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DOJ clarifies its CEP with a focus on self-reporting and compliance monitors

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A company can expect a declination when it voluntarily discloses corporate misconduct, cooperates, and remediates violations.

Earlier this week, Matthew Galeotti, head of the US Justice Department’s (DOJ’s) criminal division, said that a company can expect to receive a declination to prosecute when it voluntarily discloses potential corporate misconduct to prosecutors, cooperates with a probe and remediates violations.

And he went into further detail about how