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U.S. Justice Department Renews Enforcement Focus on Health Care Fraud

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In recent weeks, the Justice Department has issued new charging guidelines and announced enforcement actions that reflect the priorities of the current administration. Targeting perceived health care fraud, particularly...more

Wiley Rein LLP

DOJ’s Approach to White Collar Enforcement: Target Those Who Harm U.S. Interests While Minimizing Collateral Damage

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The June 9 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche instructs...more

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A DOJ Private Equity Declination and Its Lessons for Acquirers and Targets

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The DOJ declined to prosecute a private equity firm for its portfolio company’s pre-acquisition sanctions and export violations, marking the first application of the National Security Division’s M&A Policy. Our White Collar,...more

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The Latest Refinements to DOJ’s White Collar Enforcement Policy

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Last month, the head of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew R. Galeotti, issued a Memorandum outlining DOJ’s enforcement priorities and policies for prosecuting white-collar crime,...more

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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

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Client Alert: Department of Justice’s New White Collar Crime Focus

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The Department of Justice’s Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime memorandum released on May 12, 2025, signals a shift in DOJ corporate criminal enforcement. The memorandum signals a shift...more

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Think Compliance Got Easier? Think Again—DOJ’s New Era in White-Collar Enforcement (Part 2)

As discussed in our May 15th post, Matthew R. Galeotti, the Head of the Department of Justice’s (“Department”) Criminal Division, issued a memorandum on May 12th that highlights the core tenets of the Department’s enforcement...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

DOJ Announces White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revised Corporate Enforcement & Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) issued a revised Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (Revised CEP). Matthew R. Galeotti, chief of the Criminal Division of the DOJ,...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Criminal Division White Collar Enforcement Plan: Turning the Page, Not Writing a New Book

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On May 12, the Head of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, delivered remarks at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes...more

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The DOJ Announces Administration’s Revised Corporate Enforcement Strategy

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, unveiled a comprehensive white collar enforcement strategy titled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...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

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DOJ Announces Key Corporate Enforcement Changes & White-Collar Priorities

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DOJ recently announced white-collar crime enforcement priorities and significant changes to its corporate enforcement policies (here and here). “[O]verbroad and unchecked corporate and white-collar enforcement burdens U.S....more

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DOJ’s Criminal Division Announces Updates to White-Collar Enforcement and Corporate Policies

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On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Criminal Division (the Criminal Division or Division) at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew R. Galeotti, issued key memoranda to Criminal Division personnel on the Division’s new...more

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Trump 2.0’s DOJ: White-Collar Enforcement is Alive and Well

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Citing the need to strike a balance between “overbroad and unchecked corporate and white-collar enforcement [that] burdens U.S. businesses and harms U.S. interests” and “[u]nchecked fraud in U.S. markets and government...more

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DOJ sweetens the deal for companies that “come forward, cooperate, and remediate”

On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. (AAG Polite) announced changes to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP). The CEP, which applies to all Criminal...more

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Deputy AG Lisa Monaco Announces Tough-on-Corporate-Crime Updates to DOJ Policies

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In prepared remarks delivered at New York University School of Law on Sept. 15, Deputy AG Monaco announced significant updates to the DOJ’s corporate criminal enforcement policies. Deputy AG Monaco’s announcement...more

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The Corporate Crime Advisory Group Has Spoken: DOJ Revises Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies

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On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (Department) released a memorandum revising several key aspects of its corporate criminal enforcement policies. The new policy, titled Further Revisions to Corporate Criminal...more

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DOJ Paving a More Structured Path for Corporate Criminal Enforcement

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​​​​​​​On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco laid out the DOJ’s first substantive changes to white-collar criminal investigations and enforcement under the Biden administration....more

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