By Kyle Brasseur2023-07-18T19:43:00
The head of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to depart the agency after a tenure highlighted by multiple policy changes intended to empower corporate chief compliance officers.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. will step down by the end of the month, a spokesman for the DOJ confirmed. Multiple media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, reported the impending departure of Polite for a planned return to a legal career.
Polite formerly worked at Morgan Lewis prior to joining the DOJ in 2021.
2023-08-07T17:37:00Z By Jeff Dale
Sidley Austin announced the appointment of Kenneth Polite Jr., former head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, as a partner and co-lead of the law firm’s white-collar government litigation and investigations practice.
2023-05-25T19:28:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice has seen an uptick in self-reported potential misconduct by corporations since it increased incentives for voluntary disclosure, according to Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr.
2023-05-16T19:58:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Glenn Leon, head of the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section, said “compliance is a very big area of focus” for the agency, during a fireside chat at Compliance Week’s 2023 National Conference.
2025-10-03T21:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
While the Trump administration may have shifted away from pursuing small, white-collar, financial crimes, its focus on health care fraud cases is as hot as ever.
2025-10-01T21:10:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K’.s financial regulator has given a strong indication that financial firms’ use of unauthorized devices and apps is under scrutiny and that policies around off-channel communications need to be tightened up.
2025-09-29T19:09:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Regulatory relief from anti-money laundering rules is in the cards for casinos, insurance companies and other non-bank financial institutions, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said Monday.
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