10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, August 2, 2025
Daily Compliance News: July 31, 2025. The Forgotten Generation Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 31, 2025 the Forgotten Generation Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 25, 2025, The New Sheriff in Town Edition
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
Daily Compliance News: July 14, 2025, The Secret Business Sauce-Reading Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025
FCPA Compliance Report: Stay the Course: Ellen Lafferty on Navigating Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2025
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 28, 2025
Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance
Compliance Tip of the Day: New FCPA Enforcement Memo - What Does it Say?
Daily Compliance News: May 30, 2025, The Leissner Sentenced Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 28, 2025, The Moron Premium Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 27, 2025, The Boeing Off the Hook Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 22, 2025, The Trump and Dump Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The June 9 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche instructs...more
The Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Office recently issued new guidelines for investigations and enforcement actions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. (FCPA). These new guidelines come as a first...more
On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued the highly anticipated guidelines for investigations and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) (“FCPA Guidelines”),...more
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
DOJ sets out new enforcement priorities for corporate and white-collar crime and emphasizes “focus, fairness and efficiency.”...more
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
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
One of the most notable developments in the anti-corruption world is the Trump Administration’s Feb. 10 Executive Order, “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement To Further American Economic and National Security.” ...more
The landscape of criminal prosecution of foreign bribery has shifted, and the second Trump administration has made its priorities clear; however, companies still have 950 million reasons and counting to strengthen their...more
Sarah Chen, the newly appointed chief compliance officer (CCO) at Granite Oil Corp, sat across from the board of directors, her heart racing. The company was on the brink of closing a lucrative deal in an emerging market, but...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
In 2025, whistleblower regulations are poised for major evolution, reflecting a renewed commitment to transparency and accountability. The Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) 2023 survey revealed a startling statistic:...more
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its new “Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program” (“DOJ Program”), a three-year initiative managed by DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section....more
In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more
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
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a 14-page memorandum outlining the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program announced earlier this year. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco explained in her...more
People who work on Wall Street come into contact with important information all the time. Sometimes, though, that information indicates that a major corporation or company is breaking the law. If this happens to you, you have...more
Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 relies heavily on whistleblowers, both in America and abroad. If you have information about a potential violation of the law and want to report it to the authorities,...more
While most legal conferences may not be newsworthy, the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime is an exception. Indeed, the federal government’s chief law enforcers seem to treat this particular...more
On March 7th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new whistleblower reward program intended to help prosecutors bring more foreign corruption cases. Under the new program, individuals who report corporate misconduct...more
On February 13, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced a pilot program through which whistleblowers who voluntarily self-disclose criminal conduct relating to public or...more
In an era marked by heightened global regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, the landscape of risk and compliance is undergoing an evolution making the strategic imperative for effective, risk-based compliance initiatives...more
On January 10, 2024, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) Damian Williams introduced a whistleblower pilot program targeting corporate crime, bribery and theft of government funds (the “SDNY...more
A. Basic Overview of Statute - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. (FCPA), makes it unlawful for U.S. persons and entities and others who act within the jurisdiction of the...more
Recently, three of Australia's four largest banks have self-reported breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2018 admitted fault and agreed to pay a civil...more