President Trump’s recent Executive Order (EO), which seeks to reduce enforcement of the anti-bribery and anti-corruption provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), may be perceived as a declaration of an...more
4/2/2025
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Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
International Trade ,
Israel ,
OECD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
Last September, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco issued a memorandum instructing the various departments in the Department of Justice to adopt a lenient enforcement policy toward corporations. The aim of this policy is...more
5/22/2023
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Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
Enforcement authorities have attempted in recent years to increase their war on bribery and corruption. We therefore have seen a number of elected officials investigated for such offenses, viewed as some of the most serious...more
Last November, a Connecticut jury convicted Mr. Hoskins on six counts of bribing a foreign public official under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and on three counts of money laundering.
This is an important red...more
1/22/2020
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Bribery ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
France ,
Jurisdiction ,
Money Laundering ,
Public Officials ,
Subsidiaries