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On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its Final Rule to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern” (the “Final Rule”). …
A notable trend has emerged: outsourcing non-monetary sanctions to firms that enforce penalties internally and more efficiently for employee misconduct. In a new paper, we examine this trend, focusing on the deterrence and policy implications of transforming corporations into self-policing …
In relevant developments in U.S. whistleblower programs over the past year, (1) the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) introduced a three-year pilot program that offers monetary awards for reports relating to certain specific types of corporate misconduct; (2) the annual reports …
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposes to materially revise the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). On December 19, 2024, DOJ issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with changes …
In recent years, big tech companies have faced growing scrutiny over their market power and influence. Yet they continue to expand, often using creative strategies to bypass regulatory roadblocks. One such strategy involves the use of special purpose acquisition companies …
The most important question in whistleblowing is a straightforward one: Why does whistleblowing work? Modernized whistleblower award laws, such as the False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank Act, have had immense impacts on the detection and prosecution of white-collar crimes. …
On November 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division (the “Division”) released guidance for the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (the “Guidance”). The Guidance will be used by the Division in assessing the …
On November 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published updated guidance on how the DOJ’s Antitrust Division will evaluate corporate compliance programs when making charging decisions and sentencing recommendations relating to criminal antitrust violations, such as bid-rigging, price-fixing, …
With the change of administrations in January 2025, antitrust enforcement priorities are likely to shift next year. We expect the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the Trump Administration to continue to …
Evidence of a rise in corporate market power has drawn the attention of U.S. policymakers, prompting antitrust regulators to more closely scrutinize mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that consolidate product markets. Such consolidations are believed to be behind the increased market …
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced the FTC’s unanimous vote to adopt a final rule implementing significant changes to the reporting obligations under …
The DOJ, FDIC and OCC have revised their bank merger review standards. The new standards are a major shift for bank M&A and will require a careful, detailed analysis to evaluate the viability of any proposed transaction.
The Federal Deposit …
The Criminal Division is on the front lines of the Justice Department’s efforts to hold culpable individuals and companies accountable for corporate crime. We also develop innovative policies both to encourage companies to be good corporate citizens and to enhance …
Corporate boards and their leadership teams face unique compliance oversight challenges from the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)’s new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“the Program”), the details of which were announced on August 1 by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General …
It is a privilege to join you today and talk about the work of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
The purpose of this strike force — to “mak[e] sure corporations are held accountable when they try to rip off Americans”
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) must make a decision on Boeing – and fast. It has only until July 7 to take action under the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) it signed with Boeing in 2021. Newspaper accounts disagree on what …
On May 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly announced a request for members of the public to provide information that the agencies can use “to identify serial acquisitions and …
On March 7, 2024, in a speech before the American Bar Association, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a “90-day sprint” to establish a new Justice Department whistleblower program. In her speech, Monaco pointed to other highly successful whistleblower …
The Biden-Harris administration has been keenly focused on mitigating climate risk, which has resulted in several executive and legislative actions promoting the use of electric vehicles (EVs), with a stated goal of having 50% of all new vehicles …
On April 24, President Biden signed a sweeping foreign aid bill into law, which included a critical provision covering privacy and data transfers known as the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (“PADFA”). This Act is separate from the …