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Husch Blackwell LLP

CFTC Enforcement Division Issues Framework for DOJ Criminal Referrals

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On July 9, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Enforcement (DOE), acting pursuant to a recent executive order (EO), issued an advisory letter outlining its new policy for referring criminally...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Small Gains Yield Big Pain: How a $2,400 Profit Triggered an SEC, FBI, and FINRA Cavalry

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On July 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against two individuals who were alleged to have engaged in insider trading. The SEC’s...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Combating Fraud in India

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...Fraud continues to pose significant challenges across industries worldwide. For multinational companies operating in India, the country offers enormous opportunity — but also presents distinct operational and regulatory...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance: Episode 154, The Law Firms in Trouble Edition

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Karen Moore, and Karen Woody is hosted by Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist. • Karen Moore...more

Alston & Bird

From Uncertainty to Action: DOJ Rolls Out a New White-Collar Enforcement Playbook

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Despite speculation that the Department of Justice Criminal Division might step back from white-collar criminal enforcement, newly announced DOJ Criminal Division policy updates indicate otherwise. Our White Collar,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ’s Updated Enforcement Policy: A Game-Changer for Corporate America?

On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a major overhaul of its corporate enforcement policy, aiming to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-disclose misconduct. Titled “Focus, Fairness, and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Amid Chaos, Regulatory Change Continues Apace, March 2025 - New CFTC Enforcement Guidance

On February 25th, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC”) Division of Enforcement (“Division”) issued a long-awaited advisory (the “Advisory”) regarding its evaluation of how a company’s or individual’s...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Announces New Enforcement Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Remediation

On February 25, 2025, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) issued an advisory to Division staff on how to evaluate self-reporting, cooperation and remediation credit...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Oregon HOAs Should Continue to Prepare for Compliance with Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted to combat financial crimes, requires certain entities to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). While legal challenges...more

A&O Shearman

White-collar crime developments in Italy: trends and developments

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There has been an increase in enforcement action and strategies relating to cybercrimes, supply-chain related offenses, VAT fraud, corruption, and money laundering. A significant shift has been prompted by the EU Corporate...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program and Announces a New Incentive for Self-Reports

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too

The use of data analytics to identify potential violations of law has become increasingly sophisticated. Agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have led the charge, employing risk-based data tools to...more

DarrowEverett LLP

How DOJ's Safe Harbor Policy Rewards Honesty Within M&A Deals

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Be you a merger and acquisition attorney, corporate compliance officer, or counsel to an acquiring entity or target entity, you should review the Department of Justice’s new Merger and Acquisition Safe Harbor Policy...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Building a Stronger Culture of Compliance Through Targeted and Effective Training: Part 2-The Value of Targeted Training

Welcome to a special 5 part blog post series on building a stronger culture of compliance through targeted and effective training, sponsored by Diligent. Over this series I will visit with Kunal Agrawal, Director of Customer...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s Criminal Division Issues Three-Year Pilot Program for Corporate Compensation Systems and Clawbacks (Part II of III)

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The Justice Department is focusing with a laser beam on corporate incentives and disincentives.  This truly is a remarkable initiative and companies should undertake their own holistic review of internal incentives and...more

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The Compliance Program’s Role in Anti-Fraud Efforts

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Corporate compliance professionals can learn a lot from the audit world. Our latest lesson comes in a statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission, warning auditors to do better at identifying the risk of fraud among...more

The Volkov Law Group

FinCEN Issues Final Rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting

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The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its final rules implementing the beneficial ownership reporting requirements pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).  The...more

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CCOs and Execution of Compliance Certification: A Significant Risk? (Part III of III)

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CCOs, by definition, are careful and deliberate.  It comes with the profession.  As risk managers, CCOs are skilled in identifying, assessing and acting in a risk environment....more

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CCOs Have a Target on Their Backs: The Coming Storm (Part III of III)

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I have always played down the issue of CCO liability and prosecutions. I dismiss these concerns often because the reporting of CCO prosecutions are usually exaggerated and meant to instill fear in compliance professionals. ...more

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DOJ Tweaks FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy

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The Department of Justice recently announced updates to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy. While the changes were relatively minor, the modifications underscored important principles surrounding...more

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Delaware Court Increases Scrutiny of Corporate Board Oversight and Monitoring of Compliance Programs

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On October 1, 2019, in In re Clovis Oncology, Inc. Derivative Litigation, a Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims under the Caremark decision against individual directors for failing to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

How Compliance Adds to the Bottom Line

I have long articulated that companies that have robust compliance programs are more efficient, better run and more profitable organizations. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Astros Heading to Back-to-Back as DOJ Announces New Monitor Policy

In a Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) conference speech last week, at the NYU School of Law Program, Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski announced that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) criminal division...more

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