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The Program on Corporate Compliance has been highlighted in the news and faculty are often interviewed and cited on the latest news in corporate compliance and enforcement for their legal expertise and opinions. Read a selection of press highlights:

2/2/23

Ex-Allianz Manager's Legal Fight Tests DOJ White Collar Strategy

Bloomberg Law

Excerpt: Jennifer Arlen

5/7/21

Jennifer Arlen '86 recognized in GIR's 2021 Women in Investigations
Global Investigations Review

2/12/21

Ensuring Government Integrity
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy’s 2021 Symposium on “The Ethics of Government Service”
Moderator: Alicyn Cooley

2/6/21

Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and Export Controls as National Security Tools
New York University Journal of Law & Liberty’s Symposium on “Coping with the Unexpected: National Security, the Law, and Responses to 21st Century Threats”
Speaker: Alicyn Cooley

1/12/21

International Anti-Corruption Policy and Enforcement under the Biden Administration
American Society of International Law
Speaker: Alicyn Cooley

10/29/20

False Claims Act Risks and Trends in U.S Higher Education
Goodwin Procter
Speaker: Alicyn Cooley

8/12/20

Diversity and Corporate Governance in an Era of Social Change
Ballard Spahr
Speaker: Alicyn Cooley

6/16/20

PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Counts of Manslaughter in Camp Fire Case
New York Times
Expert: Jennifer Arlen ‘86

3/26/20

Forum examines financial sector's role in combatting human trafficking
NYU Law News

1/21/20

Jennifer Arlen '86 publishes article on global corporate investigations
Corporate Crime Reporter

10/29/19

Corporate Enforcement in the Trump Administration
Yale Law School
Speakers: Jennifer Arlen '86 and Alicyn Cooley

9/4/19

Platinum Prosecutor To Head NYU Corporate Crime Program
Law360

4/30/19

Whistleblowers: Company at Heart of 97,000% Drug Price Hike Bribed Doctors to Boost Sales
CNN U.S. Edition

4/10/19

Jennifer Arlen '86 was appointed as a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute.

3/31/19

A Judge Wants to Control PG&E’s Dividends Until It Reduces Risk of Fires
The Wall Street Journal

2/6/19

On February 6, 2019, the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE) was pleased to announce that Maria Vullo ’87, former superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), has joined PCCE as a senior fellow.

1/24/19

On January 24, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order creating a Task Force on EDA's Tax Incentives. This Task Force will be assisted by Pablo Quiñones, founder of Quiñones Law PLLC and Senior Fellow and former Executive Director of the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement.

11/29/18

On November 29, 2018, New York Attorney General-Elect Letitia James named Pablo Quiñones to serve on her transition committee with a select group of prominent lawyers, including former US Attorneys, federal and state judges, and experienced litigators. Quiñones is the founder of Quiñones Law PLLC and Senior Fellow and former Executive Director of the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement. In the New York Law Journal report about the transition committee, Attorney General-Elect James highlighted both the expertise and diverse talent of her transition team: “It is an honor to have such a diverse and deeply talented Transition Committee helping to guide the priorities of this office,” James said. “As experts in a wide array of relevant fields and hailing from every corner of the Empire State, New Yorkers from all walks of life should be confident that their interests and rights will be well represented.”

11/4/18

Two PCCE Student Fellows, Deepa Devanathan '19 and Kate Stein '19, were on the NYU Mock Trial team that won The Federal White Collar Crime Invitational (hosted by Georgetown University Law Center Barristers' Center). Deepa Devanathan '19 won Top Attorney.

1/11/18
Goldman Sachs Exec Says Concerns Growing that Compliance Officers Are Being Unfairly Targeted by Law Enforcement
Corporate Crime Reporter

10/23/2017
Two PCCE Student Fellows, Jason Driscoll '18 and Kate Stein '19, were on the NYU Mock Trial team that won The White Collar Crime Invitational (hosted by Georgetown University Law Center Barristers' Center). Kate Stein '19 won Top Attorney.

10/17/2017
Debate Heats Up Over Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements Instead of Guilty Pleas to Settle Corporate Crime Cases
Corporate Crime Reporter

10/16/2017
FCPA and OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Conference at NYU School of Law November 9
Corporate Crime Reporter

10/5/2017
Financial Regulations and Enforcement: Transatlantic Perspectives
Speaker: Jennifer Arlen '86

9/6/2017
No Law Needed on Insider Trading, SEC Chief Says
Wall Street Journal

7/14/2017
Criminal Investigation into St. Paul's School May Force Changes
Boston Globe
Expert: Jennifer Arlen '86

6/26/2017
NYU Law Professor Jennifer Arlen on Turning Corporate Criminals into Corporate Cops
Corporate Crime Reporter

6/20/2017
Panel Explores Overlapping Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Companies and How Penalties are Determined
Pennsylvania Record
Panelist: Jennifer Arlen '86

