On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Whistleblower...more
6/2/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Biden Administration ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
New Guidance ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Penalties ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this special edition of our award-winning monthly Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter summarizes the most...more
1/16/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
FEPA ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investigations ,
OECD ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK Bribery Act ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
White Collar Crimes
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
1/14/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
CJIP ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
OECD ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The ECCP is intended to assist federal prosecutors in determining whether a corporation’s compliance program was effective at the time of the alleged offense(s) and, if not, what type of enforcement, monetary penalty, and...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, our Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Year In Review provides quick, visual representations of key trends in FCPA enforcement over...more
2/8/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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
12/19/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
Charter Communications ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Controls ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Speedy Trial Act ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
World Bank
FCPA enforcement in the past year has remained steady with SEC activity within range of previous years with robust enforcement and the DOJ at a slightly slower pace. In our upcoming webinar, hear from Charles Duross, former...more
12/7/2023
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Best Practices ,
Bribery ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Webinars ,
White Collar Crimes
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
6/14/2023
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
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
2/15/2023
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Corruption Perceptions Index ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
European Parliament ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Transparency International ,
US Department of State
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
8/13/2020
/ Abuse of Power ,
Africa ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
Iraq ,
Money Laundering ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tax Fraud ,
UK ,
Watershed
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published a revised version of its guidance on the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the “June 2020 Guidance”). Like its predecessors in February 2017 and...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
5/14/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
New Guidance ,
OECD ,
Popular ,
Ukraine
On April 30, 2019, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Brian Benczkowski, announced the release of an updated version of the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
6/1/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Australia ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
South Korea
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
4/20/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Finland ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mexico ,
Mismanagement ,
OECD ,
Political Corruption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Telecommunications ,
Thailand ,
TRACE ,
UK ,
Working Groups
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
3/28/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Austria ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Haiti ,
Hungary ,
Panama Papers ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
3/3/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Chile ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
India ,
Medical Devices ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Texas ,
Transparency ,
Transparency International ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Vietnam ,
White Collar Crimes
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
12/17/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Presidential Elections ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
11/17/2016
/ Aircraft ,
Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Ireland ,
Latin America ,
OECD ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Retaliation ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Spain ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
9/20/2016
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Austria ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disgorgement ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hedge Funds ,
Petrobras ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Severance Agreements ,
Ukraine ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
8/30/2016
/ Airlines ,
Alstom ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Malaysia ,
Mexico ,
Misappropriation ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Section 7 of UKBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Singapore ,
Sovereign Wealth Funds ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
5/12/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Casinos ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Kickbacks ,
Panama Papers ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Securities Fraud ,
Self-Reporting ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
US v Yates ,
Venezuela ,
Young Lawyers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
4/25/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
Young Lawyers
On April 5, 2016, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who heads the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced a new “FCPA pilot program” designed to motivate companies to voluntarily selfdisclose...more