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If confirmed, Fardon would succeed the legendary Patrick Fitzgerald, who ran the office for nearly 11 years before departing last year.

WilmerHale LLP was honored for Practice Group of the Year, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP taking top honors in the category FCPA Trailblazers. Kobre & Kim LLP was honored for Trial Firm of the Year.

Main Justice on May 6 will unveil complete profiles of the 31 firms honored this week at our invitation-only Best FCPA Lawyers & Client Service Awards luncheon, held Tuesday at The Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C.
In addition, Main Justice will release its highly anticipated Global Anti-Corruption Practice Survey, an essential and comprehensive new guidebook that [...]

The presumptive nominee for the Northern District of Illinois has a folksy manner, unlike the man he would succeed, Patrick Fitzgerald.

A description of the former Justice Department Criminal Division chief worthy of the villain in a James Bond movie.

(Subscription Access Only) Wal-Mart says a putative class action alleging securities fraud by concealing bribery in Mexico has no basis in fact.

The company will pay almost $30 million to resolve allegations of bribery in China, Russia, Brazil and Poland.

The reported finalists are all former Assistant U.S. Attorneys in Chicago.

The Ohio glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois Inc. said Monday it had retained the global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP to represent it in an internal foreign bribery probe that was disclosed last week.

But Judge Richard Leon also cautioned against drawing “sweeping conclusions” about overall Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement from one case, in remarks made during a panel discussion.

Christopher J. Clark joins Latham & Watkins from Dewey & LeBoeuf.

Twenty-five year DOJ veteran John Roth is an expert in terrorist financing.

U.S. exporters are increasingly being duped into selling to end users in Iran, China and other restricted countries that seek illegally to acquire U.S. technology or get around export bans.

The firm announced 23 new partners.

A former Justice Department Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General will serve as White House Counsel.

Joseph Nacchio is suing his attorney, alleging malpractice and improper bills for underwear.

Stephen Zimmermann first came to the world of fighting fraud at development banks in 2000, but he couldn’t solely rely on his nearly decade-long experience as a federal prosecutor in his new role.

Les Carnegie has more than a decade of experience in controls on exports and foreign investment in the U.S., the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and U.S. anti-boycott laws, the firm said in an announcement Tuesday.

The Fraud Section hired Charles La Bella, the former U.S. Attorney in San Diego, to fill a new position overseeing West Coast prosecutions and investigations.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved the changes to the guidelines in April. The amendments went into effect Monday.

Jay Bybee thought he was talking to White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales about a judgeship on the 9th Circuit. Less than three days later, he was the White House’s declared nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel.