Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jan. 4, 2023
Does ‘leniency’ inspire companies to report wrongdoing?
The Department of Justice now has increased its incentives for companies to hold themselves accountable by promptly disclosing all nonprivileged information about individuals committing misconduct; the agency will not seek guilty pleas from companies that voluntarily disclose, fully cooperate with an investigation and fully remediate the root cause of the wrongdoing.
When he took office, President Joe Biden’s administration put in place new policies they said were meant to better police and regulate corporate wrongdoing. But two years on, legal experts are divided on the effectiveness of those policies and whether they had a positive or negative impact.
The Department of Justice now has increased its incentives for companies to hold themselves accountable by promptly disclosing all nonprivileged infor...
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