The US Department of Justice is ramping up white-collar enforcement and working to incentivize corporate cooperation (or, failing that, whistleblowing). In recent speeches, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti outlined the DOJ’s white-collar priorities—including health care fraud, trade fraud and fraud on US financial markets—and commending the benefits of self-disclosure in light of the DOJ’s revised Corporate Enforcement Policy and expanded whistleblower program.
According to AAG Galeotti, the DOJ has received over 300 whistleblower tips in just the last four months, with 120 triggering further investigation. The message is clear: the DOJ intends to aggressively enforce its white-collar focus areas and it will leverage all of its disclosure incentives to encourage cooperation. Read the full article by Ryan Meltzer, Keith Rosen, Andrey Spektor and Ashley Kuempel on our website, “DOJ outlines white-collar focus, whistleblower results.”