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This could be the first year since 2005 when the DOJ won’t issue any FCPA Opinion Procedure Releases.
There have never been a lot FCPA releases — just 61 since 1980, an average of less than two per year.… Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the DOJ’s Lanny Breuer said his agency expects to release detailed new guidance on FCPA enforcement sometime in 2012. Breuer said he hopes it will be ‘a useful and transparent aid.’… Continue Reading
It’s been nearly a year since the last Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Opinion Procedure Release and we’re wondering why. Release 08-03 was published in July 2008. Since then, nothing.
As background, the FCPA Opinion Procedure Regulations at 28 CFR Part 80 say any issuer or domestic concern can ask the Justice Department whether a proposed transaction would violate the FCPA.… Continue Reading
Guest blogger Scott Moritz (left) from Daylight Forensic & Advisory LLC says:
In response to Halliburton’s proposed acquisition of Expro, the U.S. Department of Justice recently thrust the concept of “a risk-based approach” to the forefront of anti-bribery compliance with Opinion Procedure Release 08-02.… Continue Reading
The mailbag brings plenty of pleasant surprises — and this morning was no exception. We received the following message (changed slightly to protect identities)
Dear FCPA Blog,
… Continue ReadingAs a member of the Law Review, I am required to write a student note.
Halliburton’s messy battle to acquire British firm Expro via a hostile takeover has been big news in the global business press, with Halliburton up one day and down the next, but fighting on and on.… Continue Reading
