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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

Many organizations talk about accountability, but the meaning is rarely practically defined. Oftentimes, accountability becomes a buzzword that is repeated in meetings and mission statements until ...

Nurse and patient safety is critically important to all clinical leaders. Yet, safety practices frequently result from policies that are created when it’s too late – after a preventable event has ...