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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
DOJ issues updated guidelines, ending temporary “pause” on FCPA enforcement and focusing potential enforcement on priority areas. On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the Guidelines)...more
DOJ’s new approach to FCPA enforcement presents some interesting opportunities — the headlines from the DOJ FCPA Guidance Memo will bring some significant changes but at the same time some things will not change. Here is my...more
On June 9, 2025, Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, published guidelines for investigations and prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). These guidelines...more
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum on June 9 (the Memo), announcing DOJ will resume enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) after its brief hiatus....more
On June 9, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum entitled “Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA),” which establishes guidelines to ensure that FCPA...more
On January 20, President Trump issued an Executive Order designating certain international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) or Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). ...more
On February 5, U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued 14 memoranda to Department of Justice (DOJ) employees framing the DOJ's current policies and enforcement priorities. These shifting enforcement priorities are aligned...more
Last week President Trump signed an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the nation’s most robust anti-bribery statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). The EO seeks a complete overhaul of the FCPA enforcement...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Attorney General (AG) Pamela Bondi to “cease initiation of any new [Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (15...more
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi on her first day in office – Feb. 5, 2025 – sent several memos to all employees of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) laying out top priorities. In one memo, the DOJ instructs its...more
Pam Bondi was sworn into office as the United States Attorney General on February 5, 2025, and immediately issued a bevy of memoranda advancing the Trump Administration’s priorities. The memorandum entitled General Policy...more
Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi has issued a directive that both: (1) effectively shifts the DOJ’s FCPA enforcement focus towards those cases related to foreign bribery involving cartels and transnational criminal...more
On February 5, newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of guidance documents refocusing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities for the new Administration. In addition to effectuating many of President...more
The proposed expansion of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) further into private commercial activity published in the Federal Register just over a month ago may be halted due to one of the first directives issued by...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) released updated guidance on the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program, on January 17, 2017. The Leniency Program allows corporations and individuals who self-report their cartel...more
The Justice Department can surprise you – the release of the Yates Memo, as it is commonly referred to since it takes on the name of the Deputy Attorney General (e.g. McNulty Memo), is another strange example of DOJ...more