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Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: Department of Justice National Security Division Announces First-of-Its-Kind Declination under Its Voluntary...

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On May 22, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first-ever declination under the National Security Division’s recently updated Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (NSD Policy). The NSD Policy offers...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

National Security Division’s Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy in Action: Exchanging Cooperation for Declination

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would not charge MilliporeSigma, a life sciences company, even though one of its employees falsified export documents. The DOJ declined to prosecute...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ Announces First-Ever Corporate Declination Under National Security Division’s Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program

Key Points - On May 21, 2024, the DOJ announced its first ever declination under the NSD’s updated Enforcement Policy, declining to prosecute Sigma-Aldrich Inc., d/b/a MilliporeSigma (a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,...more

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US DOJ’s National Security Division Updates Enforcement Policy for Criminal Sanctions and Export Control Violations with New Focus...

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On March 7, 2024, the US Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD) released a revised Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy (the “VSD Policy”). The VSD Policy substantially tracks the language of the previous...more

Goodwin

In Continuing Efforts to Incentivize Self-Disclosures and Cooperation, DOJ Announces Pilot Program to Pay Criminal Whistleblowers

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Over the last few years, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has continuously announced significant policies and programs directed at encouraging and rewarding the timely reporting of corporate wrongdoing, incentivizing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A Look into DOJ’s Current Corporate Criminal Enforcement Landscape

At the Global Investigations Review Annual Meeting in New York on September 21, 2023, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller (“Miller”) delivered remarks that provide an invaluable glimpse into the...more

Jones Day

Federal Agencies Highlight Benefits of Self-Disclosure, Emphasize Enforcement of Trade Violations in Tri-Seal Compliance Note

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In a coordinated announcement, federal agencies stress the benefits of voluntarily disclosing potential trade violations while emphasizing increased enforcement....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

DOJ Reinforces Its Focus on Affirmative Corporate Accountability at the ABA’s 38th Annual White Collar Conference

Earlier this month, at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 38th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. highlighted the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Announces Significant Policy Changes Affecting Corporate Criminal Enforcement

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In back-to-back speeches to the American Bar Association's National Institute on White Collar Crime on March 2-3, 2023, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and Assistant Attorney General...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Department of Justice Announces First-Ever Pilot Program on Compensation Incentives and Clawbacks, Revisions to Corporate Guidance...

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On March 2, 2023, in remarks delivered at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new policy creating incentives for companies to adopt...more

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DOJ Announces Voluntary Disclosure Program for Criminal Export and Sanctions Violations

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The Justice Department is often criticized for its lack of transparency.  But when it comes to policy changes or initiatives, DOJ is more than transparent – DOJ always tells the public what it plans to do and then does it....more

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White Collar Year in Preview: Sanctions/Export Controls Trends in 2020

This is the sixth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed enforcement by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in...more

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