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"Please Pay No Attention to the Microphone:” DOJ Announces New Program Offering Protections to Criminal Whistleblowers

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On April 15, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released new guidance relating to a Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals, promising to offer protection from criminal...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Pilot Program Promises Non-Prosecution Agreements to Individuals Reporting Fraud, Bribery and Other Corporate Crimes

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Bringing Moths to the Flame: DOJ Promises Non-Prosecution to Execs for Tips to Combat Corporate Crime

Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division launched a pilot program promising “mandatory NPAs to incentivize individuals (and their counsel) to provide original and actionable information.” This most recent...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Takes the Next Step in Its Effort to Increase Voluntary Self-Disclosures By Incentivizing Those Complicit in Wrongdoing

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“Take Me to the Pilot” – DOJ Announces Plan to Entice Self-Disclosures of Government Contract Fraud

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

DOJ Chooses Sticks Over Carrots: Three Reasons Why Changes to DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement Policy May Chill Cooperation by...

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Announces Changes to DOJ’s Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Doubles Down on Prior Commitment to Aggressively Prosecute Corporate Crime

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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

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

There’s A New Compliance Sheriff In Town, And She’s Cracking Down On Corporate Misconduct

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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

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Federal Criminal Investigations – Biden Justice Department Emphasizes Focus on Prosecuting Individual Corporate Criminal...

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Recent remarks to American Bar Association’s National White Collar Criminal Defense Institute by Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco serve as a clear warning to businesses that the Biden Justice Department will demand...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Best Practices To Ensure DPA Compliance After Ericsson

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On Oct. 21, Ericsson Inc. disclosed that the U.S. Department of Justice asserted that the company had "breached its obligations" under a 2019 deferred prosecution agreement "by failing to provide certain documents and factual...more

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Implementing strong corporate compliance programs – necessity rather than nicety?

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No matter the industry, maintaining effective corporate compliance programs has never been a more essential part of operations to address the legal risks that corporates face. This article, the third in a series about...more

Troutman Pepper

Executives Beware: The DOJ and SEC Have Set Their Sights on Individual Wrongdoing

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The DOJ’s Yates Memo makes individual prosecutions a higher priority and makes a company’s own identification of potentially culpable individuals an explicit factor in assessing cooperation credit....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New DOJ Policy Regarding Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing

On September 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new policy regarding individual accountability for corporate misconduct. The policy, described in a memo authored by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates,...more

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The Positive Effects of DPAs and NPAs in FCPA Enforcement

One of the oft-made criticisms regarding the Department of Justice (DOJ) around its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is its the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) and Non-Prosecution...more

Allen Matkins

Federal Prosecutors: The New Architects Of Corporate Governance

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If I asked who or what are the primary sources of corporate governance changes, I would expect the following answers: Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, proxy advisory firms, public pension...more

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