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
The Serious Fraud Office’s strategy for 2024 to 2029 indicates aspiration to be a more effective agency and to incentivise personnel. On 18 April 2024, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published an ambitious, albeit...more
On April 15, the U.S. Department of Justice released The Criminal Division’s Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the “Pilot”) designed to encourage individuals to report certain types of criminal...more
On April 15, the U.S. Department of Justice released The Criminal Division’s Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Pilot) designed to encourage individuals to report certain types of criminal...more
On April 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) published in the federal register a final amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”) that makes considerable changes to the...more
On April 3, 2024, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued its final amendment (“Final Amendment”) to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14, commonly referred to as the “QPAM Exemption”. Generally, the QPAM...more
On April 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published significant modifications to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption). The amendment becomes effective on June 17, 2024; however, certain...more
On January 10, when announcing his office’s new Whistleblower Pilot Program, Southern District of New York United States Attorney Damian Williams told potential cooperators “[c]all us before we call you.” But should you? ...more
In January 2023, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to its Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP), which we previously summarized here and discussed in further detail as part of...more
On November 28–30, 2023, the American Conference Institute’s 40th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), held in Washington, D.C., brought together prosecutors, regulators, corporate...more
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The compliance certification policy was first announced by Assistant Attorney General (Assistant AG) Kenneth Polite in March 2022, when he stated that for all criminal division “corporate resolutions (including guilty pleas,...more
In announcing recent changes to its corporate criminal enforcement policies, the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) continued its forceful “tough on crime” initiatives to deter wrongdoing....more
On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced new guidance and policies regulating corporate criminal enforcement. The new policies emphasize that DOJ will not...more
On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced several important changes to its policies for prosecuting corporate crime. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, who made the announcement in a speech at...more
In a speech on September 15, 2022 and in a memo of the same date, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced several new policies and issued several directives regarding the DOJ’s...more
On Sept. 15, 2022, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced important guidance and new actions from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) on corporate criminal enforcement. Her remarks, delivered at...more
In its second year, the Biden administration has made clear its prioritisation of white-collar prosecutions. This includes changes in policy and guidance, such as a renewed focus on individual accountability, an increased...more
Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice have portended a sea change in the oversight responsibilities of chief compliance officers (CCOs) as it concerns corporate resolutions going forward. In public remarks made March...more
For a time monitorships were, if not endangered, out of favor. After many years of embracing them, the US Department of Justice had begun calling for cost benefit analyses and looking for alternatives. Then in 2021 Deputy...more
On April 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Stericycle Inc. to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") is making it harder on companies that commit corporate crimes. A lot harder. That’s the message that Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco recently gave attendees at the American Bar...more
In October, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa O. Monaco gave a Keynote Address at ABA’s 36th National Institute on White Collar Crime (Monaco Speech). Her remarks reframed a discussion about the uses of, reasons for and...more
When companies get into trouble, it’s common practice for the government to call on independent third parties to help clean up the mess. Companies under investigation by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) often agree to...more
On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco issued a Memorandum entitled “Corporate Crime Advisory Group and Initial Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies,” which she explained the same day in her...more
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco’s Keynote Address at ABA's National Institute on White Collar Crime - Despite having been delivered virtually, Deputy Attorney General Monaco’s message to white collar counsel came...more