Recent Guidance Reinforces DOJ Approach to Corporate White-Collar Investigations

September 4, 2020  |  New York Law Journal

Over the summer, the Department of Justice issued two important documents for white-collar prosecutors and defense counsel. The first, in June, updated prior guidance on how federal prosecutors should analyze an organization’s compliance programs. The second, in July, updated the “Resource Guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” originally issued in 2012. In this article, we discuss key takeaways from these documents and conclude that the two documents mark the continuity in recent years in DOJ’s policies toward corporate white-collar enforcement.

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