A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
Episode 329 -- Bryn Sedlacek from Aravo on TPRM Holistic Risks and Unified Visibility
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
Managing Corruption Risk in Latin America
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Episode 320 -- NAVEX Hotline Report -- More Reports and Higher Substantiation
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 34 - A Conversation With Jesse Eisinger, Author of 'The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives'
FCPA Compliance Report: DOJ on AI and Data/Intellectual Property Protection
Episode 313 -- The Coming Criminal Corporate Sanctions Enforcement Storm
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
Episode 311 -- Tom Fox on FCPA Enforcement: Self Disclosure and Recidivism
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
Episode 304 -- Nathalie Druckmann, VP at Certa, on Artificial Intelligence Third-Party Risk Management
JONES DAY TALKS®: Corporate Compliance in Asia: Managing Rapid Regulatory Change and Ambiguity
The EU Directive for Combatting Corruption
In 2021, Congress passed an emergency measure to save the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program from financial collapse. This measure is set to expire at the end of September, threatening to...more
Two recent court Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases, a significant amendment to the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), and the new pilot whistleblower rewards program show that Anti-Corruption Enforcement...more
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more
Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more
On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division unveiled a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals that offers non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily...more
We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more
Both the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption recognize that the news media plays a vital role in the detection of bribery and other acts of corruption...more
This is the seventh in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
Building on the recent passage of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), at the American Bar Association’s 2024 National Institute on White Collar Crime conference in San Francisco earlier this month (2024 ABA...more
In January, the Vatican issued new procedures on whistleblowing, expanding on 2019 procedures for reporting financial anomalies to the Office of the Auditor General. The new procedures are a recognition of the importance of...more
SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced on October 25th that in the 2023 fiscal year, the Commission received a record number of 18,000 whistleblower tips. The SEC Whistleblower Program has grown rapidly and effectively since its...more
On December 6, 2021, the Biden administration declared the fight against corruption a core U.S. national security interest. A part of the administration’s “Strategy on Countering Corruption” was the establishment of the...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
A. Basic Overview of Statute - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. (FCPA), makes it unlawful for U.S. persons and entities and others who act within the jurisdiction of the...more
As we look back on 2021, several anti-corruption enforcement trends emerge. The following summarizes the key developments of the prior year and trends to watch in 2022: The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) brought 24...more
Ever since the establishment of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower rewards program, there has been a steady increase in the number of foreign whistleblowers coming to the U.S. government to...more
On May 19, 2021, the SEC announced an award of more than $28 million to a whistleblower whose tip led the SEC and the DOJ to reach a combined $281 million FCPA settlement with a U.S.-based manufacturer of electronic systems...more
On New Year’s Day 2021, Congress overrode a presidential veto to pass the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020), which amends and modernizes the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The AMLA 2020 includes sweeping reforms updating...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Petrobras Settles with U.S. Authorities Over Alleged FCPA Violations - On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more