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Cohen & Gresser LLP

Failure to Prevent Fraud: Cohen & Gresser Assesses the Consequences of Imminent UK Corporate Fraud Liability Reform

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What is happening? The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the “Bill”) is currently going through the UK Parliament. On 11 April 2023, the Government introduced a draft amendment that will create a new...more

K2 Integrity

Digging Deeper Episode 10: Misguided or Misconduct? Understanding Bad Behavior in the Corporate World

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Why do good people do bad things? Why would someone put an otherwise stellar reputation on the line for a few moments of gain? Bob Brenner dives in to decode this behavior with Richard Girgenti, a leading authority on ethics...more

K&L Gates LLP

HUB Talks: Voluntary Disclosure: Deep Dive - Key Trends in US Corporate Enforcement

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In this episode, Investigations, Enforcement and White Collar partners Bobby Higdon and David Rybicki reflect on their recent posts in the Department of Justice and what to expect in the world of corporate enforcement under...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Fourth Estate and Wirecard

It is one thing to wake up and find yourself as the lead story on a Sunday morning when the New York Times (NYT) runs a corruption story about your organization above the fold. It is quite another when the world’s top...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Northern District of California’s New U.S. Attorney Launches “Strike Force” Aimed at Corporate Fraud

David Anderson, the recently appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, has announced a corporate fraud “strike force” designed to pursue the “investigation and prosecution of corporate fraud...more

Hogan Lovells

The SFC's enforcement priorities for 2018

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In late February, the SFC published its Enforcement Reporter setting out its enforcement priorities and approaches for 2018. The SFC emphasized its enhanced cross-divisional collaborative approach with more targeted...more

The Volkov Law Group

COSO Framework: Fraud, Corruption and Compliance (Part I of II)

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Global companies need to actively work to prevent fraud and corruption. Fraud and corruption go hand-in-hand. To commit bribery, bad actors have to gain access to money for unauthorized (illegal) purposes. A failure to...more

K2 Integrity

Tracking down bad guys, online and off

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Q.When we think of the words ‘corporate investigator,’ you don’t exactly fit our stereotype, yet that’s clearly what you are. What are we missing? What does a corporate investigator do these days?...more

K2 Integrity

Corporate Fraud: How to Detect It and Put a Stop to It

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Fraud costs companies trillions each year and the vast majority of those deceptions are detected purely by luck—only a very small percentage of frauds are found by auditors....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Fall of the Alamo and Empowerment of the Compliance Professional

Today is the anniversary of the most historic day of many in the history of the great state of Texas, the date of the fall of the Alamo. While March 2, Texas Independence Day, is when Texas declared its independence from...more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Year-End Update

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Both the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have continued their focus on anticorruption enforcement in 2015. Although there was a decline in enforcement...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

New DOJ Guidance and FCPA Pilot Program, Part I-Introduction

Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) held a Press Conference, open to all, led by Andrew Weissmann and Leslie Caldwell. At this Press Conference, they announced the culmination of several ongoing initiatives into a new...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Prog Rock Week – Part I: Tribute to Keith Emerson and Expansion of VW Investigation

Welcome back my friend; To the show that never ends. Except it did last week, when Keith Emerson died. He was the Emerson in Emerson, Lake & Palmer aka ELP. Emerson was one of the greatest keyboardists of his or any...more

Burr & Forman

DOJ Focuses on Individuals in Corporate Wrongdoing

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has a new view in cases involving corporate wrongdoing (includingfraud and abuse, qui tam, and similar matters). And its gaze is focused squarely on rooting out and punishing the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Digging Into Your Internal Controls

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Corruption risks follow the money. If a company has effective controls over money, then the company has a good chance of mitigating corruption risks. A key indicator of a company’s internal controls is to ask if the...more

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DOJ Sharpens Focus on Corporate Compliance in Deciding Whether to Prosecute Companies

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One of the factors that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) considers in deciding whether to bring charges against a corporation is the existence and effectiveness of the corporation’s pre-existing compliance program. On...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New DOJ Corporate Prosecution Guidelines

On September 9, 2015, United States Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates released a memorandum titled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing,” the latest in a series of corporate prosecution guidelines written by...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: DOJ Memorandum Adds Further Weight to CPSC Enforcement Efforts Against Corporate...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a memorandum to various enforcement agencies. The memorandum, available here, focuses on holding individuals accountable for corporate fraud and misconduct. The...more

Baker Donelson

Department of Justice Mandate: Prosecute Individuals for Corporate Wrongdoing

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On September 9, 2015, Sally Quillian Yates, the Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a directive to the leaders of the divisions of the DOJ and to U.S. Attorneys to combat corporate fraud by...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Targets Executives and Individuals in Corporate Investigations

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Responding to criticism stemming from a lack of individual prosecutions as a result of the financial crisis, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates has issued a new guidance memorandum establishing six new steps for federal...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

DOJ Provides Focused “Guidance” on Prosecuting Corporate Individuals

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After receiving significant criticism on the Department of Justice’s failure to prosecute corporate executives involved in the financial crisis in 2008, Sally Yates, the Deputy Attorney General issued a seven page memo...more

The Volkov Law Group

Misconduct in the C-Suite: The United Airlines Scandal

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It was like a bolt out of the blue – United Airlines’ CEO and two senior executives hastily announced their resignation as a result of their involvement in a bribery scandal with the New York Port Authority....more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ: Companies, Serve Up Your Executives!

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On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an internal memorandum regarding individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing. The memo, authored by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, is aimed...more

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DOJ Appoints Compliance Counsel to Provide Advice in FCPA Investigations

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is creating a new compliance counsel position in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section to scrutinize the compliance programs of companies under investigation for possible Foreign Corrupt...more

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