Partner Loyaan Egal spoke with Global Investigations Review about the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent declination to prosecute the University Space Research Association, marking one of the first declinations issued under the National Security Division’s voluntary self-disclosure policy.
Loyaan noted that the decision demonstrates that the DOJ is continuing enforcement practices established under the prior administration. “In this current environment, it portends well that this program and this policy is going forward,” Loyaan said, adding that the Criminal Division’s recent revisions to its corporate enforcement policy also “indicates a strong desire” for both programs to prioritize voluntary self-disclosures.