Wendy J. Olson, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, is a partner in Stoel Rives’ Litigation practice. She focuses her practice on government investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and civil litigation.

Wendy has over two decades of experience prosecuting white-collar crime cases along with criminal civil rights violations, child sexual exploitation cases, and Idaho’s only federal death penalty case. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for 13 years and served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho for seven years until joining Stoel Rives in 2017.

As AI tools and modern communication platforms become increasingly embedded in corporate operations, the DOJ Antitrust Division has released an updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations, marking a significant expansion in DOJ expectations around artificial intelligence, ephemeral messaging, and data-driven monitoring.

This updated guidance provides a clearer roadmap for what