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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Recent Guidance from DOJ on the Duress Defense to FCPA Liability

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In a dramatic departure from prior practice, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently released its first Opinion Procedure Release (“OPR”) in over eight years, and perhaps responding to criticism from the business...more

Hogan Lovells

DOJ issues rare FCPA advisory opinion regarding the extortion exception

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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

A&O Shearman

DOJ Issues FCPA Opinion Procedure Approving Legitimate Payments To Government Instrumentalities

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On August 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released its first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Opinion (the “August 14 Opinion”) in six years, in response to a request from a multinational company...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The DOJ issues its first FCPA advisory opinion after six years of silence

On August 14, 2020, the US Department of Justice (the DOJ) issued its first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Opinion Procedure Release in six years, which relayed that it did not intend to pursue an enforcement action...more

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Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Issues First FCPA Advisory Opinion Since 2014

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DOJ Issues First FCPA Advisory Opinion Since 2014 - On August 14, the DOJ issued its first advisory opinion on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in six years. The DOJ’s opinion release process allows companies to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ Issues Long-Awaited FCPA Advisory Opinion

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On August 14, 2020, for the first time in roughly six years, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an advisory opinion regarding compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). More than two years ago, former...more

Jones Day

CFTC Issues Advisory on Self-Reporting of Foreign Corrupt Practices for Non-Registrants

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The Advisory is part of the agency's broader commitment to provide "incentives for companies and individuals to engage in ethical corporate behavior." On March 6, 2019, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFTC Issues Advisory on Violations of the Commodity Exchange Act Involving Foreign Corrupt Practices

The CFTC announced an Enforcement Advisory on self-reporting and cooperation for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, or CEA, involving foreign corrupt practices. ...more

Dechert LLP

CFTC Issues Enforcement Guidance to Encourage Self Reporting of FCPA Violations

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On March 6, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published an Enforcement Advisory describing the circumstances in which companies that self-report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Signals Foreign Corrupt Practices Investigations

On March 6, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Enforcement (Division) published an advisory on self-reporting and cooperation for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Farewell to a King Kong and a Head-Scratching Opinion Release

The only Opinion Release of 2011 (11-01) may have left compliance practitioners initially scratching their heads. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Opinion Release Papers – An Underutilized Part Of The Compliance Landscape

This week I am launching a new series from The Compliance Podcast Network, The Opinion Release Paperswhere I take a look at all the Opinion Releases (Releases) issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Foreign...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 121-FCPA Year in Review, Part II

In this episode I review the two Opinion Releases, Esquenazi court decision, DOJ communications via speeches on FCPA enforcement. I end with a look at 2015. ...more

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