Emphasis on protecting US business, economic and national security interests
In brief
During a May 12 speech and in a newly issued Criminal Division White-Collar Enforcement Plan (the “Plan“), the Head of the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti, set out the Department’s priorities for corporate criminal enforcement under the new Administration and issued a number of updated policy documents.
These changes affect the Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP“), its policy on the Selection of Monitors (memorialized in the Memorandum on Selection of Monitors in Criminal Division Matters (the “Monitorship Memorandum“), and the Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. Other DOJ corporate criminal enforcement documents remain unchanged for now (including the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs document, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Resource Guide, and the Safe Harbor Policy for Voluntary Self-Disclosures Made in Connection with Mergers and Acquisitions).
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