In response to a request for no-action submitted by the law firm Latham & Watkins on March 12, 2025 (No-Action Letter), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance’s staff (Staff) provided new...more
Self-Reporting Remains a Major Focus - Few executives expect to interact with the Department of Justice (DOJ) during their careers, but the current DOJ has given companies some homework, and the assignment applies to...more
CEP Magazine - December 2022 - In September, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced new guidelines the department will use in connection with criminal enforcement. Those...more
On April 6, 2022, the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organization (“CISRO”) adopted the Principles of Conduct for Insurance Intermediaries (“Principles”). In conjunction with that announcement, the Financial Services...more
On June 30, 2021, FinCEN announced the first set of government-wide AML/CFT Priorities, as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 ("AML Act"). Consistent with the National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other...more
The New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) January 2019 insurance circular letter, which advised New York-licensed life insurance carriers on the use of external consumer data and information sources in...more
On April 30, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice released an update to the Fraud Section’s February 2017 guidance document titled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” ...more
On April 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated guidance detailing how prosecutors will evaluate corporate compliance programs in charging and resolving criminal cases....more
On May 1, 2019, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated guidance for prosecutors to utilize in assessing whether an organization had in place “an adequate and effective corporate...more