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The Volkov Law Group

The Coming Corporate Sanctions Enforcement Storm (Part I of II)

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There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.  Willa Cather I know I sound like a broken record.  The Justice Department’s white collar criminal enforcement  has been trending down over the last few...more

Jones Day

SDNY Launches Whistleblower Pilot Program to Encourage Self-Disclosure of Criminal Conduct

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The recently created SDNY Whistleblower Pilot Program encourages individuals to self-disclose certain criminal conduct and cooperate in resulting investigations and prosecutions. ...more

Fisher Phillips

Deal of a Lifetime – or Jailtime and Fines? 5 Best Practices to Avoid Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations

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One of your employees working overseas emails you with great news – they’re about to close a $50 million sale with a new customer. They tell you everything looks great, but there’s just one thing. The local political party...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

DOJ CCO Certification Requirement Will Up the Ante of CCO Oversight

Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice have portended a sea change in the oversight responsibilities of chief compliance officers (CCOs) as it concerns corporate resolutions going forward. In public remarks made March...more

Dechert LLP

Measure Twice, Cut Once: New DOJ Compliance Certifications Put CEOs and CCOs at Risk of Individual Criminal Liability

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Key Takeaways - As DOJ senior leadership signaled it would do since March, DOJ has now officially required as part of resolving a corporate enforcement action, that a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Chief Executive...more

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Prosecutors Embrace Criminal AML Charges in Corruption Cases

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Federal prosecutors enjoy flipping through the United States Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., to pick out tools to charge defendants.  Over the last ten years, DOJ’s reliance on criminal charges in FCPA cases has...more

Jenner & Block

Anti-Corruption Enforcement - 2021 Year in Review

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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the change in presidential administrations in the United States in January 2021, US enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) declined in 2021. However, we...more

A&O Shearman

Get ready for an uptick in FCPA / anti-corruption enforcement

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The U.S. Biden administration has announced a detailed new anti-corruption strategy, naming corruption as a core national security interest....more

A&O Shearman

Expect more FCPA enforcement: Biden administration names corruption a national security interest

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On December 6, 2021, the Biden administration announced a sweeping new anti-corruption strategy. The “United States Strategy on Countering Corruption” (the SCC) follows President Biden’s declaration this summer, in a June...more

King & Spalding

Q4 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

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In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2018

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

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