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DOJ FCPA Declination Points to Continuation of Policies and Importance of Robust Compliance

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An August 7, 2025 declination agreement published by the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Fraud Section—and the first bribery DOJ resolution of President Trump’s second term—provides initial insights into declinations under...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

$140M US Export Controls Enforcement Action for ‘Reason to Know, Including Awareness of a High Probability’ Violations

On July 28, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) jointly announced resolutions of parallel criminal and administrative...more

McGuireWoods LLP

DOJ Gets First Guilty Verdict for Labor Market Collusion, A Caution to Employers

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On April 14, 2025, after a three-week trial, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada returned a guilty verdict on all six counts for Eduardo Lopez, a home healthcare staffing executive. Lopez was...more

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Crime-Fraud Exception Destroys Privilege for Communications Between Former CEO of Public Company and His Outside Lawyer

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On February 7, 2025, the Second Circuit ruled that the crime-fraud exception would prevent the  former CEO of a public company from invoking attorney-client privilege to prevent an outside lawyer and his law firm from...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 41 - The Dynamics of Decision-Making: Psychology and the Criminal Justice System

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Human errors can irrevocably alter the course of someone’s life in the criminal justice system. In a fascinating follow-up to Episode 40 on the role of pseudoscience in the courtroom, Dan Simon joins host Matt Adams to...more

Jones Day

Raids by Asia-Pacific Enforcers Are on the Rise: A Guide to Being Prepared for When the Enforcer Comes Knocking

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The Development: After an interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities across the Asia-Pacific region have fully revived dawn raids....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

New SFO Director Sets Tone for Tenure

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Motivated by a “visceral reaction” to large-scale economic crime, Nick Ephgrave lays out vision for a bolder, more pragmatic, and more proactive agency. Whistleblowers, dawn raids, and cross-agency collaboration are all...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo's 2023 FCPA Year in Review

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, our Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Year In Review provides quick, visual representations of key trends in FCPA enforcement over...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Antitrust Criminal Enforcement on the Horizon

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With the end of summer and fall right around the corner, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division is gearing up for several crucial displays of its criminal enforcement priorities across multiple...more

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DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New DOJ Focus on Executive Compensation in Resolving Criminal Investigations

Key Points - The DOJ recently announced several policy updates tethering resolution of criminal investigations to a company’s compensation and bonus programs. These updates include executive compensation focused...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Approach In Wahi Presents New Challenges For Crypto

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Government scrutiny of the crypto market has been sharply increasing in recent months on the criminal and civil enforcement fronts. In parallel proceedings that will be seen in other digital asset contexts — as in the...more

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Primary or Significant? The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Decision to Not Review Attorney-Client Privilege In Dual Purpose...

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At some point in their careers, most in-house counsel will be asked about the application of the attorney-client privilege or work on matters in which they will have to become familiar and comfortable with the application of...more

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Significant UK Ruling on the Contours of Criminal Liability for Human Rights Abuses Occurring in Overseas Supply Chains

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A recent UK High Court decision clarifies the risks for companies operating in the UK being criminally investigated in respect of forced labour and other human rights abuses occurring in their overseas supply chains. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2023

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

A&O Shearman

DOJ Announces Revisions To The Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy

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On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite delivered remarks announcing revisions to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (“CEP”) at Georgetown Law Center. ...more

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SEC Demands That Covington & Burling "Name Names"

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Earlier this week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against one of the country's leading law firms - Covington & Burling LLP.  According to the complaint, "threat actors" associated with...more

The Volkov Law Group

2022: The FCPA Year in Review

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The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission bounced back in 2022 to restore their records for aggressive FCPA enforcement.  At the same time, DOJ announced significant new compliance program...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Cash Is King: DOJ Weighs New Guidance on Employee Compensation Packages

The U.S. Department of Justice is eyeing new guidance for how prosecutors should assess employee compensation packages when determining whether a company’s compliance efforts warrant favorable treatment in the resolution of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for September 2022

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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 case developments from the past month,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Enforcement Uptick & Individual Accountability: Here’s What to Know from DOJ’s Updates to Enforcement Policies

The Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”)’s signals that it is doubling down on corporate criminal enforcement, including focusing on individual accountability, deserve close attention. The updates, announced by...more

Alston & Bird

Lessons from DOJ’s First Prosecution of a Company Executive Covering Up a Data Breach

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Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations teams offer key takeaways that companies should consider in the wake of the Justice Department’s first prosecution of a corporate...more

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Deputy Attorney General Announces Revisions to DOJ's Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies and Practices

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On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco issued a memorandum and delivered a speech, announcing several revisions to the Department of Justice's (DOJ)’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and...more

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DOJ Revamps Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies with Continued Emphasis on Compliance

At a September 15, 2022, speech at New York University School of Law, US Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa Monaco announced several new policies intended to further the aggressive stance the US Department of Justice...more

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DOJ Announces Sweeping Policy Updates Targeting Corporate Criminal Enforcement and Individual Accountability

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Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced several significant policy updates affecting the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement practices for both corporations and individuals on September 15, 2022...more

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