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Government Contractors: Investigating and Reporting Misconduct

Written by Compliance Wave | July 1, 2019 at 7:09 PM

7/1/19: A two-part article by law firm Baker Donelson focuses on the compliance challenges for government contractors in investigating and reporting misconduct....

The bill still has a long way to go before becoming law but it does highlight some of the issues companies may face The articles, posted to JDSupra, do a good job of explaining the recent history of DOJ’s requirements, noting that “… the DOJ's recent changes to the "Yates Memo," originally issued in 2015, highly incentivize contractors to fully investigate potential criminal violations, coordinate their investigations with the government, and share all of the results with the government.”  What does “cooperation” mean and how far should it go...