On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the “Blanche Memorandum”) detailing new guidelines for the Department of Justice’s approach to investigating and enforcing the Foreign Corrupt...more
We have previously written about the impact of the pause in enforcement of the FCPA implemented by the Trump Administration on non-American companies.1 Although the 180-day review period the Executive Order provided to the...more
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced November 21 that he will leave his post January 20, 2025. The next day, the SEC announced its enforcement results for fiscal year 2024, which ended September 30. This was the latest release of...more
On October 27, 2020, a U.S.-based producer and distiller of beverages, Beam Suntory, Inc. (“Beam” or “the Company”), agreed to pay a penalty of nearly $20 million dollars to resolve a Department of Justice investigation into...more