How to navigate corporate monitorships effectively

Mark Chutkow (mchutkow@dykema.com; +1 248 203 0715) heads the Government Investigations and Corporate Compliance national practice at Dykema’s Bloomfield Hills, Michigan office. He previously served as the chief of the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and helped select, implement and oversee numerous independent compliance monitors as part of corporate criminal prosecutions. Jason Ross (jross@dykema.com; +1 214 462 6417) is a member in the Dallas, Texas office of Dykema, where he focuses his practice on white collar criminal defence, government investigations and corporate compliance.

Under President Biden’s administration, a renewed emphasis on the use of monitors in corporate enforcement actions has been articulated. Mark Chutkow and Jason Ross of Dykema consider the origins of monitorships and how a company under scrutiny for compliance violations should respond as well as manage any ensuing process.