Commentary: FCPA Internal Investigations — Are They Worth It?

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As we have commented on in numerous posts (click here), enforcement activity under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to increase.  We have reported on how federal prosecutors are utilizing other statutes to attack corrupt business payments that may not fall under the ambit of the FCPA.

Moreover, the number of government entities looking into corrupt business practices abroad has expanded.

George J. Terwilliger III, a partner and the global head of the white-collar practice at White & Case, has written extensively on the FCPA.  He just posted a comment on the need for, and the value of, internal investigations — but how the corporate appetite for doing them may be waning, largely due to economic pressures.

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