Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
Compliance into the Weeds: USRA Declination Case Study - Self-Disclosure Best Practices
Daily Compliance News: April 8, 2025, The End of Monitors Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 48 – The March Madness Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending, March 22, 2025
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
Daily Compliance News: March 19, 2025, The Why CISOs Quit Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending March 15, 2025
Episode 356 -- Trump Administration Hits Pause on FCPA Enforcement
Episode 351 -- Deep Dive into the AAR FCPA Settlement
Episode 350 -- Deep Dive into McKinsey FCPA Case
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: BIT Mining Resolves FCPA Case for $10 Million and CEO Pan Indicted
Episode 349 -- Review of the BIT Mining FCPA Settlement
Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
Episode 344 -- SEC Settles FCPA Case with Moog for $1.7 Million
Episode 339: Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
Episode 338 -- Deep Dive into the Deere SEC FCPA Case
Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) released its criminal—and, more specifically, white collar crime enforcement—initiatives under the current administration. This is typical each time new leadership...more
Earlier this week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new white collar enforcement plan (Enforcement Plan) outlining changes to the Criminal Division’s white collar enforcement priorities to align more closely with...more
DOJ sets out new enforcement priorities for corporate and white-collar crime and emphasizes “focus, fairness and efficiency.”...more
Key Points - - A new memo suggests DOJ will continue to prosecute white collar fraud and crimes. - DOJ identified 10 “high-impact” areas of focus, prioritizing crimes that cause harm to government programs, citizens, and...more
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the newly confirmed Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued fourteen memoranda to all Department of Justice (DOJ or the “Department”) employees regarding a wide range of new policies and...more
Designed for the busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past month, with...more
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity may be at a temporary standstill, but that should not mean much for the day-to-day operations of global anti-corruption compliance programs. If the Department of...more
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi on her first day in office – Feb. 5, 2025 – sent several memos to all employees of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) laying out top priorities. In one memo, the DOJ instructs its...more
On February 5, newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of guidance documents refocusing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities for the new Administration. In addition to effectuating many of President...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
In 2025, whistleblower regulations are poised for major evolution, reflecting a renewed commitment to transparency and accountability. The Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) 2023 survey revealed a startling statistic:...more
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its new “Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program” (“DOJ Program”), a three-year initiative managed by DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section....more
Earlier this year, as described in a previous client alert, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced a landmark pilot program to pay monetary awards to whistleblowers (the “Program”). At that time, Deputy...more
For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more
Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, are facing federal charges of bribery, money laundering, and violations of the ban against public officials serving as foreign agents required to register...more
Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme - On April 24, a Miami jury convicted Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, the former Comptroller General of Ecuador, for his role in an...more
You have to give the Justice Department credit — after two slow enforcement years, DOJ is starting off 2024 with a relative “bang;” first, DOJ reached a large settlement with SAP in January, and now, DOJ has reached a...more