Corruption, Crime & Compliance: DOJ’s Shifting Approach to Recidivism and Self-Disclosure
Encouraging and Managing Employee Self-Reporting
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Andy Dunbar and Nick Morgan on What the SEC Expects from Your Internal Investigation
Compliance Perspectives: The Antitrust Division’s Office of Decree Enforcement
FERC: A Discussion on its Mission, Market Manipulation Investigations, and Common Violations
Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update
Podcast - Risk Management: Impact of Revised FCPA Policy on International Risk Management Programs
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 380, Laura Perkins on issues around self-disclosure
Nonpayment of Subcontractors: Can Subcontractors Get Any Help From the Government?
Episode 155-Mara Senn on FCPA Investigations and the Decision to Self-Disclose
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 31-the FCPA Year in Review, Corporate Enforcement Actions
Corporate Criminal Liability – Interview with Bridget Rohde, Member, Mintz Levin
The Advisory sets out factors that the Enforcement Division will use to rate self-reporting and cooperation. This rating places a company or individual within a “tier” used to determine the Mitigation Credit amount available....more
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, first announced earlier this year. Through the pilot program, the DOJ may issue awards to whistleblowers who...more
Earlier in 2024, DOJ’s Criminal Division announced a new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program granting whistleblower awards to individuals who provide information in four priority areas. ...more
Compliance professionals constantly seek to understand how systemic issues within corporate hierarchies can lead to severe consequences. The recent revelations about Bank of America’s (BoA) persistent workplace culture...more
In March 2024, we published an alert regarding Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco’s announcement that the US Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to design and implement a new whistleblower...more
The Department of Justice announced a Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program on August 1, 2024. If a whistleblower voluntarily reports original, truthful, and complete information to DOJ in a relevant subject...more
In her remarks to the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco outlined the forthcoming whistleblower program that seeks to fill in the gaps of existing...more
DOJ has introduced the new three-year Pilot Program, managed by the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, effective August 1. Under this Pilot Program, whistleblowers meeting certain criteria may be...more
After months of anticipation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled the details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Corporate WB Program or the Program)....more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program on August 1, 2024. The Pilot Program incentivizes whistleblowers to provide information to the DOJ so...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) just launched the new corporate whistleblower awards pilot program that it previewed this past March. ...more
Historically, successful white-collar prosecutions often turn on the government’s ability to identify “insiders” with firsthand knowledge of the alleged criminal scheme, who opt to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for...more
DOJ’s pilot program aims to fill gaps in existing federal whistleblower programs and incentivize prompt corporate self-disclosure alongside individual whistleblower tips. Following the March 2024 announcement of its...more
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will test out a program to pay whistleblowers if they provide information on serious financial crimes and foreign and...more
We spend a lot of time in compliance discussing how to encourage employees to come forward and report any wrongdoing they see around them. Considerably less time, though, is spent on how to handle employees who report their...more
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a Department of Justice-wide safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in connection with mergers and acquisitions. During her remarks at the...more
Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations and Mergers & Acquisitions Teams explain how acquiring companies can find a limited safe harbor from enforcement when they find pre-merger misconduct....more
The Department of Justice’s recent criminal self-reporting policy changes are beginning to show results, according to Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. Speaking at the New York City Bar Association’s White Collar...more
In back-to-back speeches to the American Bar Association's National Institute on White Collar Crime on March 2-3, 2023, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and Assistant Attorney General...more
During speeches on March 2 and 3, 2023, at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2023 White Collar Conference), Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General...more
On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) United States Attorneys’ Offices (USAO) announced a new Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy that went into immediate effect. The purpose of the new policy is to create...more
On Jan. 17, AAG Polite announced “the first significant changes” to the CEP since 2017. The policy revisions will apply to all corporate criminal matters handled by the Criminal Division and offer companies “new, significant,...more
Last week, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. (“AAG Polite”) announced revisions to the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (the “CEP”). These...more
In a highly anticipated speech, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks outlining updates to the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) perspective on the Corporate Crime Enforcement policy. These updates are the...more
In a speech given at NYU on September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco reviewed new and enhanced Department of Justice (DOJ) policies regarding criminal enforcement related to corporate entities. Assistant...more