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DOJ Ramps Up Tariff Evasion Enforcement

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently begun an aggressive enforcement campaign targeting companies and individuals that attempt to circumvent U.S. tariffs, particularly those imposed under President Trump’s ongoing...more

Polsinelli

Focus, Fairness and Efficiency: DOJ Reveals Administration’s Plans for Enforcement of Corporate and White-Collar Crime

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Key Takeaways - DOJ Criminal Division will prioritize enforcement in key areas, including health care fraud, trade and customs violations and national security-related financial crimes....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

"Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime": DOJ Revises Policies on White-Collar Criminal...

On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division unveiled an overhaul of its white-collar enforcement policies in a memo issued by Matthew Galeotti, head of the Criminal Division. The memo, titled “Focus,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 58 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: IRS Investigations

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What’s on the Trump administration’s agenda when it comes to federal investigations? Listen to the first in a series of episodes aimed at answering that question. Former IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz joins host Matt...more

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SEC Speaks 2022: Ongoing Efforts to Restore Public Trust, Aggressive Enforcement Agenda

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On Sept. 8 and 9, 2022, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler, Division of Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal and senior officials from the Enforcement Division convened at the annual SEC Speaks conference....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

SEC Director’s Congressional Testimony Provides Further Insight into Enforcement Priorities

Recently, Gurbir Grewal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the Division of Enforcement, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and...more

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Newly Appointed Federal Watchdogs Warn they are Focused on Private Funds

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Private funds can draw lessons about how to prioritize their compliance efforts and practices in response to a series of warnings by newly-appointed federal regulators of increased scrutiny, regulation, and enforcement...more

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2021 Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review

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In 2021, the number of publicly resolved Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases was relatively low compared with previous years, but there were numerous interesting developments, and enforcement activity going forward...more

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Two Recent Corporate Pleas Affirm DOJ's Pledge to Crack Down on Criminal Enforcement

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Two recent criminal resolutions by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) signal that DOJ is following through on Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco's recent pledge to crack down on corporate criminal enforcement....more

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2022 FCPA Predictions

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This was a strange year.  Not just because of the continuing pandemic and economic disruption. The Biden Administration took over after an unusual and delayed transition. The apparatus of government was slow to transition....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

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New SEC Enforcement Division Director Signals Policy Shifts, Including Potential Emphasis on Admissions of Wrongdoing

In a recent speech at the Practising Law Institute’s annual SEC Speaks conference, Gurbir Grewal, the new director of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission), signaled...more

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