U.S. DOJ Implements Uniform Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Framework Across All Components Except Antitrust
On March 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) announced a new Department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP). For the first time, the policy establishes a uniform framework governing corporate enforcement decisions across all DOJ components, including U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, with the exception of the Antitrust Division, which will maintain its separate and longstanding leniency policy. DOJ’s stated goal for the CEP is to promote greater consistency, predictability, transparency, and fairness in DOJ’s prosecutions of corporate criminal matters.
U.S. DOJ Unveils White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Corporate Enforcement Policy Revisions
On May 12, 2025, the Head of the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, provided the Trump administration’s first comprehensive articulation of white-collar priorities and revised corporate enforcement policies in remarks delivered at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference. (more…)