Andy Spalding | Senior Editor
Andrew Brady Spalding is a senior editor of the FCPA Blog.
He’s a Professor at the University of Richmond School of Law.
A former Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and lawyer at a major international firm, Andy has lectured and conducted research on anti-corruption law throughout the developing world.
In addition to his frequent posts on the FCPA Blog, his work has appeared in the Wisconsin Law Review, the UCLA Law Review, and the Florida Law Review, among others.
Andy’s groundbreaking research about FCPA enforcement and its impact on developing countries has been discussed in leading publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Atlantic, and the New York Times.
Recent Posts

Can the beautiful game be beautifully governed?
With the passing of Pelé, the conclusion of Qatar, and the World Cup’s anticipated arrival in North America, we wonder: can the beautiful game ever

What is the future of Olympics compliance?
My previous post argued that megasports are beginning to leave legacies of improved anti-corruption and human rights standards. Wait, come again? How could that be?

What can the Olympics teach us about compliance?
For the global compliance community, the Olympic Games – and all of megasports – are both a teaching tool and a window.

New book for practitioners and academics: ‘The Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law’
Corruption is universal, but nowhere is it the same. Its diverse manifestations both produce, and are produced by, varied landscapes of law, culture, business, and

IACA now offering an anti-bribery and human rights online course
The International Anti-Corruption Academy, headquartered outside Vienna, Austria, is offering a four-week online course on Business, Human Rights, and Anti-Corruption.

Can the Olympics leave an anti-corruption legacy?
An Olympic host city’s anti-corruption and human rights measures should obviously reduce risk. But can they do more? Can they leave a legacy of new

IACA now accepting applications for three masters programs
The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), based outside Vienna, Austria, is now accepting applications for three masters programs.

At the Olympics, it’s a high bar for host-city compliance officers
The Olympic Games are associated with chronic corruption and human rights problems, and not without reason. But what if the Games, at the same time,

In France, bribery isn’t needed to violate the anti-bribery law
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) has just published the English version of its revised anti-corruption compliance Guidelines. Reflecting three years of experience in implementing France’s landmark

IACA now accepting Masters program applications
The International Anti-Corruption Academy, based near Vienna, Austria, is now accepting applications for its two part-time, online Masters programs.