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What could be worse than a several-hundred-million dollar Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fine hitting your company? How about not being allowed to even compete for many of your most important contracts for a period of several years.
What could be worse than a several-hundred-million dollar Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fine hitting your company? How about not being allowed to even compete for many of your most important contracts for a period of several years. While most international companies are by now keenly aware of anti-corruption laws such as the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act, there is generally less awareness of the enforcement regimes the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have developed to combat the improper use of the funds they lend. With more than 1,000 entities and individuals currently debarred by the bank alone, the MDBs have increasingly become investigative and enforcement heavyweights, capable of imposing crippling sanctions such as multiyear debarments. Every company participating in MDB-financed projects must be cognizant of their compliance guidelines and the impact of their investigative and disciplinary functions.
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Decoding DOJ’s New ‘Justice AI’ Initiative
By James D. Gatta, Allan J. Medina and Ian Q. Rogers
The DOJ is likely to face many practical challenges and novel issues as it begins coding its own algorithm for AI-related enforcement. This article briefly examines three areas of AI-related enforcement where such practical challenges and novel issues may arise.
The FTC and DOJ’s New Guidelines Promise Sharper Scrutiny of Mergers
By Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz
From loosened structural presumptions to unconventional theories of harm such as “ecosystem competition” to consideration of a merger’s effects on outside markets, we review some of the most noteworthy changes in the new Guidelines.
Supreme Court Set to Decide On Competing Interpretations of Federal Corruption Statute
By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack
In this article, we describe the competing interpretations of Section 666 and comment on the implications of a Supreme Court decision in United States v. Snyder, where it will decide whether the law criminalizes “gratuities,” and not simply “bribes,” given to state and local officials.
The Role of the SEC In Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement
By Jay Dubow, Joanna Cline and Milica Krnjaja
The SEC's cryptocurrency-related actions reached a new high in 2023, jumping more than 50% when compared to 2022. We expect the SEC’s enforcement efforts in this area to continue at a high pace in 2024, even though whether or not cryptocurrency should be classified as a security or something else remains uncertain.