FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

This post highlights an interesting turn of events in the FCPA enforcement action against Joseph Baptiste and Roger Boncy as the DOJ discovered exculpatory evidence. Shortly thereafter, the DOJ dropped the enforcement action against the individuals in what can only be described as a debacle. (See here).

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FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

To commemorate Fathers Day, this post discusses the parallels (and difference) between compliance and fatherhood.

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FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

With Japan-based Toyota under FCPA scrutiny, this post highlights the many FCPA enforcement actions involving Japanese companies.

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Continuing with a phrase she first used on the conference circuit last month, yesterday in this speech Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco again called sanctions enforcement “the new FCPA.”

But what does that phrase even mean?

Does it mean that the DOJ will be bringing on average 7 corporate enforcement actions per year (the average number of corporate FCPA enforcement actions over the past decade)?  Is that a large number of enforcement actions or a small number of enforcement actions given the number of business organizations subject to various sanctions laws?

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FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

This post highlights additional issues to consider from the recent Tenaris enforcement action.

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