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DOJ Unveils New Plan for White-Collar Crime and Corporate Enforcement

McDermott Will & Schulte on 5/15/2025

The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) current approach to corporate criminal enforcement has come into focus with the issuance of a new White-Collar Enforcement Plan and several revised policy documents. The changes, which...more

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

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/15/2025

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

10 Important Facts About FinCEN’s Whistleblower Program

Oberheiden P.C. on 5/13/2025

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is one of a handful of federal authorities that have adopted whistleblower programs focused on facilitating enforcement in hard-to-target areas. While FinCEN focuses its...more

Are Whistleblower Protection Violations the New SEC Sweep?

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/18/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to investigate companies for including language in their employment and separation agreements or retail client settlement agreements that potentially discourages...more

Off to the Races: DOJ Offers New Incentives for Whistleblowers and Companies to Report Misconduct

Paul Hastings LLP on 8/9/2024

Earlier this year, as described in a previous client alert, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division announced a landmark pilot program to pay monetary awards to whistleblowers (the “Program”). At that time, Deputy...more

DOJ launches whistleblower pilot program and cracks down on artificial intelligence misuse

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/19/2024

Following a year of new DOJ policies and guidance designed to incentivize companies to self-report misconduct and to cooperate with government investigations, the DOJ has added a new pilot whistleblower rewards program. In...more

DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Program and Enforcement Initiatives

Jones Day on 3/14/2024

The Development: On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General ("DAG") Lisa Monaco discussed updates to the Department of Justice's ("DOJ" or "Department") corporate criminal enforcement policies and announced a pilot program...more

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments - April 2023

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/21/2023

Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include: Third...more

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2022

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/14/2022

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

[Webinar] Cyber Whistleblowing - New Risks and Exposures - April 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/25/2022

When US President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law on November 15, 2021, $2 billion was allocated to strengthen the nation’s cyber defenses. With this heightened focus on cyber risk...more

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/14/2021

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Alert - Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2019 Developments and Predictions

WilmerHale on 1/30/2020

Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/5/2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Parliament's report on whether and how the use of blockchain technology can comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as...more

Investigations Newsletter: Whistleblower Collects on Cybersecurity FCA Case

ArentFox Schiff on 8/19/2019

Whistleblower Collects on Cybersecurity FCA Case - On July 31, 2019, Cisco Systems agreed to pay $8.6 million in civil damages to settle claims that it sold video surveillance technology with known security flaws to several...more

The Whistle Keeps Blowing: SEC Whistleblower Office Releases Its 2017 Annual Report

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 12/1/2017

The SEC released its Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report (the “Report”) to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program on November 16, 2017. The Report analyzes the tips received over the last twelve months by the SEC’s...more

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/25/2017

Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. ...more

Will the Whistle Be Silenced? Dismantling Dodd-Frank

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/16/2017

When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in November, he vowed to “dismantle” the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”). In its place, Trump promised to replace the law...more

SEC Whistleblower Program May Be Facing Congressional Cutback

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/26/2017

According to a memo circulating amongst Republican-party leaders as of February 13th, Republicans in the House of Representatives are planning to propose a significant curtailment of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

2016 Year-End Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

BakerHostetler on 2/1/2017

Welcome to the 2016 Year-End Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose of this Report is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive...more

Top 10 SEC Enforcement Highlights of 2016

BakerHostetler on 1/26/2017

This is the third year we are providing our annual Top Ten list of Enforcement Highlights. This time, it occurs towards the end of the tenure of SEC Chair Mary Jo White. Sullivan & Cromwell corporate securities and capital...more

Tenet Healthcare Settles Fraud Case for $514 Million

The Volkov Law Group on 10/25/2016

If you work in compliance in the healthcare industry, you have a tough job. The number and variety of risks that healthcare providers face is daunting. The False Claims Act is a mighty weapon in the hands of federal...more

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/10/2016

SEC Brings First Stand-Alone Whistleblower Retaliation Enforcement Action - On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought its first stand-alone whistleblower retaliation case under...more

OSHA Joins the SEC in Attacking Confidentiality and Other Provisions in Private Settlement Agreements

Littler on 9/20/2016

On September 15, 2016, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new policy guidelines for its review of private settlement agreements presented to the agency for approval in whistleblowing...more

Bounty-ful Pay Day and Former SEC Whistleblower Chief’s Move To Plaintiff’s Firm May Lead to Whistleblower Claim Increase

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 9/14/2016

Two recent events may spur a rise in the number of high quality whistleblower tips filed with the SEC. First, on August 30, 2016, the SEC announced that it had awarded a $22.4 million bounty to a former Monsanto financial...more

SEC Awards Culpable Whistleblower $22 Million

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 8/31/2016

The SEC announced the award of more than $22 million to a whistleblower whose detailed tip and extensive assistance helped the agency halt a well-hidden fraud at the company where the whistleblower worked. The $22...more

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