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The Latest Refinements to DOJ’s White Collar Enforcement Policy

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Last month, the head of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew R. Galeotti, issued a Memorandum outlining DOJ’s enforcement priorities and policies for prosecuting white-collar crime,...more

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Understanding the DOJ's Recent Corporate Enforcement Policy Changes

On May 12, 2025 the head of the Criminal Division at the US Department of Justice issued a memo to all Criminal Division personnel with the subject: Focus, Fairness and Efficiency in the Fight Against White Collar Crime. To...more

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The DOJ’s Policy Shift to Incentivize Self-Reporting

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Earlier this week, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division released three new documents on corporate misconduct, whistleblowers, compliance monitors, and enforcement priorities that outline significant changes to the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Increased Clarity for White-Collar Clients: The Department of Justice Unveils its Revised Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy

What should U.S. businesses take from the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) revisions to its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”)? While DOJ has long promoted self-disclosure of wrongdoing as a...more

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DOJ Announces Key Revisions to Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

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On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, announced a new white collar enforcement plan in a memorandum entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 3): New Reasons for Companies to Self-Disclose Criminal Conduct

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced revisions to its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP). (See...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Unveils White Collar Enforcement Overhaul: New Incentives, Streamlined Policies and Expanded Whistleblower Rewards

Revisions to Department of Justice (DOJ) white collar enforcement policies provide enhanced incentives for voluntary self-disclosure and clarify the consequences of failing to disclose wrongdoing. At the same time, expanded...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Issues Declination in Corporate Export Control Violations Matter

On April 30, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) announced its second-ever public declination under its updated corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) policy when it declined to charge...more

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EnforceMintz – DOJ Policy Developments in 2024 Seek to Motivate More Voluntary Self-Disclosures

Over the past two years, the Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) has actively incentivized companies to voluntarily self-disclose potential civil and criminal violations. For example, in 2023, in the criminal...more

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The Justice Insiders Podcast: Self-Disclosure, Cooperation, and the Hazards of Knowing Too Little

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Host Gregg N. Sofer welcomes Husch Blackwell partner Catherine Hanaway to the podcast to discuss the recent sentencing of Nishad Singh, a former key lieutenant of Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency mogul responsible for...more

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Commerce Department Updated its Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for Export Controls Violations

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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“DOC-BIS”) is adopting procedures to generate voluntary self-disclosures for violations of export controls laws.  Companies have to weigh carefully the risks when...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Chicago United States Attorney's Office Launches Pilot Program to Encourage Self-Disclosure

On September 16, the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois (NDIL) announced the launch of its Individual Self-Disclosure (ISD) Pilot Program. The program offers non-prosecution agreements to qualifying...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Awards Declination to Proterial Cable America for Fraud — Proterial Pays $15.1 Million in Disgorgement

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DOJ is pushing hard for voluntary disclosures and urging companies to take advantage  of its Voluntary Disclosure Program.  The carrot is significant — a declination in exchange for cooperation, remediation and disgorgement....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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: Department of Justice National Security Division Announces First-of-Its-Kind Declination under Its Voluntary...

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On May 22, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first-ever declination under the National Security Division’s recently updated Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (NSD Policy). The NSD Policy offers...more

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DOJ Announces First-Ever Corporate Declination Under National Security Division’s Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program

Key Points - On May 21, 2024, the DOJ announced its first ever declination under the NSD’s updated Enforcement Policy, declining to prosecute Sigma-Aldrich Inc., d/b/a MilliporeSigma (a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,...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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

DOJ Says You Can Put the Fire Out From Inside the House: New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program Seeks to Root Out Corporate Crime...

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Introduction: On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division announced a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals. Under this program, individuals who voluntarily disclose certain...more

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Department of Justice Announces Groundbreaking Whistleblower Program in its Ongoing Effort to Incentivize Voluntary Self...

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Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the DOJ is adopting a whistleblower incentive program today at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. In...more

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The Department of Justice Offers Individual Corporate Wrongdoers a “Get Out of Jail Free Card” in New Voluntary Self-Disclosure...

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The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division (DOJ) recently announced a Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Individual VSD Pilot Program or Pilot Program), which allows certain individuals...more

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DOJ Launches New Pilot Program to Allow Whistleblowers Who Report Financial Crimes, Corruption to Avoid Prosecution

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division launched a new pilot program to enable whistleblowers to avoid prosecution when they voluntarily report new information to federal law enforcement...more

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"Please Pay No Attention to the Microphone:” DOJ Announces New Program Offering Protections to Criminal Whistleblowers

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On April 15, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released new guidance relating to a Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals, promising to offer protection from criminal...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Offers Non-Prosecution Agreements to Individuals Who Voluntarily Report Corporate Wrongdoing

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The Development: On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") Criminal Division announced a pilot program that will offer mandatory non-prosecution agreements ("NPAs") to individuals who provide original and...more

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DOJ Pilot Program Changes the Calculus on Corporate Self-Disclosure

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The Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (Pilot Program) on April 15, 2024. Under the new policy, individuals who were involved in...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

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