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DOJ Criminal Division Announces Priority Enforcement Areas and Publishes Revised Enforcement Guidance

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice Criminal Division announced significant changes to its corporate white-collar criminal enforcement priorities. In line with the Trump administration’s recalibration toward...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New Executive Order Takes Aim at the Regulatory State

On May 9, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14294, “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations.” The EO is a continuation of President Trump’s larger effort to address the “overregulation” problem that has...more

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Executive Order on Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations

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On May 9, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) titled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” to address criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses, particularly strict liability offenses where the...more

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The Trump Administration Takes Aim at Regulatory Overcriminalization

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On May 9, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations.” The Order takes aim at what the President calls “regulatory crimes,” with the intended purpose...more

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Trump Administration Clarifies Criminal Enforcement Priorities

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On May 9, 2025, the White House issued an executive order, titled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations,” that could have a significant impact on the administration’s enforcement of criminal regulatory...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOJ Announces Shift in Approach to Prosecuting Corporate Crime

The Criminal Division’s revisions to white-collar enforcement policies seek a new balance between uncovering corporate crime and unencumbering American businesses....more

Hogan Lovells

White House Issues Executive Order Limiting Criminal Enforcement of Regulatory Offenses

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On May 9, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order, “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations,” that seeks to place limits on the criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses, particularly those that impose...more

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New Executive Order Seeks to Curb Overuse of Criminal Actions Brought By Federal Agencies

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Last week, President Trump issued an executive order – entitled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” – with the goal of curbing the use of criminal penalties otherwise imposed by federal regulations. The...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

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Announces New White Collar Enforcement Strategy (Part I of III)

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With each new Administration comes a new approach or emphasis on certain enforcement priorities. The Trump Administration is marking its territory and doing so to underscore its priorities. In a recent speech, the...more

Snell & Wilmer

DOJ Announces Updated Corporate and White-Collar Enforcement Policy

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew R. Galeotti — Head of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division — issued an updated enforcement policy detailing the Criminal Division’s priorities for prosecuting corporate and...more

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Curbing Regulatory Crimes: Latest Executive Order Warrants Close Attention by Corporate Legal and Compliance Teams

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On May 9, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a new Executive Order titled Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations, marking a significant policy shift in how federal agencies and the Department of Justice (DOJ)...more

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Changes in DOJ Policy on Digital Assets Enforcement

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On April 7, the Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Todd Blanche issued a memorandum entitled “Ending Regulation By Prosecution,” detailing a significant shift in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approach to digital assets....more

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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez – Innovative Approach to Safety

In this latest episode, Host Zack Fink conducts a newsmaker interview with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Using new methods of technology to prosecute crimes, Gonzalez has brought an innovative approach to keeping...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A New Era for Digital Assets: The Impact of DOJ’s Shift Away from Regulation by Prosecution and Its Implications

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In a significant policy shift, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum titled “Ending Regulation By Prosecution,” on April 7, 2025, signaling a change in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approach to digital...more

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DOJ Narrows Crypto Enforcement Focus to Fraud and Criminal Conduct

On April 7, in a significant policy shift, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced via the release of a memorandum that it will no longer pursue criminal enforcement actions that effectively impose regulatory...more

A&O Shearman

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025: further reforms to be made to the identification principle

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The Crime and Policing Bill 2025, published by the UK Government on February 25, 2025, proposes extending the new ‘senior manager’ test of corporate criminal attribution to all criminal offences, not just economic crime...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Crime and Policing Bill: New Measures To Facilitate Prosecution of Companies and High-Net-Worth Individuals

Key Points - If the Crime and Policing Bill (CPB) is enacted in current form, it will make it significantly easier for companies to be held liable for criminal offences committed by their senior managers. Coupled with the...more

Hinckley Allen

Enforcement Outlook Under the Second Trump Administration: How Trump’s Priorities Will Impact White-Collar Enforcement Actions

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With every change in administration, organizations and individuals face changes in the types of conduct the federal government focuses on in its investigations, enforcement, and criminal prosecutions. ...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Examining the United States Sentencing Commission’s Recent Voting History for Insight into its 2025 Term

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At the American Bar Association’s White-Collar Crime Institute’s conference held in Miami, Florida on March 6-7, 2025, two panelists from the panel “Sentencing: Effective Mitigation in White-Collar Cases” differed on whether...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Attorney General Bondi Overhauls Justice Priorities

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The new administration has signaled that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) will significantly shift its approach to criminal corporate enforcement. Specifically, on February 5, 2025, newly-confirmed United States Attorney...more

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U.S. Dials Back Implementation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Attorney General (AG) Pamela Bondi to “cease initiation of any new [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (15...more

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Federal Departments And Regulatory Agencies Move Quickly To Reorganize Structure And Policy Goals Following Introduction Of New...

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Department of Justice - One day after her confirmation on February 4, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued two Memos addressed to the entire Department of Justice (DOJ), which curtailed enforcement under the Foreign...more

The Volkov Law Group

New AG Bondi Redirects Justice Department Priorities (Part I of III)

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In an unprecedented and surprising set of actions, the new Attorney General Bondi issued eleven new, internal directives for the Department of Justice.  The new Directives are available HERE. Immediately after her...more

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FCPA Predictions: Don’t Expect Much to Change

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In 2017, when President Trump first took office, big changes were expected in FCPA enforcement.  Much of this reflected President Trump’s expressed misgivings on the substance of the FCPA.  He was not a big fan of the law and...more

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