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K2 Integrity

Digging Deeper Episode 6: One-on-One with Jules Kroll

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Jules Kroll is widely credited as the founder of the modern corporate investigations industry, and this episode goes behind the scenes of Jules’ career....more

K2 Integrity

Digging Deeper Episode 4: Public Sector Lessons for the Corporate Investigator

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What changes when an investigator leaves the public sector and joins the private sector? For Brian Cairl, senior managing director and director of investigations of the Americas, his toolkit from his time in law enforcement...more

Snell & Wilmer

Yates Memorandum: Rosenstein Announces Easier Path for Companies to Receive Cooperation Credit

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In a speech delivered on November 29, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced changes to the Justice Manual regarding cooperation credit for companies facing criminal and civil investigations.1 These changes...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Announces Changes to the Yates Memo Policy on Individual Accountability

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On Thursday, November 29th, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced changes to its policy known as the “Yates Memo.” That policy, established in 2015 by then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, had required companies...more

Hogan Lovells

DOJ aims for good, not perfect: Our view of the updated corporate cooperation policy

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Government attorneys now have additional discretion in False Claims Act (FCA) civil cases to award cooperation credit to a corporation that meaningfully assists the government’s investigation without necessarily identifying...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

DOJ Announces More Lenient Corporate Cooperation Policy

In a speech delivered on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein described important changes to DOJ policies for awarding cooperation credit in corporate investigations. These changes have been...more

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DOJ Reaffirms Commitment to Prosecuting Individuals, Toughens Expectation for Corporate Response

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a memorandum ("The Yates memo") on September 9, 2015 by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, reaffirming the Government's commitment to prosecuting individuals. Say...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The DOJ’s New Policy of Prosecuting Individuals

On September 9, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued a new policy memorandum (the “Yates Memo”) entitled “Individual Accountability for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Department of Justice Issues Guidance to Criminal and Civil Prosecutors to Facilitate Individual Prosecutions in Corporate...

On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (the Department) publicly announced that it had issued guidance to its criminal and civil prosecutors that purports to change, at least in part, the Department’s approach to...more

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