Tali R.Leinwand

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Fraud Section released its 2025 Year-in-Review (YIR) last week, revealing an expanded enforcement blueprint that suggests heightened regulatory risk and more aggressive corporate enforcement ahead. In light of these changes, companies – especially those in the Section’s identified priorities for enforcement – should prepare for increased parallel enforcement and criminal liability by proactively strengthening their compliance programs to identify and address issue

In an executive order issued on February 10, 2025 (Executive Order), and a memorandum issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding cartels and transnational criminal organizations on February 5, 2025 (Cartel Memo), the Trump Administration has begun making its mark on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).1The Executive Order, entitled “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security,”2establishes a 180-day pause on new FCP

On September 23, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division released its anticipated update to the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs,” reflecting DOJ’s recently announced measures to incentivize whistleblowers and assess compliance risks related to the use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance, now in its fifth iteration, replaces the March 2023 version. Like the prior versions, the September 2024 guidance seeks to make corporations a

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) officially launched its three-year corporate whistleblower awards pilot program (Whistleblower Program), adding to the growing array of programs designed to incentivize disclosure of corporate wrongdoing. Under the Whistleblower Program, which was first announced by Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco in March 2024, whistleblowers who voluntarily provide DOJ’s Criminal Division with original and truthful information that results in a crimi

For her exceptional work on White Collar matters, Partner Tali Leinwand was recognized as a Rising Star by Law360, an honor that celebrates top practitioners under age 40.

Partners Rémi Jaffré, Niqui Kohli, and Tali Leinwand were named 2024 Rising Stars by Law360. The award recognizes 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Just over a month after Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the upcoming launch of the Department of Justice’s whistleblower rewards program, the DOJ Criminal Division unveiled its newest program to incentivize disclosure of alleged corporate wrongdoing: the Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals. The launch of this program is the latest in a string of new programs that are designed to incentivize individuals to report corporate wrongdoing and cooperate with the go

Continuing to prioritize corporate criminal enforcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two new steps it is taking to identify potential corporate misconduct and evaluate companies’ compliance programs. Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced these measures on March 7, 2024 at the American Bar Association’s White Collar Crime Conference in San Francisco. First, DAG Monaco introduced DOJ’s whistleblower “pilot program” to reward individuals who help DOJ uncover significant

Last month, the Fraud Section, part of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, released its annual year-in-review report. In this article, we highlight three key takeaways from the 2022 report.

On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Kenneth Polite, Jr., delivered a speech announcing several important revisions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP). These changes, which will apply to current and future corporate defendants in cases involving the Criminal Division—including all cases brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)—include:

Jenner & Block elevated 10 lawyers to the partnership this year, promoting associates and special counsel from the firm’s Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC offices.

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On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco delivered a speech and issued a memorandum announcing several important changes to the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and practices. These changes, which will apply to current and future corporate defendants, include:

Recent activity by two federal regulators underscores an increasingly obvious reality: when a company is confronted with harassment and discrimination complaints, government agencies will scrutinize its response and may bring enforcement actions. For months, video game maker Activision Blizzard (“Activision”) has been dealing with negative publicity and litigation relating to allegations that it allowed pervasive sexual harassment and discrimination to occur and failed to appropriately respond.

On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued a National Security Study Memorandum declaring the fight against corruption as a core US national security interest. To develop a presidential strategy to bolster existing anti-corruption efforts, the memorandum directs the National Security Advisor, in coordination with the Assistants to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy, to conduct a 200-day interagency review and submit a report with recommendations to the President. The release of this mem

The White House sent an open letter last week to “corporate executives and business leaders” urging their companies to take “immediate steps” toward better protecting themselves against ransomware attacks.[1]Although the White House cannot generally dictate the actions that private companies take, the Biden administration has emphasized that “[b]usiness leaders have a responsibility to strengthen their cyber defenses to protect the American public and . . . economy.”[2]To that end, the letter re

A firm team represented a group of former US magistrate judges as amici curiae in urging the Supreme Court to take up the case American Civil Liberties Union v. United States, which asks whether there is a qualified right of access under the First Amendment to significant legal opinions issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). The FISC decides critical questions about electronic surveillance and other government investigative actions for foreign intelligence purposes, yet de

An Executive Order released by the Biden administration last month (the Cybersecurity EO) seeks to bolster the federal government’s cybersecurity defenses and resilience by imposing a variety of requirements on federal agencies and government contractors that are likely to have spillover effects in the private sector.[1] While many federal agencies and contractors already abide by existing agency-specific cybersecurity measures, the Cybersecurity EO establishes additional criteria to ensure that

On March 11, Jenner & Block Partner Andrew Weissmann is making his Shakespeare Theatre Company debut as a participant in this year's Virtual Mock Trial, with US Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer presiding. This year's trial involves an emotional distress claim arising out of a re-imagined version of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Andrew represents the petitioner, Paulina, in "A Winter's Tale of Marital Woe: Who's to Blame?" Associates Tali R. Leinwand and Anna Windemuth helped draft the

Last week, the Fraud Section, part of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, released its annual year-in-review report. In this article, we highlight three key takeaways from the 2020 report.