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DOJ Announces New Priorities in White-Collar Criminal Enforcement: Targeting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse and Protecting American...

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s ("DOJ") Criminal Division recently issued a memorandum outlining a shift in the DOJ’s priorities and policies for prosecuting white-collar crime (the “Memorandum”). Issued by the Head of the...more

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The DOJ’s New White-Collar Agenda: Implications for Businesses

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) released its criminal—and, more specifically, white collar crime enforcement—initiatives under the current administration. This is typical each time new leadership...more

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DOJ Announces Updated Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Under Its New White Collar Enforcement Plan

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Last week, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Head of the Criminal Division Matthew R. Galeotti announced key changes to the DOJ’s enforcement priorities during his keynote address at the Securities Industry and Financial...more

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DOJ's Updated Playbook: New Rules for White-Collar Enforcement

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On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum outlining a recalibrated approach to white-collar criminal enforcement. The memorandum, titled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in...more

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Compliance and Self-Disclosure of Misconduct Must be Top Priorities for Corporate Organizations, According to New Guidance from...

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On May 12, 2025, Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, issued a new policy memorandum entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more

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The DOJ Announces Administration’s Revised Corporate Enforcement Strategy

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, unveiled a comprehensive white collar enforcement strategy titled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more

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DOJ Announces White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revised Policies

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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

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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 Announces Changes to White-Collar Enforcement Priorities: What to Know and What Actions to Take Today

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On May 12, Matthew R. Galeotti, the head of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, announced a new white collar enforcement plan, outlined changes to the Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy,...more

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DOJ corporate enforcement overhaul: More declinations, fewer monitors, and FCPA enforcement still in question

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On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to key corporate criminal enforcement policies. The revisions’ stated aim is to provide more clarity and certainty of outcome to companies that...more

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Department of Justice Announces Changes to Corporate Enforcement Policies; More Carrots and Sticks

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On May 12, 2025, at SIFMA’s annual Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division Chief announced a new White-Collar Enforcement Plan and accompanying changes to...more

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Ten Takeaways from the DOJ Criminal Division’s New Playbook on White Collar Enforcement Priorities

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On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("the DOJ" or "the Department") unveiled its new playbook for prosecuting white-collar and corporate crime. DOJ announced enforcement priorities for the Criminal Division ("the...more

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DOJ’s Criminal Division Turns Page on White Collar Crime—But Keeps One Foot in the Past

On May 12, 2025, the DOJ announced a new “white-collar enforcement plan” identifying new corporate enforcement priorities and aiming to promote greater focus, fairness and efficiency in prosecuting corporate misconduct. In a...more

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DOJ Announces Changes to White Collar Enforcement Policies, Focusing on “Most Egregious” Crimes

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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

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DOJ Announces White Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revisions to Related Policies

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, the Head of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued a new white collar enforcement plan (“Enforcement Plan”) titled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight...more

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The False Claims Act Could Become the New “It” Statute in an Uncertain Enforcement Landscape

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Uncertainty was a prominent theme at last week’s ABA White Collar Crime Institute. The Trump administration has issued a series of directives that seem to shift and narrow the scope of (if not entirely abandon) a host of...more

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Predicting the Unpredictable: DOJ’s Enforcement Priorities From the ABA’s 40th White Collar Crime Institute

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ArentFox Schiff attorneys William Ziegelmueller and Kaitlin Klamann attended the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 40th White Collar Crime Institute (WCCI) March 5-7, 2025, in Miami, Florida. In the absence of representatives...more

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Government Agencies to Continue Pursuing Core Enforcement Initiatives and Other Highlights from the ABA 40th Annual National...

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The American Bar Association held its 40th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime conference on March 5, 6, and 7, 2025, in Miami, Florida. The conference featured robust panel discussions with the federal and state...more

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Anti-Bribery and Corruption Risks Remain Despite FCPA Enforcement Pause

On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, to pause Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) actions for 180 days until she issues revised FCPA...more

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Global Bribery and Corruption Outlook 2025

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As we welcome 2025, the year ahead promises to be a year of change. After more than 70 national elections in 2024, the dust hasn’t fully settled, not least in the United States, where President Trump has taken office for the...more

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Fraud Section’s 2024 Year in Review Shows Enforcement Uptick

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The Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published its Year in Review last month, which showed an uptick for white collar enforcement in foreign corruption, financial and health care fraud. The...more

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Defense Contractor Resolves DOJ and SEC FCPA, FCA, Export Controls Violations for $950 Million

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In October 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with Raytheon Company, a division of multinational defense contractor RTX, over defective pricing and...more

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2024 in Review: Key Anticorruption Developments in the EU and France, with insights for 2025

This is the second in our 2025 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

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DOJ’s Balancing Act — Incentives to Cooperate and Deterrence (Part III of III)

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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

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The FCPA Year in Review — More of the Same with Some Twists (Part I of III)

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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

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