This Week On FCPA Professor

April 22, 2023

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.

A former Venezuelan national treasurer and her husband were sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with a bribery scheme – see here.

It is a bit ironic when a group puts out anti-bribery and corruption compliance guidance given that over half of its members have resolved FCPA enforcement actions- see here.

This post discusses the high percentage of individual DOJ FCPA prosecutions that are slumbering – in that there has not been any meaningful substantive activity in quite some time.

As highlighted here, the Supreme Court recently held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not provide immunity for foreign states and their instrumentalities from criminal prosecution.

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