new "safe harbor" policy for voluntary self-disclosures in the context of mergers and acquisitions, whereby the Department of Justice will decline to...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

To Self-Report or Not to Self-Report: With New M&A Safe Harbor Policy, DOJ Tries to Answer the Question

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It is one of the hardest questions a company can face: after discovering criminal conduct inside your company, do you self-report to the government or not? If you can quickly and quietly fix the problem, then you may be able...more

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Voluntary Self-Disclosures: Update on Federal Agencies’ Efforts to Incentivize Self-Reporting Violations

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United States international trade regulatory agencies have updated voluntary self-disclosure (“VSD”) policies and guidance in an effort to incentivize private sector companies and individuals to self-report violations of U.S....more

The Volkov Law Group

How to Build a Compliance Compensation System (Part I of II)

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The Justice Department’s recent revisions to its Corporate Enforcement Program and its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs stressed the importance of compensations systems and consequence management.  The theoretical...more

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New DOJ Policies Tie Employee Compensation to Compliance

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On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) launched a three-year Compensation Incentives and Clawbacks Pilot Program (Clawback Program) intended to incentivize companies to create more robust...more

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DOJ Announces Pilot Program and Updated Expectations on Corporate Compensation Programs

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 3, 2023, unveiled a new pilot program and announced several important updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) regarding corporate compensation incentives...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] 2023 Enforcement Outlook Series: Protecting Your Business Against Non-Compliance and DOJ Penalties - March 23rd, 12:00...

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During speeches earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced significant changes to the way DOJ evaluates corporate...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New DOJ Clawback Policy Brings Compensation and Employment Questions Front and Center for Companies

Can a new Department of Justice enforcement approach make clawback policies covering criminal activities a best practice? The DOJ is implementing a new policy under which prosecutors will make clawback policies for...more

Cozen O'Connor

Compensation Clawbacks and Preservation of Messaging App Communications Top DOJ Changes to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance...

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As part of a sweeping revamp of its white-collar criminal enforcement policies that began last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two significant changes last week. The first is a new three-year pilot program...more

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DOJ Announces Major Changes to Corporate Compliance Program Evaluation Criteria

During speeches on March 2 and 3, 2023, at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2023 White Collar Conference), Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General...more

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