Michael Considine

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | John Ashmead |David Baron |Michael Considine

Last week President Trump signed an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the nation’s most robust anti-bribery statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). The EO seeks a complete overhaul of the FCPA enforcement landscape by directing the following: For a (renewable) period of 180 days, the EO bars any new FCPA actions or investigations unless the Attorney General herself makes an exception.