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DOJ Increases Incentives to Self-Disclose with Revised Corporate Enforcement Policy

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to the Corporate Enforcement and Self Disclosure Policy (CEP). Under the new policy, announced by DOJ Criminal Division Head Matthew Galeotti, companies...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Announces Leniency and Potential Declination for Companies That Self-Disclose

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Earlier this month, the DOJ’s Criminal Division Head, Matthew R. Galeotti, spoke at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference in Washington,...more

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With New White Collar Enforcement Priorities Memo, DOJ Seeks to Provide More Pathways to Declinations and Non-Prosecution...

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In Part One of this series, we discussed the May 12, 2025, U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division’s new guidance memo on white-collar enforcement priorities in the Trump 2.0 Administration entitled “Focus, Fairness, and...more

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DOJ Announces Revisions to Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy (CEP), outlining the benefits a company may earn by voluntarily self-disclosing misconduct, as well as the...more

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The DOJ’s Policy Shift to Incentivize Self-Reporting

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Earlier this week, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division released three new documents on corporate misconduct, whistleblowers, compliance monitors, and enforcement priorities that outline significant changes to the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Increased Clarity for White-Collar Clients: The Department of Justice Unveils its Revised Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy

What should U.S. businesses take from the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) revisions to its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”)? While DOJ has long promoted self-disclosure of wrongdoing as a...more

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DOJ Announces Key Revisions to Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

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On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, announced a new white collar enforcement plan in a memorandum entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 3): New Reasons for Companies to Self-Disclose Criminal Conduct

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP). (See...more

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DOJ’s Criminal Division Turns a “New Page” on White Collar & Corporate Enforcement and Announces Changes in Self-Reporting,...

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The Criminal Division at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has announced that it is “turning a new page” on white-collar and corporate enforcement with an increased focus on “fairness” and “efficiency.”...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Unveils White Collar Enforcement Overhaul: New Incentives, Streamlined Policies and Expanded Whistleblower Rewards

Revisions to Department of Justice (DOJ) white collar enforcement policies provide enhanced incentives for voluntary self-disclosure and clarify the consequences of failing to disclose wrongdoing. At the same time, expanded...more

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DOJ Announces New Policies and Priorities in Prosecution of White Collar Crime

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) announced on May 12, 2025, new investigative and policy priorities, as well as changes to current DOJ guidance, that could have a significant impact on the prosecution of...more

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Trump 2.0’s DOJ: White-Collar Enforcement is Alive and Well

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Citing the need to strike a balance between “overbroad and unchecked corporate and white-collar enforcement [that] burdens U.S. businesses and harms U.S. interests” and “[u]nchecked fraud in U.S. markets and government...more

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Voluntary Disclosure of Export Control Violations is Critical for Settling Criminal Liability, DOJ Action Shows

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The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent announcement that it would decline to prosecute a self-reported criminal export control violation demonstrates the continuing importance of prompt, voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) and...more

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EnforceMintz – DOJ Policy Developments in 2024 Seek to Motivate More Voluntary Self-Disclosures

Over the past two years, the Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) has actively incentivized companies to voluntarily self-disclose potential civil and criminal violations. For example, in 2023, in the criminal...more

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EDNY Launches New Whistleblower Non-Prosecution Pilot Program

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On September 17, 2024, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) announced a new pilot program that offers non-prosecution agreements (typically referred to as NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily...more

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7 More US Attorneys’ Offices Issue Whistleblower Non-Prosecution Pilot Programs

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There was a flurry of DOJ whistleblower program activity over the last two weeks as the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY Program), District of New Jersey (DNJ Program), Southern District of...more

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DOJ Issues its Highly Anticipated Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

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In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more

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DOJ Announces First-Ever Corporate Declination Under National Security Division’s Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program

Key Points - On May 21, 2024, the DOJ announced its first ever declination under the NSD’s updated Enforcement Policy, declining to prosecute Sigma-Aldrich Inc., d/b/a MilliporeSigma (a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,...more

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The DOJ’s New Pilot Programs: A Bane for Compliance Programs

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ National Security Division Issues First-Ever Declination Under Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

On May 22, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) announced its first-ever prosecution declination under its corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) policy for sanctions and export controls...more

McCarter & English, LLP

DOJ Launches Pilot Program to Encourage Reporting of Criminal Activity

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a pilot program to encourage potential whistleblowers to report criminal activity and cooperate with government investigations in exchange for substantial monetary payouts in the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DOJ Says You Can Put the Fire Out From Inside the House: New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program Seeks to Root Out Corporate Crime...

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Introduction: On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division announced a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals. Under this program, individuals who voluntarily disclose certain...more

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Navigating the DOJ’s New Pilot Program

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In a bold move, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a pilot program designed to encourage corporate executives to disclose information about financial misconduct within their organizations. Through this initiative,...more

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The Department of Justice Offers Individual Corporate Wrongdoers a “Get Out of Jail Free Card” in New Voluntary Self-Disclosure...

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The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division (DOJ) recently announced a Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Individual VSD Pilot Program or Pilot Program), which allows certain individuals...more

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The Carrot & The Stick: New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Government Contractor Fraud May Increase Disclosures by...

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Government contractors are no stranger to disclosure obligations.  Since it went into effect in December 2008, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Mandatory Disclosure Rule has been the stick the Government has used to...more

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