Corporate Misconduct, Criminal Liability, Enforcement Actions

Not a paper tiger – first criminal conviction for non-compliance with Hong Kong Competition Commission’s investigation powers

Hogan Lovells on 3/7/2025

On 28 February 2025, the Hong Kong Competition Commission (“HKCC”) welcomed the first criminal conviction against an individual for disposing of and concealing documents required to be produced under the HKCC’s investigation...more

EU-Wide Corporate Criminal Law: Tightening the Reins

DLA Piper on 10/3/2024

The Council of the European Union recently submitted its proposal in the ongoing legislative process for a new directive to combat corruption in the EU. The new directive will allow the EU to impose worldwide...more

Opioids, Healthcare Enforcement, and Increased Scrutiny of Corporate Conduct for Criminal Prosecution

Jackson Walker on 5/8/2019

The national opioid epidemic is almost unprecedented in every conceivable way—its catastrophic death toll, its broad effect on a wide swath of this country’s population, its rapid escalation (which is alleged to have been...more

Yates Memo Revisions Encourage Cooperation, but Fail Fully to Achieve a Common-Sense Approach to Civil Enforcement

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/12/2018

• Recent Justice Manual changes roll back Yates memo requirements for corporations seeking cooperation credit in enforcement actions, including civil enforcement actions. • Corporations can now receive maximum cooperation...more

DOJ Revises Yates Memo and Relaxes Approach to Corporate Cooperation Credit

Blank Rome LLP on 12/12/2018

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it is stepping back from its hard-line approach to corporate cooperation credit in which a corporation was not eligible for credit unless it disclosed all relevant facts about...more

Yates Memo Revised – DOJ Steps Back From All-or-Nothing Approach to Corporate Cooperation Credit

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/6/2018

The Justice Department’s revisions to the so-called “Yates Memo” continues a series of significant white collar enforcement policy changes. We hope this summary is helpful to businesses and their leaders in adjusting to these...more

No More “All or Nothing” – DOJ Softens the Yates Memo

Alston & Bird on 12/5/2018

After three years of working with the Yates Memo, the Department of Justice has memorialized the more practical applications federal prosecutors have been using on the ground. Our White Collar, Government & Internal...more

“Yates Memo” Edited to Grant Prosecutors More Flexibility in Civil Cases

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/30/2018

On Sept. 9, 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo requiring federal prosecutors to investigate any individuals responsible for illegal corporate conduct before settling a case. This applied to both...more

You’re Fired: What Impact Will Sally Yates’ Departure Have on the DOJ’s Fraud Enforcement?

Snell & Wilmer on 2/9/2017

As most of the world now knows, President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates last week after she declined to defend the President’s travel ban. Dana Boente has replaced Ms. Yates, but he may not be long for the...more

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