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    Attorney Dennis Sapien-Pangindian draws on his experience at HHS-OIG, the largest Inspector General’s office in the U.S. government, to guide health care providers, health plans, and life sciences clients who are confronted ...

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The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Proposed 2024 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seek to Restore Consistency in Loss Calculations and Mitigate the Impact of Acquitted Conduct
Categories: White Collar
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On December 26, 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (“USSC”) proposed several amendments to its Guidelines Manual (the “Guidelines”). Two of these proposed amendments have the potential to especially impact sentencing decisions in white collar criminal cases. In particular,  one amendment changes the rule for calculating loss, and another provides new options regarding the consideration of acquitted conduct.

Rule for Calculating Loss

The USSC’s proposed revision to the Guidelines’ rules for calculating loss arises out of an effort to continually evaluate and ...

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Main Justice Launches a 90-Day “Policy Sprint” to Launch a Whistleblower Rewards Program
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On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of a 90-day sprint to develop and implement a pilot program for DOJ’s latest “carrot” to incentivize companies to invest in a culture of compliance: a whistleblower rewards program. In an address at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Monaco explained: “[t]he premise is simple: if an individual helps DOJ discover significant corporate or financial misconduct — otherwise unknown to us — then the individual could qualify to receive a portion of the ...

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