The Patton Boggs LLP partner discusses trends in the government's increasingly creative enforcement theories, which have broader implications for the conduct of corporate prosecutions.

Richard Beckler recounts a storied career that includes helping to lead the Justice Department's Criminal Fraud Section in the 1970s at the dawn of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Peter Unger, a partner at Arent Fox LLP, sits down with Main Justice's Mary Jacoby to discuss the new SEC Whistleblower Rules.

John Chesley, an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, sits down with Just Anti-Corruption's Chris Matthews to discuss the "foreign official" challenege.

Veeral Gosalia, a senior managing director of technology at FTI Consulting, sat down with Mary Jacoby to discuss Main Justice's upcoming complimentary webinar on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at 1 p.m. EDT

Jeffery B. Vaden, a partner with Bracewell & Giuliani LLP based in Houston, speaks with Main Justice's Mary Jacoby about strategies of negotiating with the Department of Justice.

London-based Robert Amaee of Covington & Burling LLP discusses the fast-changing landscape for enforcement of the U.K. Bribery Act.

Companies conducting pre-acquisition due diligence on targets outside the United States need to be aware of expanded U.S. jurisdictional theories regarding anti-corruption laws, according to Fulbright & Jaworski LLP senior associate Anne Elkins Murray. Latin America, in particular, has certain red flags.

The Bingham McCutchen LLP partner said he hopes the SEC will require whistleblowers to take complaints to their employers before going to the agency under the new Dodd-Frank financial law.

Miller & Chevalier Chartered member Homer Moyer says the future is about to get even more complicated for U.S. companies facing foreign bribery investigations.

Ray Sullivan, a leading import-export lawyer, says that American customs authorities are ramping up their anti-corruption efforts, focusing on cross-border transactions of companies that operate inside and outside the United States. He said the inquiries appear to be aimed at making possible referrals to the Justice Department.

The international law partner at Patton Boggs LLP asks whether there should be more debate about the extraterritorial reach of U.S. laws like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or the newly enacted extractive industries disclosure requirement.

Sidley Austin LLP's Tom Green recalls how he suddenly became, at age 33, the lead attorney for Watergate defendant Robert Mardian after the dramatic courtroom collapse from illness of former D.C. U.S. Attorney David Bress, Mardian's original lead counsel. First in a new series from Main Justice.

"Government Investigations for the Life Sciences," Philadelphia, Sept. 27-28, 2010.

The defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor says it's too early to tell whether international anti-bribery enforcement will ultimately hurt or help U.S. companies. In Afghanistan, he notes, it's created a "political problem."

Main Justice founder Mary Jacoby talks with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Michael Diamant about Chinese hospitality and compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

IN FOCUS: AFGHANISTAN Glenn Ware, co-leader of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Anti-Corruption and Corporate Intelligence practice, speaks with Main Justice Editor Mary Jacoby about corruption in conflict and post-conflict societies.