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Wiley Rein LLP

DOJ’s Approach to White Collar Enforcement: Target Those Who Harm U.S. Interests While Minimizing Collateral Damage

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The June 9 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche instructs...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

DOJ Adopts Risk-Based Approach in FCPA & White-Collar Enforcement Policy Shift

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On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued guidelines governing investigations and the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), following through on commitments made in President Trump’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Trump Administration's FCPA Investigations and Enforcement Guidelines

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On June 9, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released a much-anticipated update to the Trump administration’s plans for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for May 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

Perkins Coie

FCPA Is Here to Stay: DOJ Reaffirms Commitment to Enforce FCPA

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On June 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled new guidelines for enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), marking a pivotal shift in how corruption cases are pursued. The guidelines seek to...more

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The New DOJ Position on Self-Disclosure Demands High-Functioning Compliance

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In remarks to an industry group, Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, emphasized that companies may avoid criminal resolutions if they voluntarily self-disclose misconduct, fully...more

The Volkov Law Group

The FCPA Year in Review — More of the Same with Some Twists (Part I of III)

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With the end of the Biden Administration, it is hard to identify a consistent theme relating to FCPA enforcement.  On the one hand, the Biden Administration talked a big game, elevating the anti-corruption fight as a national...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2024

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Pilot Program Promises Non-Prosecution Agreements to Individuals Reporting Fraud, Bribery and Other Corporate Crimes

On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division unveiled a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals that offers non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily...more

Benesch

White Collar Quarterly Report | Q1 2024

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We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more

Bracewell LLP

Lifting the Fog on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Enforcement and Compliance Trends to Watch in San Francisco

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As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more

Morgan Lewis

White Collar: Year in Review and a Look Forward, 2023–2024

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The white collar world had an active year, with the last 12 months yielding further incentives from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to encourage voluntary disclosures as well as key rulings from the US Supreme Court that...more

K&L Gates LLP

Voluntary Disclosure - Special Edition - A Debrief on the 37th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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White collar practitioners Neil Smith, William Semins, Nicole Stockey, and David Peet discuss their key takeaways from this year’s 37th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act....more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Tweaks FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy

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The Department of Justice recently announced updates to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy. While the changes were relatively minor, the modifications underscored important principles surrounding...more

Butler Snow LLP

2019 Developments and Trends in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) & Global Anti-Corruption Efforts, Part 2 of 3

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Previously, we introduced you to this topic and provided updates about the positive international trends in anti-corruption efforts, bribery, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Today, we...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

BCLP

Anti-Corruption Enforcement Webinar: 2018 in Review

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Anti-Corruption enforcement remained a top priority in France, the UK, and the US in 2018. Join our firm's Global Anti-Corruption Team as they explain and analyze these three countries' anti-corruption enforcement efforts and...more

Bracewell LLP

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

Jones Day

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

This Week in FCPA-Episode 55, the Covfefe Edition

This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss: 1. Brazilian meatpacker JBS agrees to the largest fine ever for fine for bribery and corruption, $3.2bn...more

The Volkov Law Group

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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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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