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Shifting Priorities in White Collar Enforcement: May 2025 DOJ Memo and What It Means for Companies

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division announced significant changes in its policies on investigating and prosecuting white collar crime, including a shift in focus toward several areas deemed to...more

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DOJ Announces Changes to White Collar Enforcement Policies, Focusing on “Most Egregious” Crimes

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This week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the Criminal Division’s new white collar enforcement plan, changes to its Corporate Whistleblower Pilot Program, and revisions to the Corporate Enforcement and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments: 2024 Year in Review

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this special edition of our award-winning monthly Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter summarizes the most...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2024

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

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How the Serious Fraud Office's Ambitious Five-Year Strategy Will Impact Businesses

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published its new five-year strategy for 2024-2029 (the Strategy), setting out its ambitious aspirations to become a “pre-eminent specialist, innovative and collaborative agency which...more

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Confronting and Mitigating Against Corruption

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Construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, contributing between 5 and 7 percent of GDP in most countries. However, it is also an industry that is highly vulnerable to corruption due to its inherent characteristics....more

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The DOJ’s New Pilot Programs: A Bane for Compliance Programs

For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more

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DOJ Bolsters International Cooperation to Combat Corruption

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Summary - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has created the International Corporate Anti-Bribery initiative (ICAB), which aims to strengthen the United States’ global efforts in combating corruption through enhanced...more

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How Is Fraud Being Perpetrated In Your Organization?

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Just one individual’s negative behavior can have a detrimental effect on a group and, for large organizations, the threat from just “a few bad apples” increases tenfold. With internal fraud figures climbing each year and...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for October 2021

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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 case developments from the past month,...more

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Biden Administration Issues Directive for Revitalized Strategies to Combat Corruption and Financial Crime, Signaling Increased...

On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued the first National Security Study Memorandum of his presidency, in which he declared fighting corruption “a core United States national security interest.” The Memorandum sets out the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.19.2021 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group Finalize Merger to Form Auto Behemoth Stellantis NV

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Group completed their mega-auto-merger first agreed-to in late 2019, “creating Stellantis NV, a global auto-making giant that executives say will have the heft needed to compete in the...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Sabías que el IRS está Involucrado en la Investigación y el Enjuiciamiento del Soborno?

En 1977, los Estados Unidos promulgó la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero (FCPA).  El FCPA prohíbe una oferta, pago, promesa o la autorización de un pago de dinero o cualquier cosa de valor (también conocido como...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Did you know that the IRS is Involved with Investigating and Prosecuting Bribery?

In 1977, the United States enacted the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  The FCPA prohibits an offer, payment, promise or the authorization of a payment of money or anything of value (a/k/a bribery) to a foreign official...more

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High-Profile FCPA Prosecution Reflects: Government Can Lose on Lead Corruption Charges But Still Win on Related Money Laundering...

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The District of Connecticut recently vacated a defendant’s convictions at trial for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) — but declined to similarly vacate his related money laundering convictions. ...more

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China Emerging as an Increasing Driver of Global Illicit Finance Risk

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Growing Chinese illicit finance threats, vulnerabilities, and exposure are combining to increase illicit financing risk in the international financial system, judging from a series of recent advisories, sanctions actions,...more

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Proposed Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act Adds Whistleblower Incentives and Protections

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Proposed Legislation Creates Rewards Program for Whistleblowers of Foreign Government Corruption - Third Post in a Three-Post Series - Newly proposed legislation, if passed, will authorize a whistleblower program for...more

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