Compliance into the Weeds: Understanding the Telefonica Venezuela FCPA Enforcement Action
Episode 344 -- SEC Settles FCPA Case with Moog for $1.7 Million
Wicked Coin: FIFA: Soccer, Scandal, and Sportswashing
Episode 339: Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
Episode 338 -- Deep Dive into the Deere SEC FCPA Case
FCPA Survival Guide - Step 8 - Investing in Compliance
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 3 - Extensive Remediation
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day – Compliance Lessons from the Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 1 - Self-Disclosure
All Things Investigations: Compliance Lessons from Gunvor and Trafigura Enforcement Actions
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into The Trafigura FCPA Settlement
Episode 317 -- A Deep Dive into the Trafigura FCPA Settlement
What's Going on with FCPA?
Episode 316 -- DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Policy
Compliance into The Weeds: Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into The Gunvor FCPA Settlement
Episode 314 -- A Deep Dive into Gunvor's FCPA Settlement
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: DOJ’s Shifting Approach to Recidivism and Self-Disclosure
DOJ unveils a new whistleblower incentive program to complement the Department’s continued efforts to encourage self-reporting of criminal violations. On Thursday, March 7, 2024, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco...more
FEPA contains a broad prohibition on corrupt activity and applies to a broad category of public officials. First, FEPA makes it unlawful for any foreign official to “demand, seek, receive, accept, or agree to” receive...more
On December 22, 2023, President Biden completed the proverbial “sandwich” against international bribery schemes by signing the groundbreaking Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (“FEPA”) into law....more
The breadth of the recently enacted FEPA presents pitfalls for U.S. companies dealing with foreign governments and state-owned entities requiring significant caution and effective compliance controls....more
U.S. companies that do business globally may need to update their compliance training to ensure employees operating in international venues understand new risks. For decades, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has made it...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) as part of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. FEPA criminalizes demand-side bribery by foreign officials...more
Signed into law on December 22, 2023, the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) signals a further focus by the U.S. government on anti-corruption enforcement. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team...more
On December 14, 2023, the United States House and Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). This bipartisan legislation, which Senator Sheldon...more
On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Congress (Congress) passed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), as a part of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The FEPA, which received bipartisan support, makes...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
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more
With the US Supreme Court holding that it is legal to politically extort any jurisdiction beneath you and the Trump Justice Department stating that is also now legal to lie to the FBI, I thought it would be a good time to...more
Eye on the Supreme Court—Corruption and Fraud Edition - Why it matters: This session, the Supreme Court has undertaken the review of numerous cases that raise thorny issues arising in the white collar context. In our...more