Welcome to your weekly DOJ Dispatch, where we break down the Justice Department's biggest moves and what they mean for you.
This week's top headline: On December 4, at the American Conference Institute's annual gathering, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced DOJ's push for a unified corporate enforcement policy, set to drop in the coming weeks. According to Holland & Knight's alert on the event, Blanche stressed transparency and efficiency, echoing his May 2025 memo titled "Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime." He said DOJ's first priority is nailing individual wrongdoers like executives, but not every corporate slip-up deserves full prosecution—especially if companies self-disclose and cooperate.
Key developments build on that May shift from Criminal Division head Matthew Galeotti. DOJ's recalibrating monitorships to ditch expensive, sprawling oversight, rewarding good-faith companies that learn from mistakes. They'll expand the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot to cover more forfeitures in high-impact areas like healthcare fraud and immigration violations. Enforcement stays rigorous—Galeotti warned non-cooperators to expect indictments—while prioritizing public safety threats over broad burdens on business.
For American citizens, this means stronger crackdowns on fraud draining Medicare, like the recent $45 million Botox scheme indictment. Businesses get a clearer path to leniency: self-disclose, remediate fast, and you might dodge charges entirely. States and locals benefit from streamlined federal probes that won't overload shared resources. No big international ripples here, but it bolsters U.S. economic edge.
Experts at Baker Donelson call it a game-changer, with ten high-impact focus areas from national security to investor fraud. Watch for that single policy rollout soon—no firm deadline yet, but weeks away.
Citizens, if you spot corporate wrongdoing, tip off DOJ whistleblower programs for potential awards.
Keep an eye on extraditions of smuggling rings and MS-13 sentencings wrapping up. For more, hit justice.gov/news.
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