During remarks at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Compliance and Legal Society New York Regional Seminar, Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, offered some insight about the newly established compliance counsel and what metrics the compliance counsel will use to assess compliance programs.

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