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DOJ Announces Revisions to Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy (CEP), outlining the benefits a company may earn by voluntarily self-disclosing misconduct, as well as the...more

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CFTC Announces New Enforcement Advisory on Self-Reporting, Cooperation and Remediation

On February 25, 2025, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) issued an advisory to Division staff on how to evaluate self-reporting, cooperation and remediation credit...more

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Deere’s FCPA Enforcement Action: Performing a Root Cause Analysis to Inform Remediation

We recently had a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action that reminded me that everything old is new again in anti-corruption compliance. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) FCPA enforcement action...more

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More Clarity on the Horizon for FCPA Resolutions? DOJ and SEC Officials Discuss Enforcement Trends

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On November 28–30, 2023, the American Conference Institute’s 40th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), held in Washington, D.C., brought together prosecutors, regulators, corporate...more

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Meeting DOJ and SEC Post-Settlement Obligations: A Practical Guide

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No Longer Just a Matter of Paying the Fine and Moving On. Corporate settlement agreements used to be straightforward—pay the penalty and move on. Now, these resolutions rival complex business transactions, including...more

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Airbus Settlement: Part 6 – The Investigation, the Remediation and Final Thoughts

Over the past several blog posts, I have been exploring the Airbus SE (Airbus) international anti-corruption settlement in some depth. One of the questions I have had and hopefully raised for readers is not why the overall...more

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Ericsson Agrees To Pay Over USD $1 Billion To Settle FCPA Charges

On December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), resolved long-running investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the...more

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DOJ Amends Corporate Enforcement Policy on Companies’ Use of Electronic Messaging Apps

On March 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an important change to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy concerning one of the conditions — “appropriate retention of business...more

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Petrobas Closes Out “Massive” Corruption Investigations and Litigation

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When it comes to a poster-child for corrupt organizations, there is very little competition that can eclipse Petrobas, the Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company. ...more

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Antitrust Division Continues to Wrestle with Credit for Pre-Enforcement Compliance Programs

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division maintains a robust criminal enforcement program fueled by the steady stream of leniency applicants. Since the 1990s, the Antitrust Division has trumpeted a successful leniency...more

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Four Current FCPA Enforcement Trends

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There are two distinct themes in FCPA enforcement – the first is consistency, i.e., that some enforcement actions are relatively consistent across the board and, in the last five to ten years, the FCPA caseload has been...more

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2017 FCPA Year in Review (Part I of II)

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With the close of 2017, FCPA enforcement continues as a major priority for the US Department of Justice. Notwithstanding fears and concerns that the new administration would turn its back on FCPA enforcement, the Justice...more

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DOJ Issues New Policy Encouraging Self-Reporting FCPA Violations

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On November 29, 2017 the Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Rod J. Rosenstein, announced a new FCPA enforcement policy that seeks to incentivize voluntary self-reporting by providing companies...more

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DOJ’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy Creates Greater Certainty for Companies

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) makes it unlawful for certain classes of persons and entities to make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business. On November 29,...more

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DOJ's New FCPA Enforcement Policy Continues its "Carrot-and-Stick" Approach

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The Situation: Companies that learn of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") violations by employees or agents are faced with significant uncertainty as to whether the benefits and risks of self-disclosing the conduct to the...more

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FCPA Remediation Focus on Supervisory Personnel

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The Justice Department’s FCPA enforcement and remediation focus on supervisory personnel is an interesting development. On the one hand, DOJ has been slow to bring individual criminal enforcement actions for FCPA...more

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First ‘Trial of the Century’ and the SQM FCPA Enforcement Action – Part II

Today I conclude my two-part series on the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Chilean chemicals and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), which agreed to pay a...more

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Yikes: The Perils of Remediation and Corporate Monitors

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The Justice Department has raised the stakes on anti-corruption compliance. In other words, DOJ prosecutors expect companies to have more sophisticated and mature compliance programs. If a company walks into the Justice...more

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Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - April 2016

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Welcome to Dorsey & Whitney’s monthly Anti-Corruption Digest. In this digest, we draw together news of enforcement activity throughout the world and aim to reduce your information overload. Our London, Minneapolis, New York...more

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Focus on China - October 2015

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Welcome to the third issue of Focus on China Compliance for 2015. According to the FCPA Blog’s October 2015 Corporate Investigations List, China leads the countries reported to be involved in FCPA investigations with 29...more

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