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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 28, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast which brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

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The Dark Patterns Behind Corporate Scandals

Professors Guido Palazzo and Ulrich Hoffrage are skeptical. When they hear that there was a bad apple at the core of a scandal, they are hesitant to accept that explanation. Instead, they argue in this podcast and in their...more

Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers

The First US Law School Course on Compliance: Its Origins and Evolution

This essay traces the origin and development of the first dedicated law school course on corporate compliance and ethics programs in the United States. Responding to legal and practice developments over the last two decades,...more

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The Exception, Not the Rule: DOJ’s Updated Corporate Compliance Monitorship Guidance

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On May 12, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published a series of memoranda outlining updated white-collar enforcement priorities. ...more

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The New DOJ Position on Self-Disclosure Demands High-Functioning Compliance

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In remarks to an industry group, Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, emphasized that companies may avoid criminal resolutions if they voluntarily self-disclose misconduct, fully...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance into the Weeds: USRA Declination Case Study - Self-Disclosure Best Practices

The award winning, Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Looking for some hard-hitting...more

DLA Piper

False Claims Act Year in Review: 2024

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The US government and private plaintiffs use the False Claims Act (FCA) – a federal statute originally enacted in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the American Civil War – to combat various forms of fraud...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Top Tips for Global Companies Preparing for the UK’s New “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Offence

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Companies in the US and around the world should consider their potential for UK exposure and assess their compliance programmes in light of that risk. On 1 September 2025, the UK will implement a new corporate criminal...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Making Compliance Your New Year's Resolution

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As we begin a new year, it is the perfect time for companies subject to any government agreement to renew their focus on compliance. These binding resolutions require ongoing diligence to avoid civil and potentially criminal...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Updates Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs

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The Justice Department announced yet another version of its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.  As everyone knows, the Justice Department’s guidance carries talismanic significance — it is an important document that...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Updates Its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs to Address New Technologies, Reinforce Promoting a “Speak Up” Culture,...

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On September 23, 2024, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri announced updates to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) guidance relative to its Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business...more

BakerHostetler

7 More US Attorneys’ Offices Issue Whistleblower Non-Prosecution Pilot Programs

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There was a flurry of DOJ whistleblower program activity over the last two weeks as the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY Program), District of New Jersey (DNJ Program), Southern District of...more

Jenner & Block

DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Rewards Program and Enhanced Focus on AI-Related Risks

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced two new measures to enhance its corporate criminal enforcement efforts: a whistleblower rewards program and updated guidance under which federal prosecutors will assess risks...more

J.S. Held

INDEPTH FEATURE: Corporate Fraud & Corruption 2024

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To what extent are boards and senior executives in your country of focus taking proactive steps to reduce incidences of fraud and corruption from surfacing within their company? Over the past several years, there has been...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

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

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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

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Rewards Program and Enhanced Focus on AI-Related Risks

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Continuing to prioritize corporate criminal enforcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two new steps it is taking to identify potential corporate misconduct and evaluate companies’ compliance programs. Deputy...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 312 -- Eddie Green, CEO SnippetSentry, on Communications Preservation Risks

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Companies have a vested interest in preserving internal communications for a variety of reasons — to hold actors accountable and to protect the organization from potential private and government claims or investigations that...more

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The Evolution of the Compliance Profession

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One of the benefits of old(er) age is perspective and experience.  (As we age, we have to find the positive reasons to tout).  If there is one thing (of many) the compliance profession has demonstrated, it is that compliance...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 5-Lessons Learned

Over the past several blog posts, I have been exploring the Albemarle FCPA enforcement action.  We have explored in some detail the DOJ Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) and the SEC Administrative Order(Order). In this final...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ten Key Factors for Boards To Consider When Weighing an Internal Investigation

Suppose you are a member of an audit committee and learn about a whistleblower complaint alleging wrongdoing at the company. Maybe it’s just an aggrieved former employee, and it has no merit. Maybe you should direct the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Corporate Culture: Monitor, Intervene and Remediate (Part III of III)

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Once defined, installed, and surrounded with a consequence management system, a corporate culture is not fixed in stone.  To the contrary, as the business adapts through growth, innovation or in response to outside market and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New DOJ Clawback Policy Brings Compensation and Employment Questions Front and Center for Companies

Can a new Department of Justice enforcement approach make clawback policies covering criminal activities a best practice? The DOJ is implementing a new policy under which prosecutors will make clawback policies for...more

NAVEX

NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: Programs Still Have Opportunities to Better Utilize Data

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NAVEX publishes the Definitive Risk and Compliance Benchmark Report each year, surveying over 1,100 industry professionals. The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the effectiveness of R&C programs and enable...more

The Volkov Law Group

Compliance Program Monitoring, Testing, Audits, Assessments and Continuous Improvement (Part I of IV)

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Chief compliance officers have a lot of issues to balance on their plate.  Experienced CCOs know that it is not possible to complete every objective, balance every changing risk, and continuously improve their respective...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Corporate Enforcement Under the Biden Administration - March 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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At the 36th Annual American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Conference on October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced significant changes to Department of Justice policies on corporate...more

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