It’s been a popular, if inaccurate, story line over the last few years that corporate executives are rarely held responsible for misconduct that occurred on their watch. That neither the government, ...

The Yates memorandum, the severe Department of Justice policy that introduced individual accountability as a focus of government investigations, has just been revised to accommodate greater efficiency ...

This post discusses individual liability in AML/BSA enforcement, which is an area of increasing attention. Indeed, according to public statements by the government, individual liability is the focus ...

Corporate accountability has been a key focus for UK legislators and regulators since the credit crisis, as authorities have taken action against corporate failings. In our view, this focus is ...

On Tuesday, the jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was deemed guilty on all three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, ...

Mary Jo White and Andrew J. Ceresney, in their inaugural Federal and State Securities Enforcement column, write that several provisions passed into law under Sarbanes-Oxley were intended to advance ...

Your editorial on accountability for the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home deaths substitutes the punishment of individuals for the full, forward-looking accountability for a system failure that would illuminate ...

Gone are the days when security and compliance were concerns delegated solely to technical departments. Today's complex and interconnected world presents challenges, also landing on the shoulders of ...

Why should this concern white-collar professionals? In September 2022, the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, reminded prosecutors that individual accountability remains the DOJ's "first priority." ...