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The DOJ’s New White-Collar Agenda: Implications for Businesses

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) released its criminal—and, more specifically, white collar crime enforcement—initiatives under the current administration. This is typical each time new leadership...more

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UK Financial Regulators Drop Diversity and Inclusion Rules but Keep Culture in Focus

On 11 March 2025, the UK’s financial regulators confirmed they have decided not to move forward with proposed diversity and inclusion (D&I) rules for financial firms. This decision in a letter by the Financial Conduct...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order Pausing Enforcement of FCPA: A Sea Change Moment for DOJ and SEC

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14209, titled “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security,” with the stated purpose of eliminating...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Attorney General Bondi Overhauls Justice Priorities

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The new administration has signaled that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) will significantly shift its approach to criminal corporate enforcement. Specifically, on February 5, 2025, newly-confirmed United States Attorney...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Long Live the FCPA?

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The Trump administration has taken significant action this week to overhaul the executive branch’s long-standing policy toward the prosecution of white collar offenses. First, a memo issued by newly confirmed U.S. Attorney...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Analyzing the Attorney General’s FCPA Enforcement Shift

UPDATE: President Signs Executive Order Directing DOJ to Pause All FCPA Enforcement for 180 Days - On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to pause all...more

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FCPA Year-in-Review: 2024 Developments and Predictions for 2025

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity increased overall in 2024, with a notable uptick in Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement actions compared to 2023, despite a decrease in public Securities and...more

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Regulatory Focus on Non-Financial Misconduct: Where are we headed in 2025?

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The FCA’s focus, in the six years since #MeToo began, upon tackling ‘non-financial misconduct’ (broadly, poor interpersonal behaviour) in the financial services sector has sometimes been said to be a bit odd and/or not the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

International Legal Highlights / Spring, 2024

DOJ DOUBLES DOWN ON CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT WITH NEW WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM - During the 2024 American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2024 White Collar Conference) earlier in March US Attorney...more

King & Spalding

DOJ's Criminal Division Launches Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals

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On April 15, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of its Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, The Criminal Division’s Pilot...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New DOJ Whistleblower Program Is Reminder for Companies to Bolster Culture Around Reporting

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced plans to roll out a new whistleblower program later this year following a 90-day development plan aimed at uncovering criminal conduct related to corporate wrongdoing....more

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DOJ Continues Focus on Corporate Crime with New Whistleblower Program

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On March 7, at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new whistleblower program that will provide financial rewards to...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

The Race to Report: Regulators Announce New Whistleblower Programs Aimed at Increasing Voluntary Self-Disclosure from Companies

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Telling on yourself is not an intuitive defense. But federal regulators and prosecutors at last week’s ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime urged companies and executives to consider doing so or risk being beat to the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

SDNY USAO Formalizes Race to the Prosecutor’s Office with Whistleblower Pilot Program That Pits Individual Whistleblowers Against...

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On January 10, 2024, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the Whistleblower Pilot Program (Program) for the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to encourage self-reporting and...more

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Key Steps for Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in M&A: New Voluntary Safe Harbor Policy Updates

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In the dynamic realm of mergers and acquisitions, staying abreast of regulatory changes is paramount. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent introduction of the Safe Harbor Policy for Voluntary M&A Self-Disclosures...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

JPEX Is Test Case for Hong Kong’s New Regulatory Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges

Hong Kong regulators recently brought criminal enforcement actions against virtual asset trading platform JPEX and individuals associated with the platform. This case has become the first opportunity for local authorities to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCA and PRA Publish Consultation on New Rules relating to Non-Financial Misconduct

Key Points - Following a joint Discussion Paper in 2021 issued by the FCA and the PRA, both regulators have now issued Consultation Papers proposing new rules and guidance in relation to diversity and inclusion in the...more

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DOJ Unveils Voluntary Self-Disclosure Safe Harbor for M&A Deals

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On October 4, 2023, during remarks before the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, Deputy Attorney General (AG) Lisa Monaco unveiled a new US Department of Justice (DOJ)-wide safe harbor policy for voluntary...more

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DOJ Continues Efforts to Encourage Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure with New Safe Harbor Policy

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On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the next (but not final) chapter of the U.S. Department of Justice’s concerted attempt to promote voluntary corporate self-disclosure of misconduct with a new...more

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U.S Department of Justice's new M&A safe harbor: what is it, what does it mean for M&A, and why now?

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On October 5, 2023, Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, announced a new safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in the mergers and acquisitions context. The safe harbor policy will apply Department-wide and...more

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United States v. Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani

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I. WHY THIS CASE MADE THE LIST - A highly publicized and long-running multi-agency action against the former Chief Executive Officer and the former Chief Operating Officer of Theranos Inc. resulted in criminal convictions...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Compensation Incentives and Clawback Provisions: DOJ Launches Pilot Program to Encourage Corporate Compliance Programs

On March 3, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice announced a two-part pilot program to encourage corporations to implement compliance programs with provisions for employee compensation incentives and clawbacks...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: DOJ Expands the Reach of Its Policies on Self-Disclosure of Corporate Misconduct

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On February 22, 2023, the Department of Justice announced a new Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the Disclosure Policy) that now governs corporate prosecutions by US Attorney’s Offices (USAOs) nationwide. Building on a 2022...more

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SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to Whistleblower Program Rules

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The proposed amendments to the rules governing the whistleblower program, if adopted, would reverse prior amendments and provide further and significant financial incentives for whistleblowers to report potential violations...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.13.2020 | Top Story: Britain Investigates Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays CEO Staley

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UK regulators are probing ties between disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays CEO Jes Staley. The bank’s board is so far standing 100% with Staley, who has expressed “regret” over his relationship with Epstein....more

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