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Posts Tagged: Jeff Sessions

Kevin Bogdanov: How automation will shape FCPA compliance in 2018

Kevin Bogdanov January 17, 2018

2017 proved to be a blockbuster year for the FCPA and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) enforcement at large.

From sustained record levels of enforcement (some 11 penalties levied, totaling $1.92 billion; the second largest year on record) to significant developments via the newly announced FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy by the Department of Justice in late November, businesses are on notice that this remains a significant regulatory priority.… Continue Reading

David Stuart at Cravath talks about Telia and FCPA enforcement today

Julie DiMauro December 7, 2017

I recently spoke with David M. Stuart, one of the attorneys who represented Telia Company AB, a Sweden-based telecommunications provider that settled violations in September for a grand total of $965 million in financial sanctions.… Continue Reading

AG Sessions: ‘We will continue to strongly enforce the FCPA’

Richard L. Cassin April 25, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is critical to protecting honest companies from competitors who choose to pay bribes.

Sessions, speaking at the Ethics and Compliance Initiative Annual Conference in Washington, DC, said corruption “increases the cost of doing business and hurts honest companies that don’t pay these bribes.”… Continue Reading

The Future of FCPA Enforcement: A discussion with Philip Urofsky

Julie DiMauro February 8, 2017

Just as the 2016 FCPA enforcement year left us plenty of topics to discuss, the new year brings many uncertainties, and the direction of the law’s enforcement is a matter of some debate.… Continue Reading

Jeff Sessions: I’ll enforce the FCPA

Richard L. Cassin January 27, 2017

In written answers made public Thursday, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that if he’s confirmed as U.S. attorney general, he’ll enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.… Continue Reading