{"id":181,"date":"2018-10-23T10:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/?p=181"},"modified":"2018-10-23T10:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:47:39","slug":"new-doj-guidance-on-corporate-compliance-monitors-is-more-business-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/2018\/10\/23\/new-doj-guidance-on-corporate-compliance-monitors-is-more-business-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"New DOJ Guidance on Corporate Compliance Monitors Is More Business-Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 11, 2018, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Brian A. Benczkowski issued new guidance on the selection of corporate compliance monitors in Criminal Division matters. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/file\/1100531\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benczkowski Memorandum<\/a>\u00a0signals a shift toward a more business-friendly approach to the imposition and use of monitors by the DOJ. Among other new provisions, the guidance directs prosecutors to weigh the potential benefits of a monitor against the costs and burdens on the company, and to consider whether the company\u2019s existing compliance program and controls obviate the need for a monitor.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/doj_criminal_division_issues_new_guidance_corporate_compliance_monitors_1018.html\"><em>Alert<\/em><\/a> on the Duane Morris LLP website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 11, 2018, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Brian A. Benczkowski issued new guidance on the selection of corporate compliance monitors in Criminal Division matters. The\u00a0Benczkowski Memorandum\u00a0signals a shift toward a more business-friendly approach to the imposition and use of monitors by the DOJ. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/2018\/10\/23\/new-doj-guidance-on-corporate-compliance-monitors-is-more-business-friendly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New DOJ Guidance on Corporate Compliance Monitors Is More Business-Friendly&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[163,134,138,176,103],"ppma_author":[241],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-christopher-casey","tag-corporate-compliance-programs","tag-doj","tag-monitors","tag-white-collar-criminal-litigation"],"authors":[{"term_id":241,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":"","9":"","10":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/whitecollarcriminallaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}