Enforcement Trends Change the Dynamics of Internal Investigations
Partner Jeffrey Alberts and Associate Eric Dowell have authored the article,"Enforcement Trends Change the Dynamics of Internal Investigations," which ran in the special White Collar Crime section of the New York Law Journal.
The federal government is offering record-breaking bounties for whistleblowing employees, and using those large awards as a lure for compliance personnel, who often are directly involved in internal investigations. At the same time, the government is increasing penalties for corporate wrongdoing and has punished employees involved in compliance and internal investigations for failing to respond adequately to reports of misconduct. These developments in how the government investigates and prosecutes enforcement actions have created new challenges for handling internal investigations.
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