Investigations

Investigations

Marc Miller | KPMG LLP

Editor: Since the November 2012 Guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) was issued by the Department of Justice, has the compliance attitude on the part of businesses changed? deGrasse: For experienced FCPA compliance and legal practitioners, the guidance set forth governmental...

Anti-Corruption

Grant W. Nichols | King & Spalding LLP

Among the many challenges facing companies operating in a global market, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) continues to hold its position at or near the top of the list. The myriad difficulties presented by the FCPA can be traced to an overarching tension: on one hand, the Act...

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Lori L. Pines, Gaspard Curioni, Nadya Salcedo | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

A hotly contested discovery dispute in United States ex rel. Barko v. Halliburton Co., a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam action, has recently grabbed the headlines. In early March, a federal district judge in the District of Columbia ordered the production of documents that were created in the...