U.S. Justice Department weighing new guidance on messaging apps, clawback policies -official

By:

Updated: Dec 2, 2022, 14:50 UTC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's criminal division is weighing issuing additional guidance for corporations on employees' use of personal devices and third-party messaging applications, a top official said on Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Justice Building is pictured

(This Dec. 1 story has been corrected to fix Nicole Argentieri’s title in paragraph 2)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s criminal division is weighing issuing additional guidance for corporations on employees’ use of personal devices and third-party messaging applications, a top official said on Thursday.

The agency is also considering whether it needs to offer more guidance on how prosecutors weigh a company’s executive clawback policies in investigations into corporate misconduct, said Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri.

(Reporting by Chris Prentice)

About the Author

Reuterscontributor

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news to professionals via Thomson Reuters desktops, the world's media organizations, and directly to consumers at Reuters.com and via Reuters TV. Learn more about Thomson Reuters products: