Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
Episode 295 -- Deep Dive into the Albemarle DOJ and SEC FCPA Settlements
Federal Monitorships and Making Them Work
Salvador Dahan on the Journey of Petrobras
Compliance Into The Weeds: DAG Announces Changes in Enforcement Priorities
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 134, Judge Rakoff, Judge Leon and their comments on DPAs, with the FCPA Professor
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 31-the FCPA Year in Review, Corporate Enforcement Actions
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 30-Interview with the FCPA Professor-Part 2
Lessons Learned from the Parker Drilling DPA and Ralph Lauren NPA
In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published an updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs to provide a roadmap for companies on how to run their internal compliance to avoid prosecution,...more
In recent weeks, a number of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs) across the country have rolled out “Whistleblower Pilot Programs” offering the potential of non-prosecution agreements in exchange for voluntary self-disclosure of...more
The Development: On September 16, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois ("NDIL") announced its six-month Individual Self-Disclosure Pilot Program for Organizational Misconduct ("Pilot...more
WilmerHale lawyers advise clients on every aspect of trade secret law from contracts to complex litigation. Below please find a short update on an important development in trade secret whistleblower protections in the...more
The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division (DOJ) recently announced a Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Individual VSD Pilot Program or Pilot Program), which allows certain individuals...more
Employees will be more incentivized than ever to report corporate misconduct to the Department of Justice thanks to a recently rolled-out initiative. After previously introducing whistleblower programs that reward companies...more
In January 2024 the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) set a shockwave through the business world by announcing a new whistleblower pilot program. To understand what the policy says and what it...more
On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal division announced a new pilot program designed to reward individuals with non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) who voluntarily self-disclose "actionable, original...more
On April 15, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of its Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, The Criminal Division’s Pilot...more
On April 15, 2024, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals, providing transparency regarding the circumstances in which Criminal...more
On March 14, 2024, the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California ("NDCA") revealed details of its new whistleblower pilot program ("NDCA Program")....more
Telling on yourself is not an intuitive defense. But federal regulators and prosecutors at last week’s ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime urged companies and executives to consider doing so or risk being beat to the...more
The recently created SDNY Whistleblower Pilot Program encourages individuals to self-disclose certain criminal conduct and cooperate in resulting investigations and prosecutions. ...more
On January 12, the SDNY launched its Whistleblower Pilot Program to protect individuals who report company wrongdoing from any future prosecution by the DOJ. The SDNY issued this program to encourage the “voluntary...more
“Call us before we call you.” With this message, on January 10, 2024, the Southern District of New York announced the SDNY Whistleblower Pilot Program (Pilot Program), which seeks to encourage individual participants in...more
Earlier this month, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced a Whistleblower Pilot Program as a tool to “enhance” their enforcement efforts. The program offers non-prosecution...more
On January 10, 2024, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the Whistleblower Pilot Program (Program) for the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to encourage self-reporting and...more
On January 10, 2024, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the creation of a Whistleblower Pilot Program (SDNY Whistleblower Program). While SDNY has long incentivized individuals...more
The newly announced whistleblower policy gives certain individuals who promptly and completely cooperate with prosecutors the opportunity to receive a non-prosecution agreement in exchange for their information....more
The numerous submissions made in response to the requests for comment by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) highlight that many of the proposed amendments to the whistleblower rules, if...more
On June 28, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. Press Release, SEC Proposes Whistleblower Rule Amendments, No. 2018-120 (June 28,...more