In late July, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it is creating a new compliance counsel position in its criminal division to assess the effectiveness of compliance programs and help prosecutors decide whether and how to charge businesses under criminal investigation.
Andrew Weismann, chief of the criminal division’s fraud section, announced that the purpose of the new position is to help prosecutors distinguish between effective and “paper” compliance programs and provide companies with greater clarity with respect to DOJ’s expectations. A former prosecutor with private sector in-house experience is reportedly being vetted for the new counsel position.
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