When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
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Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 28, 2025
Everything Compliance: Episode 156, To Document or Not Edition
From Permits to Penalties: A Deep Dive Into Coastal Development Law
Compliance into the Weeds: Boeing’s New Safety Initiatives and Compliance Reforms
Podcast - FTC to Focus on Deceptive AI Claims: Compliance Management Strategies
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Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 21, 2025
2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 54 – The FCPA is Back On Edition
Understanding the DOJ's Recent Corporate Enforcement Policy Changes
Daily Compliance News: June 19, 2025, The Corruption in Spain Edition
Workplace ICE Raids Are Surging—Here’s How Employers Can Prepare - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
All Things Investigations: Navigating New DOJ Directives - Declinations, Cooperation, and Whistleblower Programs with Mike DeBernardis and Katherine Taylor
Compliance Tip of the Day: New FCPA Enforcement Memo - What Does it Say?
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The June 9 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche instructs...more
In February, the White House issued an Executive Order "pausing" Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement for 180 days, to "further American economic and national security."1 On June 9, Deputy Attorney General Todd...more
On June 9, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released a much-anticipated update to the Trump administration’s plans for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....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
DOJ Criminal Division Head Details White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Related Policy Revisions - On June 10, the head of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti, gave a speech...more
On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled new guidelines for enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), marking a pivotal shift in how corruption cases are pursued. The guidelines seek to...more
On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued the highly anticipated guidelines for investigations and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) (“FCPA Guidelines”),...more
On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued a series of significant policy changes outlining the Trump administration’s new approach to white-collar enforcement....more
On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued a revised Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (Revised CEP). Matthew R. Galeotti, chief of the Criminal Division of the DOJ,...more
On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance on white-collar enforcement priorities and revised its policies on corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD), the selection of...more
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Criminal Division’s new white collar enforcement plan, changes to its Corporate Whistleblower Pilot Program, and revisions to the Corporate Enforcement and...more
While DOJ did not have an overwhelming FCPA enforcement year, DOJ has devoted significant energy to tweaking its enforcement and compliance policies. These measures were believed to coincide with a number of significant...more
With the end of the Biden Administration, it is hard to identify a consistent theme relating to FCPA enforcement. On the one hand, the Biden Administration talked a big game, elevating the anti-corruption fight as a national...more
The Department of Justice really wants violators of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to come forward: following a January 2023 revision of its Corporate Enforcement Policy that incentivized voluntary self-disclosure,...more
DOJ is pushing hard for voluntary disclosures and urging companies to take advantage of its Voluntary Disclosure Program. The carrot is significant — a declination in exchange for cooperation, remediation and disgorgement....more
The Justice Department is encouraging companies to voluntarily disclose criminal violations — “Come in and confess” and DOJ offers promises of a declination. But even a declination comes with a requirement — the company has...more
I am thrilled to announce my first podcast series based on a book I have written. The book and the podcast series are titled FCPA Survival Guide and Ethico sponsors. The book is available in the Kindle format, and you can...more
How can you survive an FCPA enforcement action? In this special podcast series, Tom Fox and Nick Gallo outline the Top 10 things you can do to reduce your overall fine and penalty, perhaps down to a complete declination. All...more
In a recent speech, on March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Monaco announced that DOJ would be implementing in the next 90 days a new whistleblower program to reward reporting of criminal misconduct at both public and...more
DOJ has been on a public relations campaign to push a simple message for corporations: if companies learn of misconduct, companies should disclose such misconduct to earn valuable benefits. The quintessential question...more
We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more
This is the seventh in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) conduct since announcing its February 22, 2023, Voluntary Self Disclosure (VSD) policy, demonstrates that the government continues to place a premium on corporate cooperation in both criminal...more
Publicly announced Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity in 2023 did not return to the levels seen a few years ago, as indicated by both the total number of cases against corporate and individual...more