FCPA Compliance Report: Upping Your Game in Compliance
Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Decision - Making in Times of Change
Great Women in Compliance: Exploring the Future of Compliance - Key Takeaways from Compliance Week 2025
Upping Your Game: Episode 1 – Meeting Hui Chen’s Challenge
FCPA Compliance Report: From Compliance to Commercial Value: Removing Friction with AI
Daily Compliance News: April 28, 2025, The Santos Sobs Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Ellen Hunt on Compliance ROI and on a Due Diligence and the US Sentencing Guidelines
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
FCPA Compliance Report: Kristy Grant-Hart on A 360° Review of the Future of Compliance
Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
FCPA Compliance Report: AI, Data Compliance, and Ownership - A Conversation with Andrew Hopkins
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 49 - The Depression Episode
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2025, The Tribute to Ice Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: The Role of Compliance Going Forward
Daily Compliance News: March 27, 2025, The Eliminate the District Courts Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Future of Enforcement with Jennifer Lee
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating the Complexities of FTO Designations and Compliance in Mexico and Latin America
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
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
On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri announced that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) had issued updated guidance to federal prosecutors in its “Evaluation of Corporate...more
Earlier this year, as described in a previous client alert, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced a landmark pilot program to pay monetary awards to whistleblowers (the “Program”). At that time, Deputy...more
Drawing on a carrot and stick approach, Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) guidance in 2023 focused heavily on incentivizing companies to voluntarily self-disclose their misconduct. This guidance included the...more
During the American Bar Association's 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced the launch of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ or the Department) pilot program to...more
Nick Ephgrave QPM was appointed as Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) back in September 2023. In his first speech he said he wants to reward whistleblowers. We take a look at the pros and cons of incentivising...more
In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has rolled out a significant and increasing number of carrots and sticks aimed at deterring and punishing white collar crime. Speaking at the American Bar Association White...more
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is creating a program that will offer financial rewards to whistleblowers who bring the DOJ information concerning...more
As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more
Recent guidance from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reflects its continued focus on corporate compensation structures to promote compliance. In the past few months, the DOJ has entered into settlement agreements that...more
It is one of the hardest questions a company can face: after discovering criminal conduct inside your company, do you self-report to the government or not? If you can quickly and quietly fix the problem, then you may be able...more
In an apparent response to a downturn in corporate cases and criticism that its harsh rhetoric was chilling corporate cooperation, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced significant changes to its policy on...more
On January 17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) rolled out a significant change to its existing Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) that will grant as much as a 75% reduction in fines for companies that voluntarily...more
In the recently released Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, 2019 Guidance by the Department of Justice, incentives are specifically identified in the section under “is your program effectively implemented?” The 2019...more
On March 1, 2018, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it has expanded the scope of cases in which it will consider issuing a formal declination of criminal charges for a company that...more
One of the areas that many companies have not paid as much attention to in their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) anti-corruption compliance programs is compensation. However the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities...more
In the Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, Prong 8 Incentive and Disciplinary Measures it states: Incentive System – How has the company incentivized compliance and ethical behavior? How has...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, Fraud Section, recently released new guidance associated with its Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The guidance, entitled Evaluation of Corporate...more
The FCPA Guidance states, “In addition to evaluating the design and implementation of a compliance program throughout an organization, enforcement of that program is fundamental to its effectiveness. A compliance program...more
Several readers have asked why I have not written anything about the Houston Astros this year. The answer is two-fold. The first is that I really do not care. However, the more I thought about it, the real reason is that they...more