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
7/16/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Cartels ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
OECD ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Swiss Banks ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Whistleblower...more
6/2/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Biden Administration ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
New Guidance ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Penalties ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Consumer product companies are facing unprecedented scrutiny as the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) intensifies its regulatory oversight. With heightened civil penalties, increased monitoring of e-commerce...more
On February 11, 2025, Transparency International (TI) published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024. TI observes that corruption remains “a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the...more
2/12/2025
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Asia Pacific ,
Australia ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corruption ,
Corruption Perceptions Index ,
Foreign Investment ,
India ,
Indonesia ,
Japan ,
Popular ,
Transparency International
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this special edition of our award-winning monthly Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter summarizes the most...more
1/16/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
FEPA ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investigations ,
OECD ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK Bribery Act ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
White Collar Crimes
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
1/14/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
CJIP ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
OECD ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The ECCP is intended to assist federal prosecutors in determining whether a corporation’s compliance program was effective at the time of the alleged offense(s) and, if not, what type of enforcement, monetary penalty, and...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, our Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Year In Review provides quick, visual representations of key trends in FCPA enforcement over...more
2/8/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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
12/19/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
Charter Communications ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Controls ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Speedy Trial Act ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
World Bank
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
6/14/2023
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
On March 3, 2023, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., the Assistant Attorney General (“AAG”) of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced the launch of the Division’s Pilot Program on Compensation...more
On March 3, 2023, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") revised its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs or ECCP (the “March 2023 ECCP”) for the first time since June 2020....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
2/15/2023
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Corruption Perceptions Index ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
European Parliament ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Transparency International ,
US Department of State
Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco’s September 15, 2022, memorandum on revisions to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Corporate Enforcement Policies (the Monaco Memo) reflects that preservation of business...more
12/12/2022
/ Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ,
CFTC ,
Commercial Electronic Messages ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Third-Party
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
8/13/2020
/ Abuse of Power ,
Africa ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
Iraq ,
Money Laundering ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tax Fraud ,
UK ,
Watershed
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published a revised version of its guidance on the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “June 2020 Guidance”). Like its predecessors in February 2017 and...more
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
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
5/14/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
New Guidance ,
OECD ,
Popular ,
Ukraine
On April 30, 2019, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Brian Benczkowski, announced the release of an updated version of the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance...more
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
6/1/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Australia ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
South Korea
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
4/20/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Finland ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mexico ,
Mismanagement ,
OECD ,
Political Corruption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Telecommunications ,
Thailand ,
TRACE ,
UK ,
Working Groups
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
3/28/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Austria ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Haiti ,
Hungary ,
Panama Papers ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
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
3/3/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Chile ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
India ,
Medical Devices ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Texas ,
Transparency ,
Transparency International ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Vietnam ,
White Collar Crimes
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
12/17/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Presidential Elections ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
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
11/17/2016
/ Aircraft ,
Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Ireland ,
Latin America ,
OECD ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Retaliation ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Spain ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Whistleblowers