Episode 405 -- DOJ Balt Declination: Individual Accountability in Action
Episode 398 -- Anik Shah, SanDisk Head of Compliance: Anti-Corruption Developments and Managing Risks
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating Export Control and Trade Sanction Challenges in Venezuela: Insights from Brent Carlson
Compliance into the Weeds: Mixed Messages: The DOJ’s Inconsistent Stance on White Collar Crime and FCPA Enforcement
ACI-FCPA Conference Speaker Preview Series - Mike Huneke on Trade, Tariffs and Corruption Risks
ACI - FCPA Conference Speaker Preview Series - Mike Koenig on Going Behind the Curtain of Corporate Governance
FCPA Compliance Report - Navigating the Complexities of Self-Disclosure Amidst Political and Legal Uncertainties
From the Editor’s Desk: Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections for October and into November 2025
FCPA Compliance Report - The Importance of Outside Counsel in False Claims Act Investigations
Compliance into the Weeds: The End of Self-Disclosure? The Criminal Indictment of Smartmatic
FCPA Compliance Report – Self-Disclosure on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Compliance Tip of the Day - A Failure in Internal Controls
FCPA Compliance Report - From the Courtroom to Compliance: FCPA Challenges and Strategies with James Koukios
Popcorn and Compliance: Episode 2 - Dracula’s Compliance Secrets: What Lurks in the Night
Data Driven Compliance: Navigating Self-Disclosure Under the FTPF and Updated ECCT
Upping Your Game: Leveraging Chatbots for Enhanced Compliance Efficiency
JONES DAY TALKS®: An Insider’s Look at Trends in Prosecuting and Defending Multinational, High-Profile Corruption Cases
FCPA Compliance Report - Pat Poitevin on Transforming Corporate Compliance: Leveraging AI and Building Ethical Cultures
FCPA Compliance Report - Middle Managers Are the Key - Evie Wentink’s Evolution in Compliance
From the Editor’s Desk - Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections for September and into October 2025
This is the second in our 2026 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Up next: anti-corruption/FCPA enforcement...more
What the French National Assembly's April 1 vote, and a last-minute “commission paritaire” proposed text, means for multinationals, compliance programs, and cross-border enforcement. What Happened - On April 1, 2026,...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
On April 21, 2026, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the Directive on Combating Corruption, establishing for the first time a harmonized criminal law framework across all Member States....more
U.S. enforcement priorities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) have shifted following a June 2025 directive from the DOJ instructing the FCPA unit to refocus on conduct involving cartels and transnational criminal...more
Regulatory change is accelerating across sanctions, tariffs and global enforcement, making it harder for compliance teams to keep pace. This article explores how organizations can monitor regulatory developments, assign...more
A new EU Directive on anti-corruption will require businesses with EU operations to reassess their anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) frameworks. The Directive establishes minimum rules that Member States must transpose...more
In an era of intensifying geopolitical tensions, shifting trade alliances, and unprecedented regulatory scrutiny, businesses operating across the US, Mexico, and China corridor face a compliance landscape that is more complex...more
The Department of Justice’s recent declination in the Balt Medical matter provides another important data point in understanding how DOJ is applying its updated Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy in...more
Highlights from March 2026 include FCPA charges for two startup founders but a declination for the company, the conclusion of the DOJ’s investigation into Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a bill to double the FCPA’s statute of...more
Key Takeaways - What Happened: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its first department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for corporate criminal matters. Within days, DOJ applied it to...more
A Paris court on April 13 handed prison terms of 3-6 years to former top executives of French building materials manufacturer Lafarge over payments made during the Syrian civil war in 2014 to the Islamic State of Iraq and...more
Background - The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released its first-ever, department-wide,1 Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”) for criminal matters....more
Last month, the Department of Justice released its first-ever department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP), establishing a single framework for how the DOJ handles corporate criminal...more
In this episode, we examine the Department of Justice’s declination in the Balt Medical case—a textbook example of how DOJ is applying its Corporate Enforcement Policy in practice. Despite a multi-year foreign bribery scheme...more
In-house counsels across Asia-Pacific are increasingly operating at the intersection of two powerful forces. Under the current Trump administration, U.S. enforcement priorities are shifting, while the regional regulatory...more
The 2026 White Collar Year in Preview ebook provides a comprehensive analysis of anticipated enforcement trends and legal developments across key areas of white collar law. As the federal government continues to advance its...more
In Part 1, we described why the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is becoming more investable for U.S. companies that engage selectively and with discipline. That shift carries a corresponding responsibility for...more
I. Executive Overview - Brokering under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is one of the most misunderstood and increasingly enforced areas of U.S. export control law....more
For years, the Department of Justice has tried to sharpen a simple message: companies that voluntarily disclose misconduct, cooperate fully, remediate effectively—and identify responsible individuals—can earn significant...more
The Department of Justice has issued a revised, department wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self Disclosure Policy that materially reshapes how DOJ evaluates corporate criminal misconduct. The policy applies to nearly...more
Anik A. Shah is Director & Sr. Legal Counsel, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption, at Sandisk, a global semiconductor manufacturer. Anik has more than 15 years of compliance, investigations, regulatory, and law enforcement...more
Hughes Hubbard’s anti-corruption “Month in a Minute” offers a quick look-back at the biggest foreign corruption-related developments from the prior month. The Month in a Minute is intended to provide a quick snapshot of the...more
In the world of financial crime compliance, the first half of 2025 was dominated by news of the pause on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by the US Department of Justice. As a result, more attention was...more