On 9 June 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released a memo (the Blanche Memo) detailing the long-awaited enforcement guidelines on how the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Pam Bondi will enforce...more
“The Criminal Division is turning a new page on white-collar and corporate enforcement.” So pronounced the head of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, in a recent speech rolling out several...more
The much-heralded end to prosecutions brought pursuant to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) never materialized during the first Donald Trump administration, but Trump 2.0 has the potential to bring major change to the...more
On 23 September 2024, the DOJ announced another significant round of updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) – the guidance document Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors use to evaluate the...more
9/27/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
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
8/8/2024
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employees ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Pilot Programs ,
Self-Reporting ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On 7 March 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it is launching a new whistleblower pilot program designed to reward individuals who report acts of significant corporate misconduct or financial wrongdoing...more
On 4 October 2023, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new US Department of Justice (DOJ) Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosure made in connection with mergers and acquisitions (M&A)....more
In this second episode of our series on the government's response to the Paycheck Protection Program, white collar practitioners Chris Nasson, David Rybicki, Neil Smith, and Hayley Trahan-Liptak discuss the second phase of...more
The long-anticipated wave of civil enforcement actions involving participants in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has begun. On 12 January 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first civil settlement...more
White collar practitioners Neil Smith, William Semins, Nicole Stockey, and David Peet discuss their key takeaways from this year’s 37th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act....more
12/9/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Cooperation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Officials ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
INTRODUCTION - On 3 July 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the second edition of the Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Resource...more
In August 2019, federal prosecutors indicted Feng Tao, a Chinese scientist conducting research at the University of Kansas (“KU”), on fraud charges. The indictment of a Chinese national by federal prosecutors and the...more
On Wednesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) became the latest government agency to formally set its sights on foreign corruption. ...more
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is currently investigating to what extent colleges and universities communicate with each other about prospective students that apply through the early decision process. While it is still...more
At the 34th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act held last week in Washington, D.C., industry executives, members of the defense bar, and regulators examined developments in the enforcement of the...more
12/8/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes