In This Issue:

- Recent Trends in FCPA Enforcement – First Half of 2014

- Ukraine/Russia–Related Sanctions

- New Executive Order Places Additional Reporting Obligations on Government Contractors and Creates an Additional Weapon in the Government’s Labor Law Enforcement Arsenal

- A Brave New World? Recent Challenges Facing Foreign IT Companies in China

- Q+A Corner with Victor Miller, Vice President and General Counsel of Defense and Space at Honeywell Aerospace

- World Bank Suspension and Debarment Report

- Excerpt from Recent Trends in FCPA Enforcement – First Half of 2014:

Although the overall number of corporate cases brought by the government under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been lower in the first half of 2014 than in previous years, the amount of money the government has collected in penalties has increased significantly. Each of the cases has also been the product of significant cooperation between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and their foreign law enforcement counterparts.