Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) enforcement has yet to rebound from the immediate pre-pandemic period. In 2022, DOJ and SEC resolved eight corporate FCPA matters for $878 million, including four resolutions coordinated...more
3/3/2023
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In 2020, the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) headline was the record-shattering global anticorruption enforcement fines and penalties collected by foreign regulators in actions involving a coordinated FCPA...more
1/13/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Biden Administration ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
In the third year of the Trump Administration, the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") headlines were record corporate fines and penalties, and a banner year of individual FCPA enforcement highlighted by three DOJ...more
2/5/2020
/ Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Officials ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Jones Day Anti-Corruption Regulation Survey of Select Countries. Since the 2017–2018 edition of this Survey, there has continued to be an increasing awareness among multinational companies...more
11/6/2019
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Management Systems ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Management ,
Due Diligence ,
Risk Management ,
White Collar Crimes
The Situation: On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced two significant developments relating to the enforcement of white-collar crime: (i) new guidance on how prosecutors should evaluate requests...more
10/14/2019
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Criminal Fines ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure To Pay ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
New Guidance ,
White Collar Crimes
Under the second year of the Trump Administration, the biggest story was the increase of corporate declinations one year after the DOJ adopted a permanent FCPA policy incentivizing self-disclosure, cooperation, and...more
1/16/2019
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Controls ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Self-Reporting ,
Subsidiaries ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
Welcome to the 2017-2018 edition of the Jones Day Anti-Corruption Regulation Survey. In 2017 and 2018 to date, there has continued to be an increasing awareness among multinational companies of the significance of...more
4/18/2018
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Ethical Standards ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Government Officials ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Internal Controls ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Third-Party Risk ,
White Collar Crimes