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Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Compliance Priorities for In-House Counsel: Responding to Latest DOJ Priorities & Guidance - August 5th, 3:00 pm - 4:00...

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Join us for an informative webinar providing the latest updates on key compliance issues under the current administration. Our panel will address recent developments in tariffs, the FCPA, False Claims Act, and sanctions....more

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DOJ Officials Announce New Priorities to Combat Corporate Crime with Additional Details Provided at Government Enforcement...

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On Thursday, September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa A. Monaco outlined new steps the Department of Justice will be taking in its ongoing efforts to police corporate crime. The next day, Assistant Attorney General...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Deputy AG Announces Significant Changes to DOJ Policies Regarding Corporate Investigations

Key Points - On September 15, 2022, Deputy AG Lisa O. Monaco released a Memorandum and provided remarks announcing several DOJ policy changes to prioritize and strengthen the Department’s prosecution of corporate crime. ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Announces Policy Changes to “Invigorate” Efforts to Combat Corporate Crime - Japanese Version

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今回の米国司法省の政策変更において、司法省は個人の責任に一層の重点を置き、また企業の過去の違法行為に対しては包括的な評価を行い、さらに企業との司法解決に対してはより厳格な対応をすることとなる - 2021年10月28日、米国司法省 (United States Department of Justice、以下「DOJ」)...more

White & Case LLP

Deputy Attorney General Announces Reinvigorated Focus on Corporate Crime

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In her October 28, 2021 speech to the 36th ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco emphasized that white collar crime is a top enforcement priority for the Department of Justice...more

Jones Day

DOJ Announces Policy Changes and Additional Resources Focused on White-Collar Enforcement

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Introduction In the first 10 months of the Biden administration, senior DOJ officials have signaled a renewed focus on corporate criminal and civil enforcement against companies and individuals.  ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

DOJ Announces Major Changes to Its Corporate Enforcement Policies

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has once again raised the bar for corporations seeking cooperation credit in government investigations. Last Thursday, DOJ issued a department memorandum and announced three significant...more

Morgan Lewis

DOJ Deputy Attorney General Pledges New Approach to Corporate Crime

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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco described important changes to the Department of Justice’s corporate criminal enforcement policies during her October 28, 2021 keynote address to the ABA’s 36th National Institute on White...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

How CCO Reasonable Prevention Procedures Can Help You Mitigate DAC6 Penalties

Corporate criminal offences (CCOs) under Part 3 Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) are increasingly coming under the spotlight of the UK tax authorities. In a 10 February 2020 press release published in response to a Freedom of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Need For Discretion In Civil DOJ Cases Drives Rosenstein To Modify Yates Memorandum Individual Accountability Policy

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In federal criminal investigations, corporate health care providers have faced a Department of Justice increasingly focused on individuals, one that has limited or foreclosed cooperation credit for corporations not providing...more

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Shift in DOJ Policy May Benefit Corporations and Individuals Under Investigation for Corporate Wrongdoing

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In a shift in policy, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced on November 29, 2018, that the DOJ would relax certain policies, dating back to 2015...more

Snell & Wilmer

Yates Memorandum: Rosenstein Announces Easier Path for Companies to Receive Cooperation Credit

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In a speech delivered on November 29, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced changes to the Justice Manual regarding cooperation credit for companies facing criminal and civil investigations.1 These changes...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Announces Revised Guidance for Corporate Cooperation Credit

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Revised policies seek to end the Yates Memo’s all-or-nothing approach to corporate cooperation and should enable more timely and cost-efficient resolutions. Key Points: ..Companies are eligible for criminal cooperation...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Announces Changes to the Yates Memo Policy on Individual Accountability

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On Thursday, November 29th, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced changes to its policy known as the “Yates Memo.” That policy, established in 2015 by then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, had required companies...more

Hogan Lovells

DOJ aims for good, not perfect: Our view of the updated corporate cooperation policy

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Government attorneys now have additional discretion in False Claims Act (FCA) civil cases to award cooperation credit to a corporation that meaningfully assists the government’s investigation without necessarily identifying...more

The Volkov Law Group

Corporate Directors in the Enforcement Cross-Hairs

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We have all been reading (over and over) about the Yates Memorandum and the renewed focus on individual culpability. As I have said (over and over), the proof will be in the results – if we see an increased number of criminal...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New DOJ Corporate Prosecution Guidelines

On September 9, 2015, United States Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates released a memorandum titled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing,” the latest in a series of corporate prosecution guidelines written by...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Provides Guidance on Prosecution of Individuals

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) long has required entities seeking credit for cooperating with its investigations to provide what it terms “full and truthful” cooperation. In policies memorialized over time, DOJ has been...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Department of Justice Issues Guidance to Criminal and Civil Prosecutors to Facilitate Individual Prosecutions in Corporate...

On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (the Department) publicly announced that it had issued guidance to its criminal and civil prosecutors that purports to change, at least in part, the Department’s approach to...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Future of Corporate Criminal Prosecutions (Part IV of IV)

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DOJ has developed a new and innovative model for criminal prosecution of corporations. The jury is still out on whether this model is the best use of public resources. DOJ frequently touts its successes based on...more

K&L Gates LLP

A Stern Reminder from U.S. v. Fokker: The Execution of a Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreement May Not Be the End of a...

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A phenomenon virtually foreign to the 20th Century, the use of pre-plea agreements by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), typically in the form of a deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) (or a non-prosecution agreement...more

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