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A&O Shearman

Understanding Dishonesty at the Dawn of the New UK Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence

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Anti-fraud measures are assuming a new level of significance for many large businesses with a UK nexus. The new failure to prevent fraud offence comes into force in the UK today. It means that a large business can be...more

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How DOJ's Safe Harbor Policy Rewards Honesty Within M&A Deals

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Be you a merger and acquisition attorney, corporate compliance officer, or counsel to an acquiring entity or target entity, you should review the Department of Justice’s new Merger and Acquisition Safe Harbor Policy...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s Criminal Division Issues Three-Year Pilot Program for Corporate Compensation Systems and Clawbacks (Part II of III)

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The Justice Department is focusing with a laser beam on corporate incentives and disincentives.  This truly is a remarkable initiative and companies should undertake their own holistic review of internal incentives and...more

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DOJ Announces Updates to Corporate Enforcement Policy

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Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Announces Changes to Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy - On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Imposes New Standards for Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs: Compensations Structures that Promote Compliance (Part...

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The Monaco Memo is a watershed moment as part of DOJ’s evolution and advocacy for effective ethics and compliance programs.  We have seen prior moments of significant action — DOJ’s adoption of the FCPA Guidance, DOJ’s...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

There’s A New Compliance Sheriff In Town, And She’s Cracking Down On Corporate Misconduct

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The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") is making it harder on companies that commit corporate crimes. A lot harder. That’s the message that Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco recently gave attendees at the American Bar...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

DOJ Announces New Guidance for Prosecuting Corporate Crime in Speech by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco

Late last month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered a keynote speech at the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime event in Washington, DC.  Her remarks outlined observed trends in white collar crime as...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Responses to Bribery Schemes

Yesterday, I looked at some of the more creative bribery schemes identified in 2019 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions. They were schemes involving distributors, joint ventures (JVs) and fraudulent...more

Jones Day

Germany’s "Corporate Sanctions Act": The Path to Corporate Criminal Liability

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The Situation: On August 22, 2019, the German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection presented the draft Corporate Sanctions Act ("CSA"), a bill that would establish corporate criminal liability in Germany. The...more

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