Tagged: DOJ Guidance

Webinar: DOJ’s Recent Compliance Program Guidance

Webinar: DOJ’s Recent Compliance Program Guidance December 3, 2024, 12 Noon EST Sign Up HERE In September and November 2024, the Department of Justice issued revised versions of its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program (“ECCP”) and its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Antitrust Criminal Investigations (“ECCP-Antitrust”), respectively. DOJ’s guidance continues to break new ground and reaffirm important compliance priorities, especially in areas involving technology...

Webinar: The Importance of an Ethical Culture

Webinar: The Importance of an Ethical Culture November 10, 2020, 12 Noon EST Sign up HERE. Business leaders, politicians, shareholders, the public and other stakeholders are demanding that companies adhere to and implement measures to promote and advance an ethical culture. In the face of egregious corporate scandals and aggressive government enforcement programs, companies have to devote resources and attention to their corporate cultures. Government...

Incident Data and Intra-Company Cooperation

The Justice Department “listens and learns” from companies and compliance practitioners.  As part of every enforcement action, DOJ prosecutors review and assess compliance programs in accordance with the standards explained in its recent Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs issued on April 30, 2019. DOJ prosecutors have seen it all when it comes to compliance.  Prosecutors have observed compliance train wrecks – companies that have suffered...

Episode 112 — Implementing an Effective Training Program

The government has stated that a well-designed compliance program includes “appropriately tailored training and communications.”  Compliance policies cannot work unless effectively communicated throughout a company. Communications and training programs ensure that directors, officers and employees are aware of and follow compliance policies and procedures.  Indeed, the Justice Department’s recent Evaluation of Compliance Program Guidance noted that integration of a company’s policies and procedures should include periodic training...

Rescheduled Webinar: Achieving an Effective Compliance Program: DOJ and OFAC Guidance, Best Practices, and Industry Trends

Rescheduled Webinar: Achieving an Effective Compliance Program: DOJ and OFAC Guidance, Best Practices and Industry Trends July 10, 2019, 12 Noon EST Sign Up Here The compliance industry is evolving. Recent DOJ and OFAC Guidance are just one influence. At the same technology and innovative strategies using data analytics are quickly eclipsing government guidance, especially in the area of compliance program monitoring, testing and auditing....

Watching the River Flow: The Evolution and Future of Compliance (Part I of III)

People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah Makes you stop and all wonder why Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street Who just couldn’t help but cry Oh, this ol’ river keeps on rollin’, though No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow And as long as it does I’ll just sit here And watch the...

Webinar: Achieving an Effective Compliance Program: DOJ and OFAC Guidance, Best Practices, and Industry Trends

Webinar: Achieving an Effective Compliance Program: DOJ and OFAC Guidance, Best Practices and Industry Trends June 25, 2019, 12 Noon EST SIGN UP HERE The compliance industry is evolving. Recent DOJ and OFAC Guidance are just one influence. At the same technology and innovative strategies using data analytics are quickly eclipsing government guidance, especially in the area of compliance program monitoring, testing and auditing. Companies...