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(Insider) Trading under a Rule 10b5-1 Plan

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In June 2025, Terren Scott Peizer, the former chief executive officer, executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors of Ontrak, Inc. (Ontrak), was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment, ordered to pay a $5.25...more

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Daily Compliance News: July 23, 2025 the Pardon in the Wind? Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance...more

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DOJ’s Revised Self-Disclosure Policy May Offer Companies More Certainty

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Last month, the DOJ Criminal Division (Division) revised its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP), introducing several potentially significant changes intended to further incentivize companies to...more

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Client Alert: Department of Justice’s New White Collar Crime Focus

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The Department of Justice’s Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime memorandum released on May 12, 2025, signals a shift in DOJ corporate criminal enforcement. The memorandum signals a shift...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Announces Leniency and Potential Declination for Companies That Self-Disclose

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Earlier this month, the DOJ’s Criminal Division Head, Matthew R. Galeotti, spoke at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference in Washington,...more

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DOJ Announces Revisions to Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy (CEP), outlining the benefits a company may earn by voluntarily self-disclosing misconduct, as well as the...more

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Bad Guys in Energy Paid the Piper in 2024

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As in every year, in 2024 the grinches of law enforcement brought financial and corporal misery to bad guys in energy. Here is a review of the crimes of only a few of the convicted, admitted and alleged bribsters, swindlers...more

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Intentional Wage Theft Now Criminalized in New Zealand

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Following the introduction of a similar reform in Australia in January, New Zealand has now criminalized intentional wage theft by employers. As “intentional wage theft” doesn’t come with a specific legal definition under the...more

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The FCPA Year in Review — More of the Same with Some Twists (Part I of III)

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With the end of the Biden Administration, it is hard to identify a consistent theme relating to FCPA enforcement.  On the one hand, the Biden Administration talked a big game, elevating the anti-corruption fight as a national...more

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Making Compliance Your New Year's Resolution

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As we begin a new year, it is the perfect time for companies subject to any government agreement to renew their focus on compliance. These binding resolutions require ongoing diligence to avoid civil and potentially criminal...more

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DOJ Stresses AI Risk and Whistleblower Protection in Revised Corporate Compliance Guidance

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On Monday, September 23, DOJ’s Criminal Division announced updates to its guidance for evaluating corporate compliance programs (“ECCP”). Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri also delivered remarks...more

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Ericsson Agrees To Pay Over USD $1 Billion To Settle FCPA Charges

On December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), resolved long-running investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the...more

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