Given the Trump Administration’s unprecedented reliance on tariffs as a foreign policy tool and a means to protect and foster U.S. industry, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is rapidly shifting resources and enforcement...more
On June 9, 2025, the Deputy Attorney General issued a Memorandum detailing the administration’s new FCPA guidelines for all current and future investigations and enforcement actions. According to the Head of DOJ’s Criminal...more
On March 20, 2025, the United Kingdom, France and Switzerland jointly announced the formation of a new International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce (the “Task Force”) aimed at strengthening cross-border collaboration...more
5/13/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Government Agencies ,
Switzerland ,
UK
UPDATE: President Signs Executive Order Directing DOJ to Pause All FCPA Enforcement for 180 Days - On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to pause all...more
Key Points -
On September 15, 2022, Deputy AG Lisa O. Monaco released a Memorandum and provided remarks announcing several DOJ policy changes to prioritize and strengthen the Department’s prosecution of corporate crime....more
• On December 13, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) revised and re-issued its “Export Controls and Sanctions Policy for Business Organizations” (the “Revised Policy”) to “provide greater clarity for companies faced with a...more
12/20/2019
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Financial Institutions ,
Incentives ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Sanction Violations ,
Voluntary Disclosure
In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what “adequate procedures” should be for the purpose of a defense to the corporate offense of failing...more
3/13/2018
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Jury Verdicts ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Section 7 ,
Self-Reporting ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act