On June 1, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an updated version of its “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “DOJ Guidance”), available here. The DOJ Guidance is an update to ...

Enforcement of government contract regulations has become increasingly vigilant. An effective compliance program, as opposed to one that looks good on paper and sits on the shelf, is critical to ...

The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or Division) recently released a revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (Guidance). The Guidance ...

“The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which counts numerous compliance experts among its ranks, has been deliberate in emphasizing that it expects compliance programs to be well resourced,” says John ...

It’s not news that we are in the midst of a challenging economic environment. Many companies are struggling to navigate rough waters, stay nimble and keep their budgets in line. While there are many ...

The lengths to which a company goes to strengthen its compliance program in the face of a government investigation can make a big difference in the outcome—sometimes to the tune of tens of millions of ...

Chief compliance officers (CCOs) have long struggled to find the right way to measure the effectiveness of their compliance programs. According to In Focus: Compliance Trends Survey 2014, a report ...

The DOJ recently updated the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs to direct prosecutors who are considering charges or resolutions to assess how a company addresses, among other topics, ...

The urgency for companies to maintain effective compliance programs has never been greater. Civil liability exists for boards of directors that fail to exercise appropriate oversight of compliance, ...

As the regulatory state has expanded, governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) has become a major new field of expertise with its own methods of critical thinking, risk assessment, and ...

Susana Sierra is CEO of BH Compliance, which gathers real-time evidence about a corporate compliance program's performance using Blockchain. Today, various Latin American countries are updating their ...