Over the last several years, enforcement authorities including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have aggressively pursued corporate misconduct, particularly in the areas of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, financial fraud, corruption and sanctions. As a result, public and private companies, as well as their boards, have faced—and continue to face—increasingly complex compliance obligations. In a recent article for Governance Intelligence, colleagues David Oliwenstein, Tony Phillips and Adam Goldberg provide insights on notable DOJ and SEC enforcement trends, what boards need to know, and recommendations on how to mitigate the risk of government investigations.
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