On June 9, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum entitled “Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA),” which establishes guidelines to ensure that FCPA...more
6/13/2025
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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
8/9/2024
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On May 5, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) granted its largest-ever whistleblower award of $279M to an individual, reportedly stemming from Ericsson’s $1.1B settlement to resolve claims that the...more