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[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

DLA Piper

DOJ’s Revised Policy on Crediting Fines: Emphasis on Victims

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Without fanfare, the Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) has published a memorandum revising its policy on when – and how – it will give credit to companies for fines and other payments made to other agencies,...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance

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The Justice Department has returned to the FCPA enforcement arena -- in a significant development, DOJ announced the resumption of FCPA enforcement, with a new set of enforcement guidance principles. The new guidance is an...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance

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The Justice Department has returned to the FCPA enforcement arena -- in a significant development, DOJ announced the resumption of FCPA enforcement, with a new set of enforcement guidance principles. The new guidance is an...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Focuses FCPA Enforcement With New Guidelines

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DOJ issues updated guidelines, ending temporary “pause” on FCPA enforcement and focusing potential enforcement on priority areas. On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the Guidelines)...more

McGlinchey Stafford

DOJ Overhauls Corporate Enforcement, Disclosure Policy, Offering Clearer Path to Leniency

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The decision for a company to self-disclose potential criminal misconduct to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is always complex. This is particularly true during periods of administration transitions when DOJ policies and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance (Part I of II)

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The Justice Department has returned to the FCPA enforcement arena — in a significant development, DOJ announced the resumption of FCPA enforcement, with a new set of enforcement guidance principles.  The new guidance is an...more

Paul Hastings LLP

New DOJ FCPA Guidelines Target Cases Linked to US Strategic Interests

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On June 9, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum entitled “Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA),” which establishes guidelines to ensure that FCPA...more

Benesch

The Exception, Not the Rule: DOJ’s Updated Corporate Compliance Monitorship Guidance

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On May 12, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published a series of memoranda outlining updated white-collar enforcement priorities. ...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Streamlines Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for More Favorable Corporate Criminal Resolutions

When a company detects potential criminal misconduct, it must decide whether to self-disclose the misconduct to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This decision—while always complicated—is even more difficult during...more

Jones Day

DOJ Criminal Division Announces Priority Enforcement Areas and Publishes Revised Enforcement Guidance

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice Criminal Division announced significant changes to its corporate white-collar criminal enforcement priorities. In line with the Trump administration’s recalibration toward...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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Think Compliance Got Easier? Think Again—DOJ’s New Era in White-Collar Enforcement (Part 3)

In our prior two posts, we’ve delved into the memorandum issued by the Head of the Department of Justice’s (Department) Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti—"Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DOJ Announces Updated Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Under Its New White Collar Enforcement Plan

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Last week, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Head of the Criminal Division Matthew R. Galeotti announced key changes to the DOJ’s enforcement priorities during his keynote address at the Securities Industry and Financial...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Increased Clarity for White-Collar Clients: The Department of Justice Unveils its Revised Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy

What should U.S. businesses take from the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) revisions to its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”)? While DOJ has long promoted self-disclosure of wrongdoing as a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

DOJ Announces Key Revisions to Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

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On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, announced a new white collar enforcement plan in a memorandum entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Announces New White Collar Enforcement Strategy (Part I of III)

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With each new Administration comes a new approach or emphasis on certain enforcement priorities. The Trump Administration is marking its territory and doing so to underscore its priorities. In a recent speech, the...more

White & Case LLP

Ten Takeaways from the DOJ Criminal Division’s New Playbook on White Collar Enforcement Priorities

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On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("the DOJ" or "the Department") unveiled its new playbook for prosecuting white-collar and corporate crime. DOJ announced enforcement priorities for the Criminal Division ("the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Decoding AFA’s Guide: A Comparison of Sponsorship and Charitable Donations in France, the US and the UK

On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Sentencing Commission Rejects Actual Versus Intended Loss Distinction

The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines play an enormous role in federal sentencing. While courts are not required to follow the guidelines, the guidelines remain the starting point for determining a defendant’s ultimate sentence. For...more

Polsinelli

Annual ABA White Collar Conference Brings Additional Updates to DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy

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Last week at the American Bar Association’s annual National Institute on White Collar Crime in Miami, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite highlighted several new facets of the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

France’s New Guidelines on Deferred Prosecution Agreement Offer Welcome Clarity

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The guidelines provide useful insights into the mechanism of settlement agreements in criminal cases, and supersede previous guidelines published on June 26, 2019. Article 22 of Law No. 2016-1691 of December 9, 2016...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

DOJ Announces Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies

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Earlier this month, DOJ announced additional revisions to the Department’s existing policies and practices governing corporate criminal enforcement. Each of these revisions will soon find its way into DOJ’s Justice Manual....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New DOJ Guidance Tightens Corporate Enforcement Strategy

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Join Troutman Pepper White Collar and Government Investigation Partners Callan Stein, Miranda Hooker, and Allison DeLaurentis for a podcast discussion on the DOJ’s updated guidelines regarding corporate criminal enforcement....more

Jackson Walker

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

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