“Fake News” or Actual Clarity: U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton Addresses DOJ and SDNY Corporate Enforcement Policies

The first few months of 2026 have brought new and important developments to the federal government’s approach to corporate criminal enforcement and voluntary self-disclosure. First, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) unveiled a revised corporate enforcement policy in February; then, the Department of Justice (DOJ) followed shortly thereafter with its own department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP).... By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP