Earlier this week the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the company Data Systems & Solutions (DS&S). I explored the factual allegations against DS&S and the highlights of the DPA in yesterday’s post. Today I want to discuss the DS&S DPA in the context of the DOJ’s evolution in thinking regarding what a company can do to protect itself under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when it purchases another entity or otherwise engages in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) work. In other words, forces the evolution of best practices.
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