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PCCE Hosts Senior DOJ Officials for a Discussion of the Newly Announced Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

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PDAAG Nicole Argentieri. (All photos courtesy of Sam Hollenshead, NYU Photo Bureau)

On September 17, 2024, the NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) hosted Nicole M. Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Brent Wible, Chief Counselor for the Criminal Division, and Molly Moeser, Chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, as well as academics and distinguished counsel, for a discussion of the DOJ Criminal Division’s newly-announced Corporate Whistleblower Awards Program. A link to the details of the program is here. Below are the remarks delivered by PDAAG Argentieri. After Argentieri’s remarks, PCCE Faculty Director Jenifer Arlen led a fireside chat discussion with Brent Wible, followed by a moderated panel discussion that included Molly Moeser, Jane Norberg (Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP), Preston Pugh (Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP), Dan Richman (Professor, Columbia Law School), Max Rodriguez ’15 (Principal, Max Rodriguez Law PLCC), and Andrew Weissmann (Professor, NYU Law). Opening remarks were delivered by Troy McKenzie, Dean of NYU School of Law.

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Looking Back at Fall 2023 PCCE Events: SEC Enforcement Policy Roundtable

As we begin to prepare for a full schedule of events in 2024, starting with an event on Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for Export Controls Violations on January 16, 2024, the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is taking a moment to reflect on our busy Fall 2023 program. First up: our September 6, 2023 Roundtable on SEC enforcement policy.

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SEC Director of Enforcement Gurbir Grewal (©Hollenshead: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)

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Former Federal Prosecutors React to Changes in the DOJ Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy

Editor’s Note: The NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) is following the recently announced changes to the Corporate Enforcement Policy of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division. In this post, several former federal prosecutors provide their reactions.

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Top row from left to right: Andrew Weissmann, Glen McGorty, Rebecca Ricigliano, and Steven Feldman
Bottom row from left to right: Lara Burke, Robertson Park, and Kristy Greenberg

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Three Key Takeaways from the DOJ Fraud Section’s 2020 Annual Report

by Andrew Weissmann and Tali R. Leinwand

Last week, the Fraud Section, part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division, released its annual year-in-review report.[1] In this post, we highlight three key takeaways from the 2020 report.

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