Busy Q1 Yields Several Significant FCPA Resolutions -

Overview -

On February 19, during the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) annual “SEC Speaks” conference, Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of the SEC’s FCPA Unit, stated that 2016 will be a “very busy year” for the FCPA Unit; on February 23, at an anti-corruption conference in New York, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell indicated that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is currently investigating “a lot” of FCPA cases. Indeed, the first quarter of 2016 has already seen a wave of FCPA settlements, with the SEC having announced nine resolutions and the DOJ having announced three.