DOJ Issues First-Ever Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

March 13, 2026

On March 10, 2026, DOJ released its first-ever Department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the "CEP"), applicable across DOJ components and U.S. Attorneys' Offices ("USAOs"), with the exception of antitrust violations. In its press release concerning the new policy, the DOJ stated the CEP promotes "uniformity, predictability, and fairness in how it pursues white-collar cases” and advised the CEP supersedes "all component-specific or U.S. Attorney's Office-specific corporate enforcement policies currently in effect." This includes USAO-specific corporate enforcement programs, such as the Southern District of New York's recently-issued Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Financial Crimes, to the extent they are inconsistent with the Department-wide CEP.

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