On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) into law, revising Section 201 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code concerning bribery of government officials. This significant development...more
Last week at the 40th American Conference Institute (ACI) International Conference on the FCPA, government enforcement agencies such as the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and UK Serious...more
You get a hotline report that a project coordinator in an emerging market that you recently entered was awarded their contract based on a falsified experience. You begin investigation Desktop review and remote interviews...more
An Indiana-based contract research organization for pharmaceutical testing is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The...more
On January 21, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Opinion Procedure Release (the “OPR” or “OPR 22-01”) addressing the rarely discussed extortion exception to the FCPA’s...more
On November 25th, the OECD Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions adopted a series of recommendations for member countries to implement, in an effort to curb...more
12/14/2021
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Aerospace, defense, and government services – tighter control ahead -
2020 was an eventful year for companies in the aerospace, defense, and government services (ADG) sector. The industry saw arguably the largest...more
On November 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced several subtle, but important, adjustments to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy. These recent changes relate to...more
In a May 17, 2019 press report that has been widely distributed in Brazil and the United States, Brazilian Federal Prosecutor Marisa Ferrari confirmed that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department...more
5/21/2019
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A new plea bargaining system – offering reduced penalties to companies that report certain violations and cooperate with government investigations – will come into effect in Japan this June, reflecting an amendment to the...more