Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates issued a memorandum to all attorneys of the United States Department of Justice entitled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing”. How does it affect your business?
The Cybersecurity Unit of the US Department of Justice recently published guidance on “Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber Incidents.” The guidance is available here. The document aims at assisting organizations in preparing a cyber incident response plan and responding to a cyber incident. It was drafted…
On April 9, 2015, the United States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) voted to recommend changes to its sentencing guidelines in fraud and antitrust cases. According to an official press release, the Commission proposed the changes “to address longstanding concerns that the guidelines do not appropriately account for harm to victims,…
Last week we analyzed the view of US antitrust enforcers on the existence of a compliance program when assessing the punishment for cartel violations. How do other countries treat the existence of a compliance program? In Australia, Canada, the UK, Chile, France, India, Israel, Singapore and the UK, antitrust agencies…