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Corporate FCPA Enforcement in the Era of Trump

By Robert J. Anello and Peter Janowski

The start of a new presidential administration brings along changes to personnel, policies and enforcement priorities. During the transition period, counsel to businesses and individuals try to anticipate which way the enforcement wind will be blowing in order to best advise anxious clients. One high-stakes area of enforcement focus, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), has been subject to much speculation in this regard. Because of the enormous resources multinational companies must devote to compliance with FCPA's anti-corruption and record-keeping requirements — and, when things go awry, to paying ever-increasing penalties to the government here and abroad — the new administration's likely approach is of paramount importance. Despite predictions of a substantial pullback in the FCPA enforcement area, the writing on the wall does not necessarily suggest such a relaxation.

As has by now been widely chronicled, in the past, then-private citizen Donald J. Trump remarked that he believes enforcement of the FCPA harms United States companies' economic interests by hindering their ability to compete on an international scale. In his words, prosecution of FCPA violations for business activities that take place in countries where bribery often is considered the cost of doing business is “absolutely crazy.” Though no changes have been announced with respect to FCPA enforcement, in an analogous vein, the White House has moved to roll back consumer protections and financial regulations passed under the Dodd-Frank Act. The administration also has announced its intention to deconstruct aspects of the executive branch and regulatory scheme such as the Department of State and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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