David Metcalf, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Mike and Brent welcome to the podcast the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf.

They discuss the U.S. Attorney’s background working as a government lawyer, a lawyer in private practice, and an in-house lawyer at a large company, and what perspectives that varied background has given him (01:42); the potential pitfalls of over-reliance on legal privilege, especially for company employees (09:00); the relevance of the Japanese classic film Rashomon (1950) to investigations and compliance, especially in terms of mooting various perspectives when making decisions where “knowledge” or “willfulness” is relevant (11:06); the important mission and objectives of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) (13:07); how the U.S. Attorney sees trade and export or import enforcement unfolding nationally and in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (19:46); the importance of frameworks and tools, such as Brent’s Fraud Four-Circle Framework to identifying and effectively responding to potential issues (23:53); the importance to the DOJ of voluntary disclosures and the incentives being offered to corporations today (26:56); and the broader work of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, including how they develop and how people can report cases (33:07). They then conclude with the latest edition of Brent’s “Managing Up” segment (34:31).

More about U.S. Attorney David Metcalf: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/us-attorney

The Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s White Collar Justice Program: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/white-collar-justice-program

The DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division: https://www.justice.gov/fraud

More about the 1950 classic Japanese film “Rashomon”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon#:~:text=%5B4%5D%20Starring%20Toshiro%20Mifune%2C%20Machiko,murdered%20in%20a%20forest.%20The

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