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DOJ’s Quiet Changes to the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy Likely to Have a Significant Impact on Corporate Investigations
March 02, 2019
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Sign Up for PublicationsAs the annual ABA White Collar Crime Conference wrapped up in New Orleans last Friday night, Department of Justice (DOJ) released the latest updates to its FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. The key changes to the policy include new guidance regarding: (1) mergers and acquisitions and legacy liability as a result of misconduct prior to the acquisition; (2) DOJ’s interactions with company counsel and requests that company counsel refrain from taking investigative steps; and (3) the scope of disclosure and remediation required in order to be eligible for a declination under the policy. Although the DOJ chose to release the amendments with little fanfare, corporate executives, boards of directors, special committee members and practitioners alike will feel the effect immediately.
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