Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
SBR-Author’s Podcast: The Unseen Life of an Undercover Agent: A Conversation with Charlie Spillers
FCPA Compliance Report: The Power of Peer Support and Purpose Driven Leadership with Sarah Cole
Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025
Compliance into the Weeds: Leaving on a (Qatari) Jet Plane
All Things Investigations: Task Force Strategies - Addressing New Government Priorities
FCPA Compliance Report: Upping Your Game in Compliance
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 8, 2025, The $1MM for a Pardon Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 6, 2025 the Made in China Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Decision - Making in Times of Change
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, May 3, 2025
Great Women in Compliance: Exploring the Future of Compliance - Key Takeaways from Compliance Week 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
FCPA Compliance Report: Kristy Grant-Hart on A 360° Review of the Future of Compliance
FCPA Compliance Report: AI, Data Compliance, and Ownership - A Conversation with Andrew Hopkins
Compliance into the Weeds: Global Anti-Corruption Leadership
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating the Complexities of FTO Designations and Compliance in Mexico and Latin America
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
On May 12, 2025, at SIFMA’s annual Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division Chief announced a new White-Collar Enforcement Plan and accompanying changes to...more
On 24 April 2025, the SFO published new guidance1 for companies in relation to self-reporting, co-operation, and when they can expect to be invited to engage in negotiations for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) as an...more
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is raising the stakes. With the publication of new Co-operation and Enforcement Guidance on 24 April 2025, the agency is ramping up enforcement and clarifying expectations for corporate...more
Foreign regulators continue to intensify their efforts to combat bribery and corruption. France’s Anti-Corruption Agency (L’Agence française anticorruption or AFA) recently published its year-in-review for 2024, which showed...more
On 24 April 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) launched new guidance for corporates on self-reporting, cooperation and deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”). Among other things, the new guidance states that, if a...more
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has released updated guidance concerning recent legislation that doubled the statute of limitations for violations of certain sanctions and export control...more
In this month's In Compliance Round-Up, we cover the following topics: Supreme Court Holds Federal Anti-Corruption Law Prohibits State and Local Officials from Accepting Bribes, But Not Gratuities - Ethics Guidance Issued...more
On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more
A new federal law requires dentist owned business entities to disclose personal information and photographs of persons with ownership and control over their business. Why this matters for you....more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 40th International Conference on the FCPA returns for another exciting year with curated programming that shines a global spotlight on anti-corruption compliance challenges,...more
The Justice Department’s Opinion Release procedure has provided important guidance over the years. The library of Opinion Release letters is well-organized and accessible to the legal and compliance community....more
On March 24, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published its first set of guidance materials to aid the public, and in particular the small business community, in understanding upcoming beneficial...more
The year 2021 and early 2022 proved eventful for compliance and white-collar crime in France, especially for anti-bribery and compliance activity. Agencies are continuing to build on Sapin II by incrementally defining...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 30, 2021, issued national priorities for anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policy (the Priorities), as required by the...more
Learning Objectives: - Become familiar with the major FCPA cases of 2020 - Learn about the policy developments affecting corporate compliance programs from the DOJ this year - Catch up on key international developments in...more
On October 1, 2020, the new Instruction on the Investigation and Prosecution of Foreign Corruption for the Dutch Public Prosecution Service ("DPPS") entered into force, indicating certain factors that play a role in...more
The Justice Department gave compliance officers a significant piece of guidance in June with its latest update to the evaluation of corporate compliance programs. The guidance begs the fundamental question: Is the compliance...more
When I first read about the changes to the United States Department of Justice’s official guidance on its long-standing “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs,” I immediately set out to identify, digest, and analyze...more
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division published an update on June 1 to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, which is used by its prosecutors to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of...more
On December 3, 2019, four federal agencies – the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), and the Office of the...more
The French Anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") has published a draft "Guide on Gifts and Invitations Policies" ("Guide pratique sur les politiques cadeaux et invitations en entreprise") for corporations and non-profit...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more
The French National Financial Prosecutor and the French Anticorruption Agency have released guidelines on the French deferred prosecution agreement, that offers a few welcome clarifications. After years of debate on the...more
The Financial Public Prosecutor and the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") have recently adopted guidelines on the implementation of the "convention judiciaire d'intérêt public" ("CJIP"), the French version of a deferred...more