"Breathtaking” is how one European Commissioner characterized the corruption described in the European Commission’s February 2014 Anti-Corruption Report, which details each E.U. Member State’s efforts in fighting corruption and provides advice for improving the effectiveness of those efforts. In a guest article, Antonio Suarez-Martinez and James Maton, partners in Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP’s London office, analyze the Report and the relevant takeaways for companies doing business in Member States. For more insight from Edwards Wildman, see “Collateral Consequences of Bribery: When Can Ethical Competitors Initiate Suit in the U.S. and U.K.?” (May 15, 2013).