1/13/2017
Justice Department Toughened Approach on Corporate Crime, but Will That Last?
New York Times
Expert: Jennifer Arlen '86

10/17/2016
MetLife-FSOC Argument on Appeal: MetLife-FSOC raises fundamental questions about the role of courts, says Geoffrey Miller
Bloomberg Law: Banking

10/07/2016
Toledo Law Review Symposia, Creating Compliance: Expolring a Maturing Industry Keynote
By Geoffrey Parsons Miller

10/06/2016
Regulators Need to Walk the Walk in Supporting Whistleblowers
By Daniel S. Alter
American Banker

10/04/2016
Wells Fargo Allowed to Neither Admit nor Deny. Why?: The authorities blinked, says Daniel Alter
Corporate Crime Reporter

09/26/2016
Keeping Corporate Crime—and Corporate Cops—in Check: The rule of law should run in both directions, says Jennifer Arlen
NYU Law News

05/02/2016
The Morning Risk Report: NYU Launches Compliance Blog
Wall Street Journal

04/04/16
Marshall Miller, Former Federal Prosecutor, Joins Wachtell Lipton
New York Times

03/30/16
MetLife Ruling May Spur More Challenges to Regulators
BNA Banking Daily
Expert: Geoffrey Parsons Miller

03/17/16
FIFA, Embracing Role as Victim, Seeks to Collect Millions in U.S. Case
New York Times
Expert: Serina M. Vash

10/11/2015

SEC Trims Use of In-House Judges

Wall Street Journal
Expert: Jennifer Arlen '86

10/9/2015

In Case Against Soccer Officials, U.S. Paints FIFA as the Victim

New York Times
Expert: Serina M. Vash

10/07/15
NYU Law Professor Jennifer Arlen on Corporate Guilty Pleas Versus Deferred Prosecutions
Corporate Crime Reporter
October 5th Print Edition here

9/29/15

"We Want to End Corruption in Our Country" President Cartes Tells NYU
Office of the President of the Republic of Paraguay

9/29/15
Should FCPA Enforcers Focus on Bribe-Paying Employees or Their Corporate Employers?
The Global Anticorruption Blog

9/21/2015
Justice Dept. Names Chen to New Controversial Compliance Counsel Post
Corporate Counsel

9/11/15
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates Announces Major New Corporate Prosecution Policy at NYU Law
NYU Law website

New Justice Dept. policy aims to get tough on Wall Street fraud
USA TODAY

Probes of White-Collar Crime to Target Corporate Leaders
Law.com

9/10/15

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE PROGRAM ON CORPORATE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

US DOJ Issues New Guidelines on Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing

Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates will announce new DOJ guidelines on individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing today at NYU School of Law in Greenberg Lounge. The Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement hosts her address. Beginning at 12:45 p.m.
Read the September 9, 2015 Yates Memo here. DAG Yates Remarks can be viewed here.

Justice Department Pledges to Focus on Wall Street Crime
CNN

U.S. outlines new policy for investigating corporate executives
Reuters

The Justice Department is Taking Aim at Wall Street Executives
Business Insider

Justice Department Pledges to Crack Down on Wall Street Fraud
NPR

Justice Department To Hold More Individuals Accountable For White-Collar Crime
Huffington Post

Justice Department gets tough on lawbreaking Wall Street executives
UPI

The Justice Department Swears It's Finally Getting Serious About Putting Corporate Criminals in Jail
slate.com

9/9/15

Justice Department Sets Sights on Wall Street Executives
New York Times

Justice Department Renews Focus on White Collar Cases
Wall Street Journal

9/2/15

"Port Authority has $1.75M tab for lawyers in probe of Pulaski Skyway funding"
NorthJersey.com
Expert: Jennifer Arlen '86, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement

7/28/15

Top Official at Justice Dept. to Leave Post
New York Times

7/4/15

"Port Authority Road-Funds Probe Intensifies"
NorthJersey.com
Expert: Jennifer Arlen '86, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement

6/17/15

Professor Jennifer Arlen Delivers Keynote Address at the Third Annual Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission Conference in Bangkok
ThaiPR.net

4/18/2015
The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff Delivers the Luncheon Keynote Address for the PCCE Conference on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing

4/18/2015
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell Delivers the Luncheon Keynote Address for the PCCE Conference on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing

2/25/15

PCCE and the Milbank Tweed Forum Co-Host
“Banks Behind Bars: Convicting BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse”
NYU Law website
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12/18/14

“Distilling the Law: American Law Institute again taps NYU Law faculty to oversee publications on key areas of practice”
NYU Law website

12/17/14

"Program Co-Director Geoffrey Miller meets with President of Paraguay to discuss compliance and education in Paraguay and other parts of Latin America"
Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay - Press Release (please use translate function in upper right of article)

12/11/14

"ALI approves project on compliance, enforcement, and risk management"
FCPA Blog

12/03/14