This article was originally published by Bloomberg Law on April 10, 2025, and is republished here with permission. Read the original article here: DOJ’s Pause on FCPA Is a Compliance Shake-Up for Businesses – Bloomberg...more
The United Kingdom (UK), France, and Switzerland announced on 20 March 2025 that they have jointly launched the International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce to combat complex international white-collar crime. The...more
4/3/2025
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As the pending settlement in In re: College Athlete NIL Litigation, Case No. 4:20-CV-03919 (N.D. Cal) (the “House Settlement”) inches toward a final approval hearing before Judge Claudia Wilken on April 7th, a big question...more
On February 20, the U.S. Department of State (State) designated eight cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). These designations are the latest development in the Trump administration’s realignment of the U.S....more
Robust immigration enforcement was a consistent theme that the Republican party sounded during the presidential campaign. Since taking office, the second Trump administration has surged into action with remarkable speed,...more
The World Bank Group (WBG) recently revised two key sanctions system procedures to account for 10 to 15 years of sanctions case development and issue management. Companies and individuals participating in WBG-financed...more
Upon her swearing in on February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of memoranda to all Department of Justice employees, including a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to pause enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and issue new enforcement guidelines that take into consideration U.S....more
The World Bank Group (WBG) Sanctions System enforcement activities remain below the pre-pandemic level for the third consecutive year. But the establishment of regional investigative hubs and increased number of settlement...more
The latest revisions to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) guidance show the Department of Justice (DOJ) is wary about the potential misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Equally captivated are...more
On 21 November 2024, hot off a political comeback for the history books, president-elect Donald Trump announced former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi as his nominee for Attorney General. The announcement followed the...more
The recent amendment to the Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division expects companies to self-disclose allegations of misconduct within 120...more
In the past several years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been pursuing a variety of strategies to increase the number of corporate criminal prosecutions. As Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, chief of...more
On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) into law, revising Section 201 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code concerning bribery of government officials. This significant development...more
Last week at the 40th American Conference Institute (ACI) International Conference on the FCPA, government enforcement agencies such as the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and UK Serious...more
You get a hotline report that a project coordinator in an emerging market that you recently entered was awarded their contract based on a falsified experience. You begin investigation Desktop review and remote interviews...more
An Indiana-based contract research organization for pharmaceutical testing is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The...more
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announces a new safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures of acquired entities’ criminal misconduct. Although the new safe harbor provides clear timelines for disclosure, the costs...more
This month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced various policy changes meant to promote corporate compliance and update DOJ’s “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” This article discusses two of these policy...more
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has two very important missions when investing in developing countries: development and poverty reduction. These missions present unique opportunities for the IFC and its...more
Ignoring integrity risks in emerging markets when receiving financing from the World Bank Group (WBG) is about to become much riskier, as the WBG Sanctions System Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) indicates. The...more
12/7/2022
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On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco released a memorandum titled “Further Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Following Discussions with Corporate Crime Advisory Group,” known...more
The American Bar Association’s annual white collar crime conference is often a favorite place for the U.S. Department of Justice to announce new policies and programs, and this year’s meeting in San Francisco was no...more
On January 21, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Opinion Procedure Release (the “OPR” or “OPR 22-01”) addressing the rarely discussed extortion exception to the FCPA’s...more
On November 25th, the OECD Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions adopted a series of recommendations for member countries to implement, in an effort to curb...more
12/14/2021
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