Webcast details: August 28, 2025 – 2 p.m. ET
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Kenneth Polite Jr., partner at the law firm Sidley, served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) from 2021-23.

Polite’s experience in charge of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, and the fact that he once served as a chief compliance officer for Entergy Corp., gives him a unique perspective on the priorities of white collar crime enforcement of the current administration.

In this webcast, Polite will discuss white collar crime enforcement trends, including:

  • Narrowed justification for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
  • New enforcement applications for the False Claims Act (FCA)
  • Anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement trends
  • New enforcement priorities, including trade, tariff, and customs fraud; and immigration enforcement
  • Cryptocurrency and digital assets – where do they fit into the white collar crime picture?
  • Significance for corporations and executives when the U.S. government designates Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)
  • How and where might states step up their enforcement of white collar crime?

And Polite will discuss:

  • Under what circumstances should corporations consider self-reporting violations to the DOJ?
  • The DOJ has made it clear it wants corporations to self-regulate. What does that mean in practice?
  • How corporate compliance officers should frame these white collar crime enforcement trends during budget discussions with their C-Suite and board?

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