Editor’s Note: On January 17, 2023, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. delivered remarks on revisions to DOJ Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy and simultaneously released the revised policy. The announced revisions address what consideration corporations may expect from the DOJ on matters like self-reporting of misconduct, cooperation with the DOJ’s investigation, and aggravating factors such as recidivism. A video of AAG Polite’s speech is below, as are a written version of his remarks. The revised corporate enforcement policy is available here. These revisions follow the mandate announced during a policy speech by Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco in September 2022, which was delivered at NYU School of Law at an event hosted by the NYU Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE). PCCE will be publishing selected reactions to these developments in the coming days.
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Prepared Remarks by U.S. Assistant Attorney General Polite at the NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement
NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE)
March 25, 2022
I have been fortunate in my career to have served as a prosecutor, as a defense attorney, and to work as a chief compliance officer of a Fortune 500 company. The detection and prevention of criminal conduct has been a constant across these three roles. Perhaps the most challenging of the three roles has been serving in compliance.