Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Our team has unsurpassed experience in counseling and defending U.S. and foreign companies and individuals in matters relating to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar anti-corruption laws. We are frequently contacted when a potential corruption issue arises, and are go-to counsel for investigations and enforcement proceedings before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Multilateral Development Banks, including the World Bank. In addition, we advise clients considering transactions in high-risk markets or with business partners with high anti-corruption risks. We also counsel clients who are designing compliance programs and in conducting risk assessments.
Mark Mendelsohn Quoted in Law360 on New Bribery Bill
Litigation partner Mark Mendelsohn was quoted in the article "Despite Bluster, New Bribery Bill Lacks Punch: Attys," which appeared in the September 20 issue of Law360. The article discusses the Overseas Contractor Reform Act, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, that would ban companies convicted of bribing foreign officials from contracting with the federal government.
Mark commented that the law as currently written could dramatically change FCPA proceedings and expressed concern that the new law, combined with the new whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, puts companies "between a rock and a hard place."