Quick Compliance Takeaways from DOJ's Recent Guidance Updates

On June 1, 2020, the US Department of Justice Criminal Division (DOJ) released the latest iteration of its guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Evaluation Guidance). The revisions, while relatively modest, show DOJ’s increasing focus on, and sophisticated understanding of, companies’ use of data analytics and monitoring for continuous improvement of their compliance programs. This Legal Update provides a quick set of compliance takeaways from the updated Evaluation Guidance to help simplify compliance teams' integration of these updates into their programs during dynamic times.