Earlier this year the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) published the latest update of its internal guidance for evaluating corporate compliance programs. In this article, we lay ...

(This article was originally published on January 1, 2025. For a regularly updated version of this resource, see US Department of Justice Standards for Effective Corporate Compliance Programs on ...

A trusted and efficient employee reporting mechanism (also referred to as an ethics, compliance, reporting, or whistleblower hotline or helpline) is a core component of an effective corporate ...

Boards should be prepared to make tough calls on the future of their compliance program. Corporate boards face challenging compliance investment decisions should the Department of Justice de-emphasize ...

At leading U.S. companies, it is by now a truism that in-house Legal should play a leading role in a company's ethics and compliance program. In some companies, Compliance reports into Legal, while in ...