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How Will Trump II Change DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement Priorities?

Just as compliance professionals across the U.S. were re-evaluating their programs to ensure they align with the DOJ’s latest updates to its compliance program guidance, the presidential election completely changed their calculus. And while the president-elect’s first nominee for attorney general, former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration, regardless of whomever eventually gets the job leading the DOJ under Donald Trump, one thing seems clear: Corporate enforcement will look a lot different in 2025 than it did in 2024. Andrew Dawson, a former federal prosecutor and current partner at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, and Natalia Gindler Corsini, founder and managing director of corporate compliance consulting firm Prae Venire, make predictions about the Trump effect at the DOJ, as well as how subregulatory guidance like the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” more broadly affects compliance teams.

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Nearly 33 million U.S.-based business entities are obligated to file beneficial ownership reports with FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). But as of this summer, only a fraction — fewer than 10% — had filed, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in July congressional testimony. Companies created before the beginning of 2024 have just three months left to file their initial reports, and the penalties for wilful failure to file or update reports include daily fines and even jail time.

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What the EU’s Landmark Corporate Human Rights Law Means for Global Firms

The EU's new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is a mouthful, but it's about to become every global company's favorite phrase to lose sleep over. Even if your business isn't directly affected by the law's requirements, according to a group of authors from Littler Mendelson, the directive's broad reach means you might find yourself doing human rights homework.

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