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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

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

Porter Hedges LLP

DOJ Issues New Guidelines Narrowing FCPA Enforcement Scope

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On June 9, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated guidelines governing the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), signaling a more focused and strategic approach to foreign bribery cases. The...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

DOJ Poised to Reboot FCPA Investigations and Enforcement

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Issued on February 10, 2025, Executive Order 14209 (“Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement To Further American Economic and National Security”) called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “review guidelines and...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

King & Spalding

A New Era of FCPA Enforcement

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On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the “Blanche Memorandum”) detailing new guidelines for the Department of Justice’s approach to investigating and enforcing the Foreign Corrupt...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The End of 180 Days of Uncertainty? DOJ Closes Current FCPA Investigations, Issues New Guidelines for FCPA Enforcement

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On June 9, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the Memorandum) outlining revised guidelines for investigation and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The U.S. Department of Justice...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

DOJ issues updated guidance focused on protecting US companies

On June 9, 2025, US Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued “Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)” (Guidelines), instructing prosecutors...more

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Department of Justice Announces FCPA Guidelines

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On June 10, 2025, the Deputy Attorney General issued the highly anticipated Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (“Guidelines”), complying with the directive in President...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: DOJ Issues Final Guidance on New Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, Placing Premium on Prompt and Detailed...

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On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued final guidance on its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Program), offering financial incentives to qualifying individuals who report certain criminal...more

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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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Monaco Memo and Polite Speech – A Jolt for Compliance: Part 2 – Swiftly and Without Delay

Today, we continue our exploration of the Monaco Memo by considering the section entitled “Timely Disclosures and Prioritization of Individual Investigations”. This portion of the Monaco Memo re-emphasized the reinstitution...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New DOJ Guidance Instructs Corporations on Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program

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On April 30, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice released an update to the Fraud Section’s February 2017 guidance document titled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” ...more

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DOJ updates guidance on evaluating the effectiveness of corporate compliance programs

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On April 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated guidance detailing how prosecutors will evaluate corporate compliance programs in charging and resolving criminal cases....more

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Department of Justice Releases Guidelines for Effective Corporate Compliance Programs

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On May 1, 2019, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated guidance for prosecutors to utilize in assessing whether an organization had in place “an adequate and effective corporate...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs – Guidance Document: Part 7 – M&A

We conclude our exploration of the recently released Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs – Guidance Document(2019 Guidance), which was announced(ECI speech) by Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski at the...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs

On April 30, 2019, Brian A. Benczkowski, the assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division’s guidance for...more

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The U.S. Department of Justice Releases Updated Guidelines to Help Evaluate Corporate Compliance Programs

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an update to the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” released by the Fraud Section in 2017. ...more

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DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Training and Communications, Reporting and Investigations, Third-Party Management and...

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The Justice Department’s new Corporate Compliance Guidance is keyed to the concept of a “well-designed compliance program.” Under this concept, we first examined risk assessments and policies and procedures. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - November 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – SBM Offshore N.V. Agrees to Pay $238 Million to Resolve DOJ FCPA Enforcement Action - On November 29, 2017, SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM), a Netherlands based company specializing in the...more

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