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Nov. 29, 2018

New DOJ guidance may curb the appointment of compliance monitors

During a speech delivered last month at the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski presented a memorandum on policy for the selection and appointment of corporate compliance monitors in connection with non-prosecution agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, and plea agreements with companies entering into resolutions with the Criminal Division.

Justin Givens

Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

A few months after being confirmed as head of the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, former Kirkland & Ellis partner Brian Benczkowski offered guidance that could restrict DOJ settlement agreements requiring companies to hire outside compliance monitors.

During a speech delivered last month at the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski presented a memo...

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