All Things Investigations: Navigating New DOJ Directives - Declinations, Cooperation, and Whistleblower Programs with Mike DeBernardis and Katherine Taylor
Understanding the Latest DOJ Changes to Corporate Prosecutions
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Self-Disclosure, Cooperation, and the Hazards of Knowing Too Little
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 30 - Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of a White Collar Criminal – A Discussion With Author Eugene Soltes
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Using External Resources for Internal Investigations
Encouraging and Managing Employee Self-Reporting
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 1: Overview of CFPB and State AG Initiatives/Expansion - The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Justice Insiders Podcast: The DOJ Wants You! - Part II: Voluntary Disclosures
The Justice Insiders: The DOJ Wants You!
JONES DAY TALKS®: CFTC and DOJ Target Derivatives Trading Across Industries
Compliance Perspectives: The Antitrust Division’s Office of Decree Enforcement
Do I Need a Lawyer? Federal Employees Under Investigation [More with McGlinchey Ep. 1]
Podcast: International Risks Facing Latin America Companies
Podcast - Risk Management: Revised FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 165-BHP FCPA Enforcement and Lessons Learned for the Compliance Practitioner
BakerHostetler Attorneys James Mastracchio and Jay Nanavati Discuss Global Tax Enforcement
Episode 155-Mara Senn on FCPA Investigations and the Decision to Self-Disclose
On 24 April 2025, the SFO published new guidance1 for companies in relation to self-reporting, co-operation, and when they can expect to be invited to engage in negotiations for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) as an...more
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is raising the stakes. With the publication of new Co-operation and Enforcement Guidance on 24 April 2025, the agency is ramping up enforcement and clarifying expectations for corporate...more
There was a flurry of DOJ whistleblower program activity over the last two weeks as the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY Program), District of New Jersey (DNJ Program), Southern District of...more
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice officially launched a three-year pilot program to reward whistleblowers who report corporate misconduct....more
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Criminal Division’s Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Program). Pursuant to the Program, “an individual who voluntarily self-discloses...more
In January 2024 the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) set a shockwave through the business world by announcing a new whistleblower pilot program. To understand what the policy says and what it...more
Under the newly announced pilot program, individuals who fully cooperate and voluntarily provide the Criminal Division with information on certain types of corporate and white-collar offenses may receive an NPA in exchange...more
Over the last few years, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has continuously announced significant policies and programs directed at encouraging and rewarding the timely reporting of corporate wrongdoing, incentivizing...more
During the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, the most senior executives of the DOJ (Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco) delivered remarks...more
At last week’s ABA National White Collar Crime Institute, the leadership of the Department of Justice (the DOJ or the Department), including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, made clear...more
2023 was a very active one for Department of Justice (DOJ or the “Department”) guidance, and that guidance had one clear theme: DOJ wants companies to voluntarily self-disclose their misconduct. To incentivize...more
“Call us before we call you.” With this message, on January 10, 2024, the Southern District of New York announced the SDNY Whistleblower Pilot Program (Pilot Program), which seeks to encourage individual participants in...more
A recent article in Law360 sparked a vigorous conversation among members of Pietragallo’s white collar practice group about the current state of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) evolving emphasis on individual...more
The newly announced whistleblower policy gives certain individuals who promptly and completely cooperate with prosecutors the opportunity to receive a non-prosecution agreement in exchange for their information....more
On October 4, 2023, United States Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor policy that encourages companies to self-disclose criminal misconduct...more
On October 4, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in connection with mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This policy is...more
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General (AG) Lisa Monaco announced the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy for acquirers that uncover wrongdoing at a target company. Deputy...more
On October 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a uniform approach for the resolution of voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) of misconduct discovered during M&A due diligence. The Mergers & Acquisitions Safe...more
The policy expands upon DOJ’s efforts to encourage self-reporting of criminal violations discovered during M&A and other transactions. On October 4, 2023, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new Department...more
In an important policy announcement aimed at rewarding robust due diligence and compliance programs, DOJ announced that acquiring companies that promptly and voluntarily disclose criminal misconduct discovered at the acquired...more
Over the last two years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced numerous policy changes on corporate criminal enforcement policies, which were largely based on a self-described “carrot and sticks” approach (“a mix of...more
Monaco’s and Polite’s remarks, and the DOJ’s new policies and guidance, come amid the Department’s increasingly tough on corporate crime approach and emphasis on rewarding companies that have effective compliance programs...more
On March 3, 2023, as part of the rollout of several updates to its guidance on corporate compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new policy aimed at incentivizing compliance-driven compensation and...more
On February 22, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (VSD Policy) to formalize DOJ’s efforts to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-report criminal misconduct to the...more
“Further Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Following Discussions with Corporate Crime Advisory Group” - Compliance programs play a critical role for healthcare organizations, ensuring both individuals...more