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Daily Compliance News: July 25, 2025, The New Sheriff in Town 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 News....more

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Small Gains Yield Big Pain: How a $2,400 Profit Triggered an SEC, FBI, and FINRA Cavalry

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On July 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against two individuals who were alleged to have engaged in insider trading. The SEC’s...more

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DOJ Antitrust Implements Whistleblower Incentive

On July 8, the Antitrust Division of the United States Justice Department (“DOJ Antitrust”) announced a Whistleblowers Rewards Program (“Program”) in partnership with another member of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force,...more

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New FCPA Guidance Underscores Importance of Internal Compliance for Companies Doing Business Abroad

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On June 9, 2025, Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, published guidelines for investigations and prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). These guidelines...more

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DOJ Unpauses FCPA Enforcement with New Limits

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On February 10, 2025, the president signed an executive order that paused investigation and enforcement of the FCPA for a period of 180 days, required the DOJ to review any existing FCPA investigation or prosecution, and to...more

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New FCPA Guidance By DOJ

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The Department of Justice ("DOJ") recently announced new guidelines for investigations and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). ...more

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“You Have the Right to Remain Silent” . . . Criminalization of Aviation Accidents

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In the second in our Aviation Symposium series of blog posts, we present the materials from the great panel we had discussing the criminalization of aviation accidents. We were fortunate enough to have renowned criminal...more

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Compliance Still Matters: The Future of FCPA Enforcement

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On January 20, President Trump issued an Executive Order designating certain international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) or Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). ...more

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UK and European Considerations: President Trump Pauses FCPA Enforcement

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The executive order halts new and existing foreign bribery investigations — but enforcement risk in the UK and Europe remains. On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Pausing Foreign...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 353 -- 2024 FCPA Enforcement and Compliance Review

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Can the DOJ’s commitment to holding individuals and corporations accountable under the FCPA survive the changing political climate in 2025? Will the push for innovation in corporate compliance programs be enough to maintain...more

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McKinsey Company Pays $122 Million to Resolve FCPA Violations in South Africa (Part I of III)

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On December 5, 2024, DOJ announced a settlement with McKinsey and Company for $122 million for bribes paid to South African government officials to secure valuable consulting contracts....more

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Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Reports Billion Dollar Impact

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Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) recently released its Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Annual Report, providing insight into the types of crimes the agency is focused upon, as well as the first criminal...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division’s Latest Compliance Guidance: Now Covering Civil Implications, Whistleblowing, Ephemeral Messaging, and AI

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The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently updated its guidance explaining how it currently evaluates, and will evaluate going forward, companies’ antitrust compliance programs when making criminal...more

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DOJ’s Updated Antitrust Compliance Guidance Focuses on AI, Ephemeral Messaging, and Whistleblower Protections

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ)'s Antitrust Division recently updated its guidance on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs for criminal antitrust violations (the Antitrust ECCP), which federal prosecutors use to...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Adds to Guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations

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On November 12, 2024, the DOJ Antitrust Division updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (ECCP), which was initially issued in 2019. The ECCP provides guidance to...more

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The Trump Administration’s Focus on the Department of Justice and Priorities (Part III of III)

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The Justice Department is about to undergo some fundamental changes.  The 2nd Trump Administration will take some initial broad strokes designed to increase accountability and control of prosecutors and laws enforcement....more

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Raytheon’s False Claims Act Settlement (Part IV of IV)

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The Justice Department’s global settlement included a significant False Claims Act resolution, resulting in a second deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) for a three-year term. A criminal information was filed in the...more

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Raytheon’s Defective Pricing Fraud and Resolution (Part II of IV)

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Raytheon’s criminal conduct cut across a variety of topics — it is difficult to imagine but Raytheon’s misconduct occurred in separate parts of the company, involving violations of different laws. Like most cases, I always...more

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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 47 - Fireside Chat With Bill Baroni and Jesse Eisinger

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Recorded at our 2024 White-Collar Symposium held in Philadelphia last month, this special episode dives into the landscape of white-collar criminal prosecution from the perspectives of Bill Baroni and Jesse Eisinger. Both...more

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DOJ Updates Corporate Compliance Program Guidance With a Focus on AI and Emerging Technologies

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The Situation: In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ" or "Department") announced updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance covering three primary areas: (1) the risks of artificial...more

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DOJ Updates Guidance on Corporate Compliance Programs With Focus on AI

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On September 23, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP). The DOJ’s...more

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DOJ’s Criminal Division Updates Policy on 3 Key Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Whistleblower Programs, and Compliance Program...

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On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri (PDAAG), speaking at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute, announced three key updates to...more

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DOJ Updates Its Corporate Compliance Programs Guidance

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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

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DOJ Issues New FCPA Declination: Boston Consulting Group Pays $14.4 Million

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The Justice Department is encouraging companies to voluntarily disclose criminal violations — “Come in and confess” and DOJ offers promises of a declination.  But even a declination comes with a requirement — the company has...more

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Tracking FCPA Individual Enforcement

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While FCPA enforcement against companies has been relatively quiet this year, despite a strong beginning to the year — the SAP case for $220 million; and the Gunvor case for $661 million — DOJ has been pushing a number of...more

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