FCPA Self-Reporting Not 'One Way Street,' Breuer Assures Defense Bar

FCPA Self-Reporting Not ‘One Way Street,’ Breuer Assures Defense Bar

“It’s indisputable we’re giving very real credit,” U.S. Justice Department Criminal Division chief Lanny Breuer said Thursday. Defense lawyers have questioned whether prosecutors make it worthwhile for companies to voluntarily disclose Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.

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A BREAKTHROUGH IN UNDERSTANDING COMPLIANCE CREDIT. WilmerHale's Kimberly Parker says the U.S. Justice Department's public announcement last month that it would not prosecute investment bank Morgan Stanley on FCPA violations (while securing a guilty plea from an individual "rogue" employee) appears to be an attempt to signal DOJ's standards for compliance programs.

Mary B. Jacoby

Mary Jacoby is the founder of Main Justice and Editor-in-Chief of Just Anti-Corruption.

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