What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - The Art and Science of Corporate Compliance in Managing FCA Risk
An Ounce of Prevention: Keys to Understanding and Preventing AI and Cybersecurity Risks
Behavioral Health Compliance
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Using External Resources for Internal Investigations
Bank Investigations and Enforcement Actions: Lessons Learned — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Justice Insiders Podcast: SEC Plays Chicken with Jarkesy
What Nonprofit Board Leadership Needs To Know About Internal Investigations
Compliance Series Part 3: Ensuring Compliance Programs are Effective
Compliance Programs Part 2: Designing a Successful Compliance Program
Compliance Programs Part 1: What is a Compliance Program and Why do Businesses Need One?
How to Combat Corporate Theft: Office Space - Hiring to Firing Podcast
All Things Investigations: Episode 28 - New French Anti-Corruption Investigative Guidance with Anne Gaustad and Bryan Sillaman
Investigative Power: Utilizing Self Service Solutions for Internal Investigations?
Internal Investigations and the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry
CyberSide Chats: Cyber Law, Cybersecurity, and Whistleblowers. A Conversation with Ben Wright
Internal Investigations for Nonprofits: A Means of Identifying and Addressing Misconduct Before the Regulators Come Calling
Nuts and Bolts of a Repayment Investigation: Keys to Conducting Investigations Under the 60-Day Repayment Rule
Internal Investigations in the Asia-Pacific Region
Learn the key principles of compliance - no travel required! If you’re new to or have minimal experience in compliance management don’t miss this opportunity to build the foundational knowledge you need! SCCE’s four-day...more
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
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued final guidance on its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Program), offering financial incentives to qualifying individuals who report certain criminal...more
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) would release a new whistleblower rewards program for civil and criminal forfeitures. On August 1, 2024, DOJ did just that—as the...more
The DOJ’s much-anticipated corporate whistleblower program is here, making multimillion-dollar financial awards available to eligible individuals who report corporate misconduct. There’s lots in it to digest, and our White...more
WHAT IS AN EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATION? Employment (or workplace) investigations can take many forms, and can be instigated by an employer, an employee or a third party; for example, investigations that form part of...more
A few years ago, a friend of mine was part of an organization that received complaints about one of its leaders, which led to questions about whether the leader should be fired. The organization debated internally about what...more
On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more
To what extent are boards and senior executives in your country of focus taking proactive steps to reduce incidences of fraud and corruption from surfacing within their company? Over the past several years, there has been...more
Challenges may arise when conducting an internal investigation related to an underlying disclosure by a whistleblower pursuant to the EU Directive, because companies must strictly comply with the GDPR. Failure to comply with...more
SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program in a convenient virtual format. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little...more
Investigations are stressful for an organization’s leadership. But what is often overlooked is that they are stressful for an organization’s employees as well. The need-to-know nature of internal investigations usually...more
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) is taking aim at corporate criminal wrongdoing with a new whistleblower initiative. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team breaks...more
We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors. Investigations are boosted by...more
When workplace misconduct, whistleblowing or harassment is at issue, employers commonly turn to outside investigators to help ensure an unbiased investigation that will withstand challenge in future litigation. Engaging an...more
After conducting a thorough and privileged internal investigation, it becomes evident that your Company has overcharged the government over $50 million, and that the fraud was directed by a high-level manager. What do you do...more
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
This post provides tips from our eDiscovery experts on the identification and preservation of chat data during an investigation - Chat data will inevitably need to be collected for review if an investigation or dispute...more
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) protects employees of public corporations who report alleged financial misconduct from retaliation by their employers. Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that an employee’s...more
It has been a summer of revelations leaving the financial services sector facing uncertainty and increased scrutiny on how allegations of behavioral misconduct might be managed going forward. This came after multiple...more
SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little experience in compliance, as well...more
A perennial debate exists in the white-collar space: do the benefits of self-disclosure outweigh the risks associated with providing the government with a road map to the company’s purported violation? Consistently, the...more
In February 2022, a District of New Jersey court in United States v. Coburn took the surprising step of compelling a private company to produce internal investigation materials to two of its former executives, who were...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has long encouraged companies to disclose to the DOJ potential violations of federal law, investigate themselves and report their findings in detail. The DOJ often depends on those self-reports...more