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UK SFO: the ingredients of cooperation

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The UK SFO’s new guidance on corporate cooperation makes clear that a company must show cooperation if it is to be invited to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA). No change there. So what’s different in the new...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

Goodwin

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

K&L Gates LLP

The Serious Fraud Office's Guidance on How to Best Avoid Prosecution

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The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published updated guidance on how corporates can best avoid or reduce the risk of prosecution in cases involving economic crimes such as bribery, fraud and corruption...more

Mayer Brown

Eye on Economic Crime: SFO Releases New Guidance on Corporate Cooperation and Enforcement

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On 24 April 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) launched new guidance for corporates on self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”). Among other things, the new guidance states that, if a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Serious Fraud Office Releases New Guidance on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance on corporate self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)....more

Hogan Lovells

SFO's new self-reporting guidance: A new deal or a departure from justice?

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On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance signalling a notable shift in its approach to corporate criminal enforcement. For the first time, the SFO has stated that if a company self-reports...more

Venable LLP

Defense Contractor Resolves DOJ and SEC FCPA, FCA, Export Controls Violations for $950 Million

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In October 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with Raytheon Company, a division of multinational defense contractor RTX, over defective pricing and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Navigating the DOJ’s Complex Whistleblower Landscape: Key Insights for Compliance Professionals

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to tackle corporate misconduct under various laws. However, unlike the structured and familiar whistleblower frameworks of the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Takes the Next Step in Its Effort to Increase Voluntary Self-Disclosures By Incentivizing Those Complicit in Wrongdoing

On April 15, the U.S. Department of Justice released The Criminal Division’s Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the “Pilot”) designed to encourage individuals to report certain types of criminal...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“Take Me to the Pilot” – DOJ Announces Plan to Entice Self-Disclosures of Government Contract Fraud

On April 15, the U.S. Department of Justice released The Criminal Division’s Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Pilot) designed to encourage individuals to report certain types of criminal...more

BakerHostetler

DOJ to Corporations - “Knock on Our Door Before We Knock on Yours”

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At last week’s ABA National White Collar Crime Institute, the leadership of the Department of Justice (the DOJ or the Department), including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, made clear...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The SAP FCPA Enforcement Action-Part 4: The Fines: Self-Disclose, Self-Disclose, Self-Disclose

We continue our exploration of the SAP Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. Today we go full geek in a look at the fine and penalty and most importantly what the fine and penalty communicate about what the...more

StoneTurn

Meeting DOJ and SEC Post-Settlement Obligations: A Practical Guide

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No Longer Just a Matter of Paying the Fine and Moving On. Corporate settlement agreements used to be straightforward—pay the penalty and move on. Now, these resolutions rival complex business transactions, including...more

The Volkov Law Group

Ericsson’s DPA Breach Conduct – Failures to Disclose and Report (Part II of III)

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Ericsson’s breach of its 2019 Deferred Prosecution Agreement reads like an internal investigation horror show.  It is every investigator’s nightmare scenario – failure to discover evidence that was available to inform and...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Bigger Carrots, More Sticks? DOJ Revises Its Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy

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On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. (“AAG Polite”) announced several key revisions to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (the “CEP”) governing...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Doubles Down on Prior Commitment to Aggressively Prosecute Corporate Crime

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On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced several important changes to its policies for prosecuting corporate crime. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, who made the announcement in a speech at...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

There’s A New Compliance Sheriff In Town, And She’s Cracking Down On Corporate Misconduct

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The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") is making it harder on companies that commit corporate crimes. A lot harder. That’s the message that Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco recently gave attendees at the American Bar...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Announces Policy Changes to “Invigorate” Efforts to Combat Corporate Crime - Japanese Version

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今回の米国司法省の政策変更において、司法省は個人の責任に一層の重点を置き、また企業の過去の違法行為に対しては包括的な評価を行い、さらに企業との司法解決に対してはより厳格な対応をすることとなる - 2021年10月28日、米国司法省 (United States Department of Justice、以下「DOJ」)...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

DOJ Signals Increased Use of Corporate Monitors

On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced revised Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance on corporate monitors. Going forward, prosecutors are free to require the imposition of a corporate monitor when...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOJ Signals Reinvigorated Corporate Enforcement for White Collar Crime

After four years of decreased white collar enforcement activity, the Biden DOJ has announced several key policy changes designed to crack down on corporate misconduct: What companies need to know and how they can prepare. ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Senior US DOJ Official Sets Forth New Priorities for Pursuing Corporate Crime

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The priorities will impact non-US companies who may face a US DOJ with a renewed emphasis on combating corporate crime. In a recent speech that has garnered significant attention, the Deputy Attorney General of the...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Deputy Attorney General Announces Significant Changes to DOJ’s Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies

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On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco delivered a speech and issued a memorandum announcing several important changes to the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DOJ 'Invigorates' Efforts to Combat Corporate and White Collar Crimes

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The Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, has expressed that one of its top priorities in corporate criminal matters is “to prosecute the individuals who commit...more

The Volkov Law Group

Here Comes DOJ – Corporate Crime Enforcement

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Lisa Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General (No. 2 in DOJ), delivered an important speech at the National Institute of White Collar Summit.  Lisa was part of the Enron Task Force years ago and has a strong professional...more

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