Tag Archives: Enforcement

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) | 2022 Year in Review and a Look Ahead

Key Takeaways

  • DOJ continues to focus on corporate self-disclosure and remediation, individual accountability, and international cooperation on corruption matters.
  • DOJ is putting new emphasis on the use of compensation system incentives and the threat of clawbacks to encourage compliance efforts by individual employees
  • International efforts to improve whistleblower protections and increase beneficial ownership transparency continued to gain momentum

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Federal Cryptocurrency Enforcement in 2023

This is the eighth part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: anti-corruption.

Key Takeaways:

  • As we predicted in our March 2022 post, 2022 was a year of heavy cryptocurrency enforcement, with a spike in actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) against companies and individuals involved in cryptocurrency.…
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DOJ’s New Guidelines on Repeat Corporate Misconduct: Do They Have Real Teeth?

On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco released a memo setting out “Initial Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies.” The memo indicated that the Department of Justice would place greater emphasis on a corporation’s “history of misconduct” in reaching determinations about whether to criminally charge a corporation. Noting that past misconduct is potentially indicative of the strength of internal controls to prevent criminal activity,… More

DOJ Updates Policies on Corporate Ethics and Compliance

Last week, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks on corporate criminal enforcement, announcing revisions to DOJ’s policies for addressing corporate ethics and compliance matters. These changes reflect an increased focus on holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing, guidance on handling corporate recidivism, further transparency regarding the appropriateness and necessity of monitorships; incentives for voluntary self-disclosure of misconduct; and a recognition of compensation related incentives to garner a corporate culture of compliance.… More