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Back in Business? What the DOJ’s FCPA reset means for the SFO and UK companies

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On 9 June 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published revised guidance for the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Much attention has been paid to the apparent “unpausing” of enforcement...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance - June 10th - 11th, New York, NY

ACI's Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance – New York is your best opportunity to hear how companies are addressing the status of DOJ and SEC priorities, effective compliance and risk strategies, strengthening...more

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Implications of EO 14157 and Recent “Foreign Terrorist Organization” and “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” Designations

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On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14157, “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists” (EO 14157)....more

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Designating Cartels as Terrorists: Potential Impact on U.S. Businesses

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On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order (EO 14157) that sets in motion the designation of certain cartels and transnational crime gangs as terrorist organizations. The President declared a...more

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SDNY Ramps Up Pressure on Companies to Voluntarily Disclose Wrongdoing

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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

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DOJ Issues New Guidance on Criminal Enforcement _ Winter 2023

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On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco delivered remarks announcing updated guidance on how the Department of Justice will be prioritizing and prosecuting corporate crime. Her remarks were...more

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Cooperation Standards in Government Investigations: Practical Tips

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Editor’s Note: From time to time, ComplexDiscovery highlights publicly available or privately purchasable announcements, content updates, and research from cyber, data, and legal discovery providers, research organizations,...more

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DOJ Updated Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies

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In a highly anticipated speech, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks outlining updates to the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) perspective on the Corporate Crime Enforcement policy. These updates are the...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. Attorney General Announces Task Force To Target Russian Sanctions And Additional Resources For White Collar Enforcement

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made two announcements this week related to the enforcement of white-collar crime by both individuals and corporations. First, on March 2, 2022, Attorney General Garland announced the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs - March 22nd - 23rd, Mexico City, Mexico

Join the Go-To Event of the Year for Mexico’s Anti-Corruption Community. The annual ACI’s Anti-Corruption Summit in Mexico is back to Mexico City on March 22-23, 2022! This is the most important anti-corruption compliance...more

Jenner & Block

Anti-Corruption Enforcement - 2021 Year in Review

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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the change in presidential administrations in the United States in January 2021, US enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) declined in 2021. However, we...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Effective and Efficient Pre-Transaction FCPA Diligence: How to Leverage Compliance and ESG to Avoid Buyer’s Remorse and Other...

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The arduous process of FCPA compliance requires risk teams to digest and cross-reference a morass of information – from internal data analysis to human representatives collecting interviews on the ground. Diligence failures...more

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Get ready for an uptick in FCPA / anti-corruption enforcement

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The U.S. Biden administration has announced a detailed new anti-corruption strategy, naming corruption as a core national security interest....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Return to the Yates Memo: Deputy Attorney General Announces Tougher Approach to White Collar Enforcement

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On October 28th, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) is renewing its focus on white collar crime and enforcement, in remarks delivered during the American Bar...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Anti-Corruption London - November 2nd - 3rd, London, United Kingdom

C5's 15th International Conference on Anti-Corruption London will take place November 2 – 3, 2021 in Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge, London. Join your peers for the IN-PERSON reunion of the legal and compliance...more

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What PE Firms Need to Know about Whistleblower Risk & How to Mitigate It

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Private Equity firms face risk from whistleblowers within their portfolio companies. There are some industries that are more susceptible to whistleblower risk, such as health care, telecom and military contracts....more

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What PE Firms Need to Know about their False Claims Act Risk

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Private equity firms have recently become targets of False Claims Act (FCA) liability. This new risk exposure comes from portfolio companies that do business with the government, which necessarily exposes those portfolio...more

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White Collar Year in Preview: False Claims Act Trends in 2020

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed anti-corruption trends in 2020. Up next: a look...more

Opportune LLP

Planning for IMO 2020: The Cost of Non-Compliance

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On January 1, 2020, the new International Maritime Organization’s regulation—dubbed “IMO 2020”—for sulfur reduction from 3.5% to 0.5% will go into effect. The regulation stipulates that oceangoing vessels must use either a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Transatlantic Approach on Corporate Cooperation: How Newly Issued French and UK Guidance Compare to US Practices

As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more

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FCA Defendants and Counsel Beware: New DOJ Guidance on FCA Cooperation Credit May Leave Too Much to Prosecutors’ Discretion

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In recent weeks, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published guidance in the Justice Manual at Section 4-4.112 on how it will award cooperation credit to entities and individuals that are being investigated for...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Prosecuting Corporations that Benefit Financially from Human Trafficking

As forced labor and sex trafficking prosecutions steadily increase, corporations may be exposed to criminal and civil corporate liability. The U.S. Department of Justice and state law enforcement are expected to...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

DOJ Issues Guidelines for Cooperation Credit Specifically as to False Claims Act Matters

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued new guidelines regarding cooperation and credit for self-disclosure specifically in False Claims Act matters. Such guidelines provide an overview of factors to be...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs - Government Enforcement Update

On April 30, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division released a new guidance document intended to assist prosecutors in evaluating corporat­­­e compliance programs and guide corporations in creating them. The...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Anatomy of Corporate Criminal Liability: Appellate Court Sustains Organizational Conviction and Imposition of Maximum Penalty...

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In recent years the buzz in organizational criminal liability has come from so-called “individual liability” for acts of corporate wrongdoing—the idea that managers and employees are not immune from individual prosecution for...more

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