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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for February 2025

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program and Announces a New Incentive for Self-Reports

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2023

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

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ and CFTC Close Out Slow FCPA Enforcement Year with $98 Million Resolution with Freepoint Commodities LLC (Part I of II)

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The Justice Department’s FCPA enforcement record for 2024 was slow.  This  trend was unexpected, contrary to my own predictions and of various other prognosticators.  It is hard to explain why this slowdown occurred....more

WilmerHale

Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2022 Developments and Predictions for 2023

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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

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Anti-Corruption 2021

This is the third in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Our previous entry discussed sanctions and export control trends....more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

CFTC Review of WTI Futures Contract Prices Captures Attention of Industry Market Participants

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicated on April 24 that it is conducting a review of the $40-per-barrel plunge in the WTI crude price that occurred on April 20. The CFTC stated that it is conducting the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Impact of COVID-19 on White Collar Enforcement

While enforcement agencies have yet to indicate that they intend to put their pens down in response to COVID-19, there is anecdotal evidence that some agencies have slowed their investigations as remote working impacts matter...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FCPA Notebook: Trends in 2019

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s International Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations team has created its latest FCPA infographic, which presents an overview of some high-level enforcement trends in an easy-to-view,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CFTC Enters the Market for Anti-Corruption Enforcement

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New enforcement advisory encourages reporting of foreign corrupt practices that the agency intends to pursue under the Commodity Exchange Act. On March 6, 2019, the Division of Enforcement (Division) of the US Commodity...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - March 2019 #2

Unexpectedly, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a new initiative to encourage non-registrants to self-report foreign corrupt practices, which it claimed might also constitute violations of laws and rules it...more

A&O Shearman

CFTC Announces Further Incentives For Self-Reporting, Cooperation For Unregistered Individuals And Entities, While Highlighting...

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On March 6, 2019, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC’s”) Enforcement Division, James McDonald, announced a new policy related to the benefits of self-reporting foreign corrupt practices-related...more

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