Daily Compliance News: August 6, 2025, The Spanking Banks Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating Corporate Scandals: Insights on Governance, Compliance, and Recovery with Steve Vincze
FCPA Compliance Report: 10 Core Principles for Effective Internal Investigations with Michelle Peirce
Data Driven Compliance: Understanding the UK’s New Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense with Sam Tate
Daily Compliance News: July 25, 2025, The New Sheriff in Town Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 23, 2025 the Pardon in the Wind? Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 21, 2025, The More Reasons Not to Go to China Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 16, 2025, The Corruption Comes to Cannes’ Edition
All Things Investigation: Due Diligence and Drama: A Deep Dive into Art World with Daniel Weiner
Daily Compliance News: July 10, 2025, The Loyalty Oath Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Lessons from Internal Control Failures
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 28, 2025
The Dark Patterns Behind Corporate Scandals
Compliance into the Weeds: Boeing’s New Safety Initiatives and Compliance Reforms
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 21, 2025
Daily Compliance News: June 13, 2025. The All Boeing Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels: The Sign of Four – Applying Sherlock Holmes’ Methods to Modern Corporate Compliance
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 53 – The AI as a Whistleblower Edition
Great Women in Compliance: From Hotline to Headline: The DOJ’s Whistleblower Awards Reboot with Mary Inman and Liz Soltan
In remarks to an industry group, Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, emphasized that companies may avoid criminal resolutions if they voluntarily self-disclose misconduct, fully...more
I had many ideas for an article that would expand on recent developments in the compliance and ethics space. My working title was the creatively light “Recent Developments.” But after meeting with SCCE & HCCA’s editorial...more
The guidance stresses heightened focus on emerging antitrust risks, enhanced support and incentives, and proactive monitoring. On November 12, 2024, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (the Antitrust...more
The Department of Justice's Criminal Division is "using more tools than ever before to identify corporate misconduct and to encourage companies to be good corporate citizens," according to Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy...more
On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri announced much-anticipated revisions to the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Revised ECCP)...more
On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri announced updates to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) guidance relative to its Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business...more
On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs policy (the “Updated ECCP”), building upon the March 2023 updates. Since 2017, DOJ has offered...more
On September 23, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance (“September 2024 Guidance), last updated in March 2023....more
Every compliance program begins with a code of conduct. The code of conduct expresses a company’s fundamental values and its commitment to living by them. Although a code of conduct is usually a very high-level document, it...more
Since at least the adoption of the organizational Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1991, the government has encouraged companies to adopt an effective compliance program that prevents and deters misconduct....more
The FCPA sure isn’t what it used to be, or is it? While the headline grabbing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases are much less frequent than they once were, there is still substantial risk both for individuals and...more
Companies have a vested interest in preserving internal communications for a variety of reasons — to hold actors accountable and to protect the organization from potential private and government claims or investigations that...more
In an era marked by heightened global regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, the landscape of risk and compliance is undergoing an evolution making the strategic imperative for effective, risk-based compliance initiatives...more
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
Email isn’t enough anymore, if it ever really was. Employees are communicating with each other, clients and prospects via texts, WhatsApp, Teams, Slack and many, many more tools. Much attention has been paid to the US...more
On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Kenneth Polite, Jr. announced updates to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy. Since the inception of the FCPA Corporate Enforcement...more
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) launched a three-year Compensation Incentives and Clawbacks Pilot Program (Clawback Program) intended to incentivize companies to create more robust...more
During speeches earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced significant changes to the way DOJ evaluates corporate...more
On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division released updated guidance regarding the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” Now in its fourth iteration, this guidance replaces the June...more
As part of a recent series of announcements regarding updates to its corporate compliance policies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced significant revisions to its evaluation criteria for corporate compliance programs,...more
Monaco’s and Polite’s remarks, and the DOJ’s new policies and guidance, come amid the Department’s increasingly tough on corporate crime approach and emphasis on rewarding companies that have effective compliance programs...more
On March 3, 2023, as part of the rollout of several updates to its guidance on corporate compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new policy aimed at incentivizing compliance-driven compensation and...more
On February 22, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (VSD Policy) to formalize DOJ’s efforts to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-report criminal misconduct to the...more
On February 22, 2023, the US Department of Justice issued a nationwide policy for all US Attorney’s Offices (USAOs) outlining the circumstances in which a company may receive credit for voluntary self-disclosure (VSD)....more
Companies that self-disclose, cooperate, and remediate could benefit from significantly reduced fines and possible declinations even in cases with aggravating factors. In a speech at Georgetown University Law Center on...more