Corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Foreign Nationals

Pending Florida Legislation Would Add Restrictions on "Foreign Principals"

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/19/2025

A couple of weeks into the 2025 legislative session, Florida legislators are considering a suite of bills focused on "foreign principals" and their political activities, access to critical infrastructure, procurement,...more

Court Reverses Foreign National’s FCPA Conviction, Setting a High Bar to Establish an Agency Relationship

Cozen O'Connor on 2/28/2020

A ruling issued on Wednesday, February 26 by a Connecticut federal court details the type of control necessary to find that a foreign national acted as an agent of a U.S. domestic concern for purposes of falling within the...more

Second Circuit Decision Rejects Expansion of Geographic Reach of FCPA

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 9/7/2018

A Brief Overview of the FCPA - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a federal statute that prohibits United States companies and individuals from bribing foreign government officials in order to gain or retain...more

Second Circuit Limits Extraterritorial Application of FCPA

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/7/2018

On August 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that announced a new and important limitation on the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....more

Court of Appeals Cuts Back Extraterritorial FCPA Jurisdiction Over Foreign Nationals

The Volkov Law Group on 9/5/2018

The Justice Department’s attempt to assert broad jurisdiction over foreign nationals was rebuked in a recent US Court of Appeals decision in United States v. Hoskins....more

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for August 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/14/2015

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 in the past month, with links to primary...more