Anti-bribery and corruption agencies in the UK, France and Switzerland today announced a shared commitment to tackling international bribery and corruption, by way of a new taskforce intended to strengthen collaboration....more
3/21/2025
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Publicly announced Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity in 2023 did not return to the levels seen a few years ago, as indicated by both the total number of cases against corporate and individual...more
1/31/2024
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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
While Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity has not come close to returning to the heights seen a few years ago, 2022 reflected significant increases from the prior year in both the number of cases against...more
2/10/2023
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On August 12, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued another decision in a long-running criminal action that holds significant implications for the reach of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...more
8/31/2022
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Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more
1/30/2020
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Despite predictions of a slow-down in enforcement under the Trump administration—and indications that enforcement in some areas has decreased in the past year1—2018 was yet again an active year for FCPA enforcement. The year...more
1/18/2019
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Yates Memorandum
Busy Q1 Yields Several Significant FCPA Resolutions -
Overview -
On February 19, during the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) annual “SEC Speaks” conference, Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of the SEC’s FCPA...more
3/25/2016
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