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DOJ issues new incentives for tipsters alleging Sherman Act violations

The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice recently announced on July 8 that for the first time, it is launching a program to offer payouts for tips related to violations of federal antitrust law. The DOJ is...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

DOJ Antitrust Implements Whistleblower Incentive

On July 8, the Antitrust Division of the United States Justice Department (“DOJ Antitrust”) announced a Whistleblowers Rewards Program (“Program”) in partnership with another member of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force,...more

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New DOJ Antitrust Division whistleblower program to offer monetary awards for reports of criminal antitrust violations

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The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ Antitrust Division) has announced that it is launching a Whistleblower Rewards Program that will offer monetary awards to individuals who report antitrust crimes. The new...more

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Taxpayer Advocate Offers Candid Assessment of State of IRS Workforce and Other Challenges Facing the New IRS Commissioner

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The National Taxpayer Advocate has released her Fiscal Year 2026 Objectives Report to Congress, a statutorily-required annual report outlining the objectives of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate for the upcoming fiscal...more

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DOJ Announces New Priorities in White-Collar Criminal Enforcement: Targeting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse and Protecting American...

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s ("DOJ") Criminal Division recently issued a memorandum outlining a shift in the DOJ’s priorities and policies for prosecuting white-collar crime (the “Memorandum”). Issued by the Head of the...more

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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

Cranfill Sumner LLP

DOJ Invites Whistleblowers to Report Tariff Fraud

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On May 12, 2025, head of the Department of Justice Criminal Division Matthew Galeotti delivered a speech in which he stated that the Department augmented its corporate whistleblower program to prioritize the following subject...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Expands Whistleblower Program to Include Tariffs, Sanctions and Export Controls (Part III of III)

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DOJ’s new Corporate Enforcement Program is designed to bring certainty to the voluntary disclosure and cooperation process.  DOJ’s intent is clear — voluntary disclosure is likely to lead to a declination, reduced penalties...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 1): DOJ’s New White Collar Crime Enforcement Plan

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On May 12, DOJ’s Criminal Division head, Matthew G. Galeotti, issued a memo to all Criminal Division personnel, entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime,” to “outline the Criminal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

Vedder Price

“Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime”: DOJ Announces Criminal Investigation and Enforcement...

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), published a memorandum outlining the DOJ’s current investigation and enforcement priorities for prosecuting corporate and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 353 -- 2024 FCPA Enforcement and Compliance Review

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Can the DOJ’s commitment to holding individuals and corporations accountable under the FCPA survive the changing political climate in 2025? Will the push for innovation in corporate compliance programs be enough to maintain...more

Mayer Brown

DOJ Antitrust Division’s Latest Compliance Guidance: Now Covering Civil Implications, Whistleblowing, Ephemeral Messaging, and AI

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The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently updated its guidance explaining how it currently evaluates, and will evaluate going forward, companies’ antitrust compliance programs when making criminal...more

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DOJ’s Updated Antitrust Compliance Guidance Focuses on AI, Ephemeral Messaging, and Whistleblower Protections

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ)'s Antitrust Division recently updated its guidance on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs for criminal antitrust violations (the Antitrust ECCP), which federal prosecutors use to...more

The Volkov Law Group

Raytheon’s False Claims Act Settlement (Part IV of IV)

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The Justice Department’s global settlement included a significant False Claims Act resolution, resulting in a second deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) for a three-year term. A criminal information was filed in the...more

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Nick Ephgrave’s First Year as SFO Director

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Nick Ephgrave QPM, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), recently marked the end of his first year in office. Ephgrave has brought a renewed energy, sense of purpose and proactive approach to the SFO, opening six...more

Mayer Brown

DOJ’s Criminal Division Updates Policy on 3 Key Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Whistleblower Programs, and Compliance Program...

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On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri (PDAAG), speaking at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute, announced three key updates to...more

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DOJ Updates Its Corporate Compliance Programs Guidance

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On September 23, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance (“September 2024 Guidance), last updated in March 2023....more

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“No One Wants to Be Second”: The DOJ’s New Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

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The DOJ’s much-anticipated corporate whistleblower program is here, making multimillion-dollar financial awards available to eligible individuals who report corporate misconduct. There’s lots in it to digest, and our White...more

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DOJ Heralds New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Individuals

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On April 15, 2023 Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and the Head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ’s”) Criminal Division, announced a new voluntary self-disclosure program for individuals...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Whistleblower Rewards Program Update: DOJ Explains and Expands Pilot Program for Voluntary Disclosures

On April 15, the Department of Justice (DOJ) publicly released a memorandum fleshing out its previously announced corporate whistleblower program, which is intended to induce individuals to report alleged criminal conduct,...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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What Companies Need To Know About New Whistleblower Reward Programs

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced plans to offer financial incentives to whistleblowers who report allegations of wrongdoing. It’s an effort to fill gaps left open by existing whistleblower and bounty...more

Jones Day

With a Focus on Intellectual Property, NDCA Launches Its Own Whistleblower Pilot Program

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On March 14, 2024, the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California ("NDCA") revealed details of its new whistleblower pilot program ("NDCA Program")....more

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DAG Monaco at ABA White Collar Conference: Self-Disclosure, Wanted Posters and AI

There were recently two significant speeches by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials at the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime. The first was by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. The second...more

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