Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
About three years ago, a young aspiring academic on a research grant overseas suggested on the FCPA Blog that the FCPA was functioning as a kind of economic sanction against developing countries.… Continue Reading
Nowhere is the difference between Clean Hands and Constructive Engagement more evident than in the central plank of the reform agenda: the good faith compliance defense.
The question is not whether the enforcement agencies might, on occasion, reward companies for compliance — that happens now.… Continue Reading
In this series’ previous installment, I argued that our doctrine of holding acquiring companies criminally liable for pre-acquisition conduct was deterring investment in developing countries. But is that really so bad?… Continue Reading
In my last post, I examined a possible reform — the expansion of personal jurisdiction — and argued that although it is supported by anti-bribery advocates, it would actually serve the interests of the U.S.… Continue Reading
In last week’s post in this series we explained that the core purpose of the FCPA is to encourage, or require, ethical international business. Indeed, we suggested that the criterion by which FCPA reform proposals should be measured is what we might call the ethical business criterion: if a proposed reform would increase the volume of ethical business in the world, it is good; if it would do the opposite, either by relaxing ethical standards or by deterring business, it is not.… Continue Reading
The leader of the Dutch government has refused to open a new investigation into the role played by Prince Bernhard in the Lockheed scandal that broke in 1976.
The head of the left-wing liberal D66 party, Alexander Pechtold, asked for ‘a commission of historians .… Continue Reading
“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.” So said the American inventor Charles Kettering. In FCPA circles, we’re debating whether and how to fix assorted problems in our anti-bribery regime.… Continue Reading
The Ohio State Law Journal’s FCPA symposium happens March 16 in Columbus.
Thirty-five years of FCPA history will be celebrated by asking: What are the priorities and goals of the FCPA?… Continue Reading
Serendipity is a wonderful thing. What better segue from my last posting than Wednesday’s announcement that Russia has signed the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. This is a remarkable and important event. I hope we fully understand why.… Continue Reading
By Andy Spalding
I previously argued in this space that the contemporary FCPA reform debate is strikingly disconnected from history; both camps seem to have collectively forgotten how we believed the FCPA would operate in the world.… Continue Reading
To understand where the FCPA should go from here, we need to understand where, and how, it began.
We generally think of the FCPA as a response to Watergate, and therefore designed to prevent corporations from participating in public corruption.… Continue Reading
Thanks again to the FCPA Blog for sharing its space with me at this, a crucial point in FCPA history. Readers of this blog well know that since enacting the statute in 1977, we have amended it only twice — in 1988 and 1998.… Continue Reading
