Important Whistleblower Protection and AI Risk Management Updates

What You Need To Know In September 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, which is the roadmap that Criminal Division prosecutors use to evaluate a company’s compliance program. The updated guidance underscores two primary DOJ priorities for corporate compliance: (1) how companies are navigating risks […]

Important Whistleblower Protection and AI Risk Management Updates
Posted by Ben Kingsley, Jen Hitchcock, and Ran Ben-Tzur, Fenwick & West LLP, on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Editor's Note:

Ben Kingsley, Jen Hitchcock, and Ran Ben-Tzu are Partners at Fenwick & West LLP. This post is based on a Fenwick memorandum by Mr. Kingsley, Ms. Hitchcock, Mr. Ben-Tzur, Mike Dicke, Chris Steskal, and Dave Feder.

What You Need To Know

  • In September 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, which is the roadmap that Criminal Division prosecutors use to evaluate a company’s compliance program.
  • The updated guidance underscores two primary DOJ priorities for corporate compliance: (1) how companies are navigating risks relating to artificial intelligence and other “new and emerging technologies,” and (2) how companies are encouraging and protecting corporate whistleblowers.
  • There are multiple updates across different areas in the guidance that corporate compliance professionals should review.

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