Jennifer H. Arlen and Samuel W. Buell | November 12, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
ABSTRACTThe United States model of corporate crime control, developed over the last two decades, couples a broad rule of corporate criminal liability with a practice of reducing sanctions, and often withholding conviction, for firms that assist enforcement authorities...
Tracey Longo | October 23, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
The following is an excerpt from Financial Advisor. This article was published on Oct. 22, 2019.The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it canceled its meeting to vote on controversial rule changes to its whistle-blower program.The cancellation of the...
Lauren Klosinski | October 22, 2019 | Children and the Law, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Policing, Property, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct
At its meeting in New York City on October 17 and 18, 2019, the Council reviewed and approved drafts of seven projects.*Children and the Law: The Council approved § 2.22 from Chapter 2, State Intervention for Abuse and Neglect; § 4.10 from Chapter 4, Emancipation of...
F. Joseph Warin, Richard Grime, Patrick Stokes, Christopher Sullivan, Oleh Vretsona, Abbey Bush and Alexander Moss | July 2, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
On April 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Criminal Division, released updated guidance to DOJ prosecutors on how to assess corporate compliance programs when conducting an investigation, in making charging decisions, and in negotiating resolutions. ...
Ivan Fong, Lori Martin and Pauline Toboulidis | May 7, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
Board members, business owners, employees, and even customers should all be interested in a company’s compliance policies and adherence to them. Why? Because there is much at stake. In this episode of Reasonably Speaking two compliance experts speak about the greatest...
Pauline Toboulidis | May 1, 2019 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
On April 30, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the recent publication of a guidance document for white-collar prosecutors on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs. From the press release:The Criminal Division announced today...