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In a press release issued on April 4, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it paid a $10 million award to a whistleblower for original information that led to a major enforcement action by the CFTC.

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month...

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month...

Over the past year, both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have continued to aggressively bring cases against companies and individuals for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.

The DOJ announced a one-year pilot program to handsomely reward companies that self-report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched a powerful new tool in August 2024 with its Corporate Whistleblower Award (CWA) Pilot Program. This was a major move that filled gaps in existing whistleblower award programs, boosted corporate investigations and prosecutions, and opened the door to more monetary awards for whistleblowers.

In one of the first cases interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2011 decision in "Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders", Judge John Koeltl of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a recent decision that has important ramifications for Section 10(b)/Rule 10b-5 liability in private securities fraud actions.

U.S. companies and their subsidiaries in China must have an adequate Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") compliance program. Doing business in China may present special risks under the FCPA.

On April 1, 2015, the SEC announced its first enforcement action against a company for using confidentiality agreements that had the potential to "stifle" the whistleblowing process.

On March 3, 2023, as part of the rollout of several updates to its guidance on corporate compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new policy aimed at incentivizing...

DAG Monaco also announced the launch of a Pilot Program on Compensation Incentives and Clawbacks.

The Justice Department's changes to its corporate enforcement policies have significant implications for companies seeking cooperation credit in connection with an investigation.

Over the past decade, one of the most common and perplexing questions posed by U.S. multinational corporations with respect to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

On June 8, 2009, the United States Supreme Court handed down the much-anticipated decision in Boyle v. United States (No. 07-1309), establishing the requirements to prove the existence of an “association-in-fact” enterprise within the meaning of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§1961-68.

What a difference six months makes. Earlier this year, it was widely reported that Congress was closer than ever to passing significant federal criminal sentencing reform on a wide bipartisan basis.

In the first 10 months of the Biden administration, senior DOJ officials have signaled a renewed focus on corporate criminal and civil enforcement against companies and individuals.

The U.S. government’s crackdown on bribery of foreign government officials—which has resulted in a dramatic increase in criminal prosecutions and SEC enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA")—has been premised, in part, on an aggressive view of who is considered a "foreign official" for purposes of the FCPA.

The goal of recent law reforms in many jurisdictions is to make it easier to hold businesses to account for offenses committed by their directors, employees, agents and other associated parties, a corporate criminal liability risk that has been developing over several years